Your contribution as a lever for better health
- Co-financing of up to 20% of the total funding amount
- Your company becomes the enabler of a comprehensive project with
long-term impact.
GESUNDES AFRIKA e.V. is a German non-profit association with the primary aim of improving the access to health care for communities in Africa. You might know us under our former names Flying Doctors Service or AMREF Germany. We are acting as intermediaries between locally based organizations and partners in Germany and across the globe. Our focus areas include maternal and child health, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), nutrition security, sexual-reproductive health, prevention of infectious diseases, and training of health personnel. Currently, we work on projects in 13 African countries, amongst those South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. Our goal is to reach out to areas and communities where our support is needed the most.
We are addressing South Africas biggest challenges
In the context of South Africa in particular, however, health cannot be viewed isolated from other social dimensions. One of the biggest challenges – if not the biggest – is the high youth unemployment. We have partnered with the South Africa-based relief, advocacy and humanitarian organization World Vision South Africa. Our joint “Youth Hub Project” in Limpopo empowers young adults and entrepreneurs with skills and inputs to improve their job prospects and economic participation. Not only do they receive business trainings and career counselling but also the necessary soft skills to prepare them for the job market in South Africa. We want to contribute to a skilled and healthy workforce and, simultaneously, strengthen the purchasing-power of those communities and potential markets.
In the same region, we are supporting women-led agricultural cooperatives to convert their production capacities to market-oriented production. Both projects are partly funded by the Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Become our partner to improve life for South Africans
We are interested in partnerships with German companies that are doing business in Southern African countries. Due to our charitable status we are fully eligible to issue certificates for tax-exemption in Germany. Our partner World Vision South Africa is a registered PBO and can provide 18A tax certificates.
Project Duration | 01 October 2021 – 30 November 2023 |
Budget | 355.000 € |
Current Funding Gap | 9.000 € |
Project Region | Maruleng Municipality, Limpopo |
Main Beneficiaries | 7.500 Youth and young adults (15-35 years) |
The ‚Youth Hub‘ aims at increasing the career prospects of young people in GaSekororo by promoting vocational qualifications, soft skills and entrepreneurial skills. A particular focus lies on the empowerment of girls and young women. Through the Youth Ready Model, unemployed youth will be empowered to discover their potential and gain the skills and guidance to succeed in the labour market. Ultimately they will improve their livelihoods, health and wellbeing.
Project Duration | 01 March 2022 – 30 April 2023 |
Budget | 176.000 € |
Current Funding Gap | 5.000 € |
Project Region | Maruleng & Mulima Municipalities, Limpopo |
Main Beneficiaries | 90 Women Smallholder Farmer, 315 Household Beneficiaries |
The project aims to support women-led agricultural cooperatives in Maruleng and Mulima municipalities of Limpopo with regard to increased productivity, diversity and climate friendliness of their farms. Through several training modules, members of a total of seven cooperatives will be capacitated with agricultural, managerial and entrepreneurial capacities to transition from subsistence to sustainable production.
The Youth Hub in Maruleng was opened at November 17th 2022. It is part of a project funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) that aims at increasing the career prospects of young people in Limpopo.
Elke Wolff, Deputy Head of Cooperation at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, opened the Youth Hub together with the honourable mayor Tsheko Musolwa and representatives of the partner organizations World Vision South Africa and GESUNDES AFRIKA. Elke Wolff found moving words for the importance of projects like the Youth Hub: “A nation’s greatest resource is it’s youth. So let us break the cycle of unemployment together!” Sabrina Draheim, project manager at GESUNDES AFRIKA, added: „Our Youth Hub aims to make better use of the knowledge and skills of the youth in Limpopo and to open up new opportunities for them and the whole region. Only a strong young generation can meet the massive challenges of the future.”
The ceremony was rounded off with a Business Exhibition which aimed at showcasing the
Youth Businesses in the area, particularly those that have benefited from the Project.