Task & Goals

Mission & Goals:
Andema Foundation (AF) is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 2011 by Andema's staff volunteers, Trainees, doctors and nurses. AF is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training, education and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, AF rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

A Focus on Training for Long-Term Success:
AF staff and volunteers will come from all over the world and are united by a common goal: to save lives and alleviate the suffering of those affected by war, disease, and devastation. AF health care services include:

• Primary health care (PHC) – basic preventative and curative services, with a focus on the most vulnerable victims of suffering: children, women, and the elderly
• Mental health care – train primary health care providers to integrate mental health into their work so they can identify and treat mental health problems. AF also sets up a variety of psychosocial programs for the wider community according to their needs
• Maternal and child health care (MCH) – mass immunizations, well-child clinics, and training for midwives and traditional birth attendants to reduce maternal and child mortality
• Health education and training – in the medical and managerial skills needed to serve local communities suffering from a breakdown in health services
• Emergency relief and disaster response – vital emergency medical care, war and trauma surgery, nutrition, and water/sanitation assistance provided at the very onset of a humanitarian crisis
• HIV/AIDS – diagnosis, treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and opportunistic infections, as well as training for HIV/AIDS caretakers, distribution of appropriate drug therapies, and public education
• Reproductive Health Care – a full range of services for women to promote better health, particularly during the child-bearing years;
• Water and sanitation – to control the spread of waterborne diseases amongst vulnerable communities
• Reconstructive and rehabilitative surgery – to improve the physical and psychological health of victims of warfare, including women and children
• Nutrition services – supplemental and therapeutic feeding programs for populations affected by famine and food shortages, particularly small children
• Microfinance – community-based initiatives to help restore economic self sufficiency and help finance local health programs
• Gender and sexual based violence – training for local health care workers to increase awareness of gender-based violence and establish treatment protocols