Health Without Borders is a joint initiative between three long-established organisations, The Derby Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association, Derby Refugee Forum and Sahahra. All three organisations are all led by their communities. As part of our collaborative work, we support people who come to us for help with their health issues. The common thread that has pulled us together is the lack of understanding of common health issues in our communities.
“We believe the bottom line is that there are unnecessary hospitalisations and early deaths which could be avoided if health information could be accessed more easily”.
Our project, funded by the TudorTrust, is based on the long established and widely used Community Health Educators model. We aim to recruit Community Health Educators drawn from the minority and disadvantaged communities we serve, to be able to transmit reliable information and lead discussions about specific key health issues.