We support community health on Mfangano Island, Kenya.
Our focus is on technology, social solidarity, and sustainability.
WHY ORGANIC?
Where we work, “organic” is about much more than health-food. We recognize each human organism as dynamic nexus of biological, social, and ecological relationships. In order to treat disease, we believe health interventions must address the equilibrium of an individual’s relationships, i.e. the microbial, familial, political, and ecological webs of energy exchange that give meaning to being well versus being sick. Organic describes a formation that happens gradually with a low degree of predictability. It is something that ebbs and flows until it finds a good fit. It is typical to the formation process of living systems such as organisms, communities, or ecosystems. OHR seeks to function organically, allowing freedom to create opportunities that lead to innovative solutions to complicated problems.