Vision Statement
The CareNow Foundation’s vision is to catalyze the long term transformation of communities within developing countries by ensuring all people have access to quality healthcare. We recognize that people living in developing countries have needs in many areas, however, basic healthcare is a key requirement for any community to build self-sufficiency. Therefore, this is our focus.
Mission Statement
The mission of the CareNow Foundation is to provide essential healthcare to the least served populations of the world.
Values of CareNow Foundation
Access and Quality: The CareNow Foundation believes that every person deserves reasonable access to quality healthcare. As an organization we seek to build up and support the existing healthcare infrastructure that may currently exist in an area or region. We endeavor to identify the missing elements or key aspects of an existing system that need to be supplemented or upgraded. In areas where no healthcare infrastructure exists, CareNow will work with others to establish an appropriate medical care facility.
Partnership: The CareNow Foundation seeks to partner with credible and trustworthy organizations in Africa to accomplish our mission and extend the impact of the resources we make available. We are continually searching for new partner organizations and travel to Africa (using our personal funds) on a yearly basis to visit our current projects as well as seek out new potential partners.
Our current partners include the following organizations:
- Lily of the Valley in Mophela, South Africa
- 1000 Hills Community Helpers, Valley of 1000 Hills, South Africa
- Mission Medic Air. Ltd. Lusaka, Zambia
- Tanzania Christian Clinic in Ngaresh Juu, Tanzania
We also partner with a number of U.S. based organizations who share common interests and concerns about healthcare in developing countries.
People make the Difference: CareNow believes strongly that trained medical professionals make the difference no matter the setting. Therefore, we highly value those who volunteer to work in areas far from family and friends to serve the needs of those desperate for medical care in foreign countries. We also seek every opportunity to develop professional medical care-giving skills amongst the indigenous population as the ultimate requirement for every community to become self-sufficient. Our view is that a clinic is not a building, but the people who deliver the essential medical care.
Strategy of CareNow Foundation
The CareNow Foundation seeks to honor what is in place and build on existing healthcare systems as well as local expertise to provide expanded access to standardized counseling, testing, medical treatment and care as well as simplified laboratory monitoring.
Encouraging community involvement is a key strategy for CareNow and provides the foundation necessary to leverage access to basic healthcare by mobilizing large numbers of indigenous people to provide the long-term solution to the healthcare needs of their own community.
Near Term Goals and Objectives
- Continue to create and expand awareness in the United States of the need for basic healthcare in many remote regions of the world.
- Expand from our base of activity in South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania to begin working in 2 to 3 new countries over the next 24 months.
- Expand our Board of Directors to at least 12 members in the next 12 months with a focus on medical professionals who are familiar with Africa as well as those that are native born Africans
- Continue to develop strategic partnerships with NGO’s who have years of experience working in Africa to assist and support the expansion of our programs.
- Leverage the impact of our resources by continuing to seek donations of medical supplies and equipment in support of our on-going programs.