Causes: Education, Educational Services, Health, Health Care, International, International Development, Promotion of International Understanding

Mission: Child Family Health International (CFHI) is dedicated to transformative Global Health Education programs, research, and thought leadership emphasizing community leadership, global citizenship, and ethical engagement. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.

Results: Established in 1992, CFHI offers 30+ programs in 9 countries and online. We have worked with 10,000+ participants and partnered with various universities including UC Davis, Northwestern University, and Ohio University. In 2008, CFHI was awarded Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Target demographics: Students interested in global health, public health, medicine, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about global health while embedded in existing health systems and social services sectors alongside local community members and leaders. We place our participants in appropriately scoped and supervised health settings and within sustainable Fair-Trade partnerships.

Geographic areas served: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, and Uganda. We also offer virtual programs.

Programs: CFHI offers Global Health Education programs around the world and online. CFHI utilizes an asset-based engagement model in which local communities own the educational narrative as they work to achieve health equity and social justice. CFHI's expertise is in preserving the authenticity of the community's expertise and presenting 'real-life' global health, while nesting programs in gold-standard educational pedagogies and ethical/safety standards, always in line with local laws and universal guidelines.