The African Family Health Organization (AFAHO) is a non-profit 501(c)3 community-based organization committed to providing culturally and linguistically sensitive health related services to African and Caribbean immigrants and refugees in the greater Philadelphia area.

“We provide language interpretation and translation services in more than 10 African languages.”

RECENT NEWS

August 2010- AFAHO receives the 2010 Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Program Award for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity among African and Caribbean immigrant and refugee children!

Testimonial:

“I had newly arrived in Philadelphia from Africa, did not speak any English and was 7 months pregnant. I was afraid to go to the hospital because my papers had expired and I did not want trouble. I was talking to a friend one day about my problem and she told me not to worry, she will call AFAHO and make an appointment for me and they would help me. I am so glad I found AFAHO. They gave me an HIV test, which came back positive. I was so scared because I thought me and my baby would die, but today, I have a healthy HIV negative baby boy because the wonderful people at AFAHO took me to a doctor where I got medicines that saved my baby’s life. The staff at AFAHO also made me less scared about having HIV because of the way they talked to me about the disease. I know I can live with it now. I do not know where I and my baby would be today if not for AFAHO.” M.P.