Think Humanity began assisting refugees in May 2007. 

In December of the same year, TH  became an established non-profit organization. The genesis of Think Humanity began in 2006, when Aimee Heckel traveled to Uganda as a journalist on assignment.

She visited the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in the most rural region of Western Uganda, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This trip brought light to the devestating conditions refugees were facing in the settlement.  Lack of education, underdevelopment, and rampant malaria and other diseases were leaving the refugees in a state of hopelessness.

Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Uganda

Soon after Ms. Heckel's trip, TH began raising money for malaria medication and insecticide-treated mossquito nets.  Every 30 seconds, a child in sub-Saharan Africa dies from malaria - that is 3,000 deaths every day. Yet malaria, a mosquito borne disease, is not only treatable, but it is also preventable. 

TH was established to help tackle this unnecessary cause of death.  Specifically, TH targeted our assisstance to refugees because they are often located in high risk areas where there are inadequate health services, nutrition, clean water, shelter, and sanitation.  As TH has grown over the years, we have expanded our services to other refugee settlements and an IDP Camp.  We have also begun assissting the local population, because while refugees are often badly off, the local population faces many of the same struggles. 

Think Humanity grew from a small organization supplying mosquito nets to one that also provides birthing kits, shallow wells, individual education sponsorships, and socio-economic development projects.  Our programs have further grown to 4 distinct areas:

1. Health
2. Education
3. Clean Water
4. Socio-Economic/Community Development

Please see our Projects page for more information about each program area.  A Think Humanity team travels to East Africa in January and July of each year.  If you are interested in being a part of the TH team, please contact us.

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At Think Humanity, we believe in empowerment.  Instead of having an expatriate staff who may not fully understand the local context and way of operating, we engage our local African leaders.  We believe in empowering them to make the changes necessary in their communities.

"We believe that it is best to give our leaders control, because they know what is most needed and how it can most effectively be implemented.  They are the ones that help restore hope, save lives, and build communities." - TH USA

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 Our Think Humanity African Leadership Team is as follows:

Amani Jean-Paul - Program Director

Emmanuel Nsabimana - Meds and Nets Manager

Nteziyaremye Jonas - Education Manager

Bagisha John - Clean Water Manager, Secretary/Treasurer