Founded in 2007, Living Goods aims to maximize the potential of community health workers (CHWs) through its “DESC approach”, i.e. Digitally enabling, Equipping, Supervising, and Compensating CHWs for affordable, high-quality healthcare. The model operates in three modes: learning sites that serve as innovation hubs and evidence sources for community health investments, national partnerships with governments to integrate DESC best practices while pursuing co-investment agreements to reinforce government ownership, and advocacy to improve the policy landscape.
We invest in Living Goods as part of LGT Venture Philanthropy’s health strategy focusing on models that design, scale, strengthen and sustain digitally empowered solutions for high-quality primary healthcare in underserved communities. Our support spans three areas:
In 2023, Living Goods supported 11,429 CHWs reaching 5.3 million people across Kenya, Uganda and Burkina Faso, leveraging significant government co-financing.
We are thrilled to partner with LGT Venture Philanthropy. Together we’ll use their investment knowledge and our local experience to make a big difference in people’s lives. By using innovative digital health tools, we aim to provide affordable and accessible healthcare to more people in the communities we serve.
