JBJ Foundation (JBJF)

JBJ Foundation (JBJF) is a private foundation based in the United States which seeks to catalyze lasting improvements in the lives of the world’s poorest by helping to improve health, education, and economic opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. We work closely with government counterparts to co-design cost-effective interventions with the potential for scale and sustainability. Our work is currently focused in Malawi with additional countries to follow. 

We seek the most cost-effective ways to create impact for the world’s poorest. That means doing the right thing – and doing it right.
 

Our work started in 2008 in the Kwitanda catchment area of the Balaka district in Malawi. By working in cooperation with the Malawian government and local partners, we explored how to build a more resilient health system while maximizing long-term impact. Since then, we have continued to center our work around sustainable interventions and scalable solutions to improve access to health services, quality education and serve the people that need it the most. 

 

Through our work we have seen that by assessing the relationship between cost and the impact of interventions, we can maximize our contribution and improve the lives of the world’s poorest. This approach helps us compare one potential intervention to another and informs how we get most impact out of the money invested. To us, this is not just being smart about how money is spent but being strategic and informed on how to serve most effectively those in need.