What Healing Fields Foundation does

Healing Fields Foundation (HFF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 and headquartered in Hyderabad, India, that trains rural women from resource-poor communities as Community Health Entrepreneurs (CHEs) to deliver preventive healthcare, health education, first aid, and telehealth facilitation across India's underserved villages. Operating across 10 states and approximately 8,000 villages with a network of more than 7,500 trained CHEs, HFF reaches over 10 million citizen beneficiaries, supported by an organizational staff of 51-100 employees including a CEO, COO, General Manager, Impact Lead, and program-specific leadership. The organization's core offering is the CHE Program, anchored in two proprietary frameworks — the 4E Methodology (Equip, Enable, Engage, Transform) and the Continuum of Care Model — which together structure CHE training, deployment, and the end-to-end patient journey from education through screening, access to care, and follow-up adherence.

HFF's technology layer is a phygital platform combining in-person community outreach with digital tools, including mobile applications for survey and data collection, telehealth platforms for remote doctor consultations, and a proprietary HFF Technology Platform under development that incorporates a Learning Management System (LMS), outreach module, and longitudinal community assessment capabilities. Adjacent product lines include the School Health Champions program (training adolescent peer educators in government and affordable private schools), Disaster Preparedness Training, an NCD Bio-Behavioral study in partnership with Christian Medical College Vellore and the National Institute of Nutrition, and a Telehealth Facilitators Project that equips selected CHEs to anchor digital continuum-of-care delivery. HFF also offers Training Services to other social organizations seeking to license its CHE training pedagogy.

HFF's business model is a hybrid non-profit funding structure. Primary revenue derives from donations and grants from institutional funders (including the Gates Foundation) and individual donors. Supplementary revenue streams include marginal-profit sales of health and hygiene products by CHEs, nominal-fee teleconsultation services, and Training Services revenue from licensing its methodology to peer organizations. Distribution is direct-to-household through the CHE field force, supplemented by formal partnerships with government Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and Community Health Centers (CHCs) for screenings, referrals, and continuum of care, and school-based channels for adolescent health programming. HFF holds no patents or trademarks, is DPDP Act 2023 compliant, and operates without parent company, equity investors, or disclosed funding rounds.

Name

Healing Fields Foundation

Legal name

Healing Fields Foundation

Website

https://healing-fields.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Healing Fields Foundation is a Hyderabad-based non-profit founded in 2000 that trains rural Indian women as Community Health Entrepreneurs to deliver preventive care, health education, and telehealth services across 8,000+ villages and 10 states, reaching 10 million+ beneficiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Community Health Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Workforce Development & Training Grants (Public Health) (HLAJALAM)

Keywords

• Community health programs
• Rural healthcare services
• Health entrepreneur training
• Telehealth facilitation
• Nonprofit health foundation

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Primary funding through donations from individual donors and grants from foundations and institutional donors supporting healthcare programs in rural India.
2. Health Product Sales: CHEs sell essential health and hygiene products for a marginal profit, creating a sustainable livelihood while providing access to health products in remote areas.
3. Teleconsultation Services: CHEs provide teleconsultation services for a nominal fee, enabling access to remote healthcare while generating supplementary income.
4. Training Services: HFF offers training programs to other social organizations, leveraging their proven pedagogy for training health entrepreneurs and health change agents.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Healing Fields Foundation (HFF) is a non-profit organization that trains rural women as Community Health Entrepreneurs (CHEs) to deliver preventive healthcare, health education, first aid, telehealth facilitation, and access to government health entitlements in resource-poor villages across 10 Indian states. Operations are powered by a phygital model combining doorstep community outreach with digital tools including mobile survey apps, a telehealth platform, and a proprietary HFF Technology Platform with a Learning Management System (LMS).

