Empowering communities to prevent,
control, and fight disease.
Starting in Kilifi County, Kenya, growing village by village
OCHADPAF is an African-led health foundation that goes into the village, listens, trains the people who live there, and leaves behind a stronger, healthier, more empowered community, ready to care for one another.
1.4M
People in Kilifi County
66.7%
Live below poverty line
1 on 1
Care for every person
$0
Cost to those who cannot pay
1→∞
One village, then the next
WHO WE ARE
An African Organization Built from Within
OCHADPAF, One on One Complete Health and Disease Prevention in Africa Foundation, was founded by Kenyan health professionals who know these communities from the inside. We go into the village, we listen, we train the people who live there, and we leave behind a healthier, more empowered community, capable of caring for each other. Then we move to the next village.
"Our model is one on one, one person teaching another, one community empowering the next. We do not create dependency. We build people who can take care of each other."
— Grace G. Kamau, RN, ACNP, PMHNP | CEO & Founding Director
OUR VISION
"A world where communities are empowered with knowledge and resources to prevent disease, manage chronic conditions, and enjoy longer, healthier lives."
OUR MISSION
"To reduce the burden of disease, one village at a time, through prevention, community empowerment, and one-on-one care for both communicable and non- communicable diseases."
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Kilifi, Kenya, Where We Begin
Our First Village
Kilifi County, Kenya is where OCHADPAF's journey begins. With 66.7% of its 1.4 million people living in poverty, virtually no mental health services, and diagnostic imaging available only at unaffordable private costs, Kilifi represents the gap OCHADPAF was created to fill. These are the people we are building for.
Community outreach
OCHADPAF team with Kilifi families, 2025
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Mothers & babies
The families the center will serve
Rural Kilifi
Mud-brick homes, no clinic nearby
Untreated illness
No care available, until OCHADPAF
Core Values & Pillars
What OCHADPAF Stands For
Six pillars guide everything we do, from how we enter a village to how we train a community
health worker to how we decide who receives free care.
Prevention First
The best care is the care people never need. We screen, educate, and empower communities before disease becomes crisis.
Community Ownership
We train people within the village to care for their neighbors. Health knowledge stays in the community long after we move on.
Women & Children First
Women, mothers, survivors of gender- based violence, and children are at the heart of every program we run.
Mental Health as Healthcare
We treat mental health with the same urgency as physical health, including psychotherapy for rape survivors and trauma victims.
Evidence & Research
We track, document, and share what we learn, building an evidence base that will inform our programs and guide future partnerships with research institutions in Kenya and beyond.
Dignity & Equity
No patient is ever turned away. Those who cannot pay receive free care. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege.
The One-on-One Model
Communities That Care for Each Other
OCHADPAF does not build dependency, we build capacity. Our one-on-one approach means every person we reach becomes someone who can teach another. Every community we empower becomes a model for the next.
One trained health worker teaches ten neighbors
One on One. Village by Village.
We go in, we learn, we serve, we train, we empower, and then the community carries it forward themselves. That is how lasting health transformation happens in Africa: not from the top down, but person to person, village to village.
One empowered village becomes a model for the next
One community health center serves the surrounding region
One diagnostic center gives access to CT, ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, and EKG, for free or at minimal cost
Starting in Kilifi, expanding to more villages across Africa
Enter the village
Listen. Learn. Understand real
community needs.
Build & deliver
Build the center. Deliver care.
Screen and treat.
Train & empower
Train locals to care for each other. Leave capacity behind.
Move to the next
Take what we learned. Go to the next village.
Flagship Project, Kilifi Health & Diagnostic Center
A Place for Everything the Community Needs
Our first center in Kilifi will house advanced diagnostic equipment, a preventive medicine clinic, women's health and maternal care, psychotherapy for survivors of violence and trauma, an immunization center for children and adults, and a community training hall, all in one place, serving everyone.
Diagnostic Center
CT scan, mammography, ultrasound, X-ray, and EKG, at affordable rates, free for those who cannot pay.
Preventive Medicine
Screening and management of hypertension, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic illness.
Women's Health
Maternal care, obstetric ultrasound, breast and cervical cancer screening, and safe motherhood education.
Psychotherapy & Mental Health
Counseling and psychiatric care, especially for women and children who are survivors of rape, trauma, and gender- based violence.
Immunization Center
Full childhood and adult vaccination programs, including community outreach for those who cannot reach a clinic.
Community Training Hall
A hall where people from the village, and partner organizations, come to learn, train, and advance health together.
The Training Hall
Where Communities Learn to Take Care of Each Other
Open to the Village,
and the World
At the heart of the OCHADPAF Center is a dedicated training hall. It belongs to the community. Anyone from the village can come to learn. Any organization that shares our values is welcome to join us and advance health for the people of Kilifi.
Community health worker training, disease prevention, symptoms, basic care
Health education for mothers, fathers, youth, and community leaders
Mental health awareness and stigma reduction sessions
Open to NGOs, companies, and government health agencies who want to partner with us
Research collaboration with KEMRI, universities, and international health institutions
Community comes together
Mothers and health workers gathering in Kilifi, the spirit of OCHADPAF's model.
