OUR BELIEFS

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

We are called to care for underserved and marginalized people in sub-Saharan Africa. About 900,000 people die every year in the region because of poor quality healthcare. This is largely because life-saving interventions do not reach the healthcare workers that desperately need them.

Our Christian faith and commitment to justice, compassion, and elevating the poor motivate our work. All people have profound value and inherent worth, and are made in the image of God. Every individual, regardless of where they live, have the right to lead healthy and whole lives. We believe the answer lies in the hands of local healthcare workers who, when equipped, can provide high-quality healthcare for their communities.

 

OUR VALUES GUIDE OUR WORK

We value honoring God and others in all we do.

From our work in the field with health facilities to our team meetings and assessments, we are committed to honoring God, one another, our patients and all of our partners.

We value sustainable impact at scale.

As LifeNet continues to scale and expand our network to save more lives in sub-Saharan Africa, our leaders closely evaluate all programs and decisions with sustainable impact while keeping scale in mind.

We value high-quality, compassionate healthcare. 

Our commitment to equitable and compassionate healthcare in all of our partner facilities is at the foundation of our work. Our belief that all people bear the image of God and have inherent worth and ability, as we embrace this value to be lived out to every patient entering our partner facilities.

We value evidence-based programming.

LifeNet’s robust monitoring and evaluation team are central to our work and provide ongoing data-based insight into the effectiveness of our interventions. We aim to see health center partners embody this evidence-based mindset in their own decision making.

We value local church ownership & decision making.

We believe people are our greatest asset. LifeNet is dedicated to recognizing and strengthening the skills and capacity of local men and women in the communities we work. Our staff work side-by-side with local staff, committed to increasing their capacity to flourish and in their ownership of the health services they provide to their communities.

Through LifeNet’s training and mentoring, health workers in hard to reach, last-mile health facilities in Africa are given the knowledge and tools they need to save lives and live out these values.

OUR VALUES AFFECT OUR APPROACH

CONNECT WITH US

GLOBAL SUPPORT OFFICE

PO Box 21457
Washington, DC 20009
+1 (202) 480-9002

IN BURUNDI

26 Avenue Ngendandumwe
Bujumbura, Burundi

IN UGANDA

Princess Anne Drive, Plot 56
Bugolobi Kampala Uganda

IN DRC

No. 007 Av. Nyofu I, Q. Nyalukemba
C. Ibanda, Bukavu
Democratic Republic of the Congo

IN MALAWI

Off Presidential Highway,
Plot Number 116, Area 14
Lilongwe, Malawi

HEADQUARTERS

Jumuia Place
Lenana Road, Nairobi Kenya

IN GHANA

5, Kobla Nelson AV, Okuja Rd
Abofu, Achimota
Accra, Ghana

SOCIAL INNOVATION IN HEALTH INITIATIVE

We were chosen as one of 25 high impact healthcare delivery solutions for the
2015 Social Innovation in Health Initiative, in partnership with the World Health Organization.