The Afiya Center is very unique in that we are one of the very few non- profit reproductive justice organizations in North Texas founded and directed by women of color.
We seek to create an atmosphere where women’s experiences are the center of our thinking; addressing the unique needs of women, increasing awareness and advocacy around policies that impact women’s lives. By approaching HIV/AIDS prevention from a reproductive justice framework, The Afiya Center effectively and realistically strives to decrease new infections among women of color.
The Afiya Center has been successful in aligning the organization with national women led organizations that focus on creating positive change in women’s lives especially women of color. In the early inception, the organization swiftly identified the intersectionality that exists between reproductive justice, high incidence and the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS among women of color. The Afiya Center creates projects that improve the health outcomes of women living with HIV/AIDS, decrease new infections and promotes entrepreneur enterprise. It is the believed by empowering these women and equipping them with tools to generate wealth, they no longer allow their status to define them, rather they will define their status.
The word Afiya is the feminine Swahili for health and wellness. Our logo, Sesa Wo Suban, is the West African Adinkra symbol of life transformation. It is our vision to positively impact and transform women and girls' relationship to their bodies and sexual reproductive health while fostering a complete mental, physical, and spiritual wholeness.
Transforming women and girls lives....
It is our vision to positively impact and transform women and girls' relationship to their bodies and sexual reproductive health while fostering a complete mental, physical, and spiritual wholeness.
The word Afiya is the feminine Swahili for health and wellness. The Sesa Wo Suban, is the West African Adinkra symbol, which represents life transformation.
Our logo, The Sesa Wo Suban is synonymous with the message we purvey as it relates to women’s lives. We strive to create positive changes in women’s lives by way of education, awareness, and advocacy. This achieved by equipping women with the tools to become their most powerful ally in obtaining fair and equitable change by way of varying policies that impact their lives.
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Monetary donations is just one of the many ways you can assist The Afiya Center in the work that is very vital to the community that we serve. The Afiya Center is a 501c3 organization and your tax deductible donation will assist us in providing programs that serve to positively transform the lives of women and girls to their reproductive health and wellness, decrease the risk of HIV and other STD’s along with teen pregnancy rates. The donations that you provide will also assist us in providing programs to those living with HIV that empower and educate that advocate around issues that impact the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS.
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