What we do
Our objectives and areas of focus connect compassionate healthcare, professional development, community empowerment, research, innovation and knowledge exchange.
Objectives of EHF
These eight objectives define the full breadth of the Foundation’s health, education, welfare and community mandate.
Foster a healthier society through healthcare projects, innovative health-related programmes and compassionate healthcare missions for vulnerable and medically underserved populations.
Establish healthcare delivery, educational and welfare institutions, boarding homes, day-care centres, nursing homes and diagnostic centres as required to advance the foundation’s objectives.
Promote strategies that help workplaces and communities mitigate health emergencies and the adverse effects of pandemics.
Use gender-sensitive and participatory approaches in outreach and capacity-building projects for youths and families in vulnerable and medically underserved populations.
Encourage service, community participation and engagement.
Build strategic linkages with educational and healthcare institutions, communities, government agencies, development partners and organisations with aligned objectives.
Produce Information, Education and Communication materials that advance the foundation’s objectives.
Undertake other activities approved by the Board of Trustees.
Our areas of focus
Area of focus
Health promotion and mitigation of health emergencies in workplaces and communities through innovative healthcare and related programmes.
Innovative healthcare programmes for healthier, better-prepared workplaces and communities.Area of focus
Education and professional development through the establishment of healthcare delivery, educational and welfare institutions, and the production of Information, Education and Communication resource materials.
Institutions, learning and practical resources that strengthen healthcare delivery.Area of focus
Youth, family and community empowerment through gender-sensitive and participatory approaches.
Gender-sensitive, participatory approaches that help people shape sustainable change.Area of focus
Research, innovation and knowledge exchange through strategic linkages and collaborations.
Strategic linkages and collaborations that turn evidence and shared learning into better practice.How we work
Our programmes bring together professional excellence, evidence-informed practice, community engagement, innovation and collaboration.
High standards in healthcare, education, leadership and service.
Learning and delivery shaped by credible knowledge and responsible evaluation.
Participatory approaches that respect the experiences of people and communities.
Strategic linkages that strengthen ideas, resources and sustainable impact.
Move the mission forward
Join EHF to advance health and education, transform lives and empower communities.