Product overview

Healing Fields Foundation (HFF) is a non-profit organization operating a multi-module community health ecosystem rather than a single software product. The core offering is the Community Health Entrepreneurs (CHEs) Program, which trains rural women as health catalysts. This is supported by the Telehealth Facilitators Project for digital healthcare delivery, School Health Education (SHEs) for adolescent health education, and specialized programs for disaster preparedness and NCD management. HFF also operates a proprietary technology platform incorporating digital tools for surveys, field coordination, a Learning Management System (LMS), and longitudinal community assessments. The organizational methodology is built on the Continuum of Care Model and 4E Methodology framework. Past programs included a Micro Health Insurance Programme (2000-2010s) and COVID-19 Response Initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Health Entrepreneurs (CHEs) Program The flagship program that selects, trains, and supports rural women from resource-poor communities as health change agents who deliver health education, drive behavior change, provide first aid, facilitate telehealth consultations, and sell essential health and hygiene products in their villages.
• Telehealth Facilitators Project Training program that equips selected CHEs to deliver healthcare through digital platforms, anchoring a continuum of care that includes screenings, patient identification, remote doctor consultations, and follow-up to ensure adherence to treatment.
• School Health Education (School Health Champions) Program Program that trains adolescent girls and boys in government and affordable private schools to become peer educators on health, hygiene, nutrition, menstrual hygiene management, reproductive health, addiction awareness, and domestic violence.
• Disaster Preparedness Training Program Training program preparing CHEs to handle pre-, during-, and post-disaster scenarios, including vector-borne and waterborne illnesses, household surveys, village mapping, and historical data analysis.
• HFF Technology Platform Proprietary digital ecosystem with survey and field coordination modules, a Learning Management System (LMS) for CHE training, an outreach module for healthcare access, and a longitudinal survey module for community assessments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 million+ citizen beneficiaries reached across 10 states
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Government Health Systems (PHCs & CHCs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnerships with Primary Health Centers and Community Health Centers for organizing village health screening camps, patient referrals, and continuum of care delivery.
• Christian Medical College VelloremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for Bio-Behavioral study assessing effectiveness of behavior change interventions within CHE communities for NCD prevention and management.
• National Institute of Nutrition, HyderabadmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for Bio-Behavioral study on NCD prevention and management through lifestyle modifications in CHE communities.
• GiveIndia and ISDMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint action research report on Village-Level COVID-19 Preparedness documenting community health response methodologies.
• Stanford UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on electronic-based curriculum research to train acute care providers in rural India, exploring feasibility of remote training of community members.
• Grameen FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on methodology of microfinancing programmes in India, contributing to Integrated Health and Microfinance in India Volume III.
• World BankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNimish Parekh, co-founder, serves on Advisory Board on Voluntary Health Insurance at the World Bank.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Noora Health: India- and Bangladesh-based nonprofit that trains family caregivers and community members as health change agents using a peer-education model highly analogous to HFF's CHE program. Both operate in low-resource hospital and community settings across South Asia with strong evidence-based M&E.
• Swasth Foundation: Operates a digital health platform and clinic network serving low-income urban and peri-urban communities in India. Overlaps with HFF on mission to expand healthcare access for underserved populations via tech-enabled, community-rooted delivery.
• ARMMAN: Mumbai-headquartered NGO running large-scale mhealth and community health worker interventions for maternal and child health across India. Directly comparable to HFF on target population, tech-enabled outreach, and last-mile health worker deployment.
• Basic Healthcare Services: Operates primary healthcare clinics and community health programs in tribal and rural Rajasthan. Comparable on target geography (rural underserved India), CHE-style frontline workforce model, and focus on primary care/NCDs.
• Last Mile Health: Global nonprofit that recruits, trains, and equips community health workers in remote African settings (originating in Liberia). Operates an almost identical CHW-led rural healthcare delivery model and shares HFF's emphasis on government integration and evidence-based impact measurement.
• Jan Swasthya Sahyog: Rural community health NGO operating in central Indian tribal regions, with a comparable model of trained community health workers delivering primary care, maternal/child health, and NCD services to underserved populations.

Broad incumbents

• Partners in Health: Global health equity nonprofit delivering healthcare in resource-poor settings through community health workers, with a focus on accompaniment and government partnership. Shares HFF's foundational philosophy of community-embedded healthcare delivery.
• PATH: Large global health nonprofit with extensive India operations spanning immunization, maternal/child health, and NCDs. Overlaps with HFF on mission and beneficiary populations but operates at much larger scale with broader programmatic portfolio.
• BRAC: Largest development NGO in the world, with community health worker programs across South Asia and Africa. Operates a comparable community-empowered health model at much larger scale and longer history than HFF.
• CARE India: Major humanitarian/development NGO with large health, education, and livelihood programs across rural India. Comparable on rural community health programming and government partnership approach, though broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=1fNARwnCmlA
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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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