Global collaboration
What a 14-day, three-city coalition journey made visible
The Kenya 2026 field archive documents meetings, learning, health, enterprise, and community exchange across Nairobi, Kakamega, and Mombasa.
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Organizational facts reviewed July 19, 2026. Contact IHA directly for deadline-sensitive fact-checking.
- Legal identity
- New York-based 501(c)(3)
- Employer identification number 41-5182519
- Origin
- 2017
- Work began as the Global Development Initiative
- Current name
- 2024
- Institute for Human Advancement
- Kenya 2026
- 14 days · 3 cities
- A documented coalition journey across Nairobi, Kakamega, and Mombasa
- IHA Advance
- 25 free modules
- Learning across health, work, enterprise, leadership, and technology
Short description
About IHA.
The Institute for Human Advancement is a New York-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that brings health, learning, work, technology, capital, and community together so people and communities can advance as a whole.
IHA convenes trusted partners, builds practical programs and technology, tests them in real settings, documents what happens, and helps useful models travel. Its public work includes healthcare workforce pathways, free learning, health-navigation technology, research, and global collaboration.
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Lorenzo A. Daughtry-Chambers
Founder and CEO
Lorenzo A. Daughtry-Chambers founded IHA and developed its connected model across health, learning, workforce development, technology, capital, and community collaboration. His work centers on building institutions and practical systems that respond to people's lives as a whole.
Story leads
Three places to enter the work.
Health + technology
Designing for the distance between a health risk and receiving care
IHA Care is a working product demonstration focused on readiness, navigation, follow-through, and clear safety boundaries.
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Building a free learning pathway for practical advancement
IHA Advance brings together five courses and 25 modules designed for mobile access and independent learning.
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