Creating an environment where people have access to quality healthcare, live healthier lives, and flourish.
Jali Afya is a nonprofit organization in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, transforming lives through holistic, compassionate healthcare and community empowerment.
Formerly known as Nundu Deaconess, our mission is to restore health, dignity, and resilience across a region long marked by conflict, displacement, and poverty.
Our Vision
A world where everyone has access to holistic healthcare and the opportunity to live a healthy, empowered life with dignity and hope.
Our Mission
To empower underserved communities to reclaim agency and thrive through equitable and holistic healthcare that fosters healing, resilience and well-being.
Stories from Jali Afya
We serve more than 300,000 people - including over 30,000 refugees - through our flagship referral hospital, a growing network of rural health centers, community health workers, and programs that address nutrition, maternal health, mental wellbeing, and economic empowerment.
Our Approach:
Equitable, trauma-informed healthcare
Empowering communities for long-term resilience
Supporting the social and economic conditions that determine health
Together, we are building healthy, thriving communities.
