The Afya Foundations Mission is
to improve global health by rescuing surplus medical supplies and delivering them to underserved health systems around the world.
Rescue
Environmental Impact
The US Healthcare system discards over 7000 tons of usable medical supplies every year. Since 2008, AFYA has rescued over $26 Million worth of these supplies from landfills.
Sort
Community Impact
Hundreds of volunteers, including children and those with physical, intellectual or psychiatric disabilities, spend hours sorting, cataloging and packing recovered medical supplies.
Deliver
Global Health Impact
The US Healthcare system discards over 7000 tons of usable medical supplies every year. Since 2008, AFYA has rescued over $26 Million worth of these supplies from landfills.
Luggage for Life – Cape Town
You can change a life in Cape Town, one bag at a time. Simply bring an Afya duffel filled with medical supplies.
Afya’s Luggage for Life program will import medical supplies for the frail and elderly that are needed by Ikamva. Our partnership will vastly improve the clinical capacity of the community health providers who visit families in their homes, follow up on patients with recent medical crises and attend to the needs of the entire community in helping to care for their elders.
AFYA’S GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS
Afya Foundation is hosting a one-week intensive summer internship for high school junior and senior students committed to global health.
These opportunities are designed for the students to learn about global health issues through targeted lectures. The application of their growing knowledge will result in a hands-on project dedicated to Afya’s mission to help eliminate health disparities in medically underserved communities.