The Birth of HEAL FOR ALL: Turning Pain into Purpose

Dr. Samuel Jackson
Founder, HEAL FOR ALL Foundation

When people ask me why I chose to start HEAL FOR ALL, I could tell them about my days in the hospital ,treating patients whose chronic illnesses had already stolen so much of their lives. I could talk about long nights in crowded wards, where too many lives slipped away not because medicine didn’t exist, but because it didn’t reach the people who needed it most.

But the truth is, my “why” started long before I put on a white coat. It started in my grandmother’s village, where life was simple but the struggles were silent. I watched Uncle Juma ,once the loudest laugh in the room lose his spark to diabetes. I saw Mama Nuru, a woman of unmatched strength, silenced by hypertension. These weren’t just health problems. They were quiet thieves, stealing freedom, dignity, and hope from people I loved.

At first, I thought these were isolated cases. But then I saw the pattern: overwhelmed clinics, families lost in confusion, and young mothers staring at diagnoses they couldn’t understand. The enemy wasn’t just disease it was silence, stigma, and lack of knowledge. That realization lit a fire in me: health is not just the absence of illness. Health is freedom — the freedom to dream, to love, to build a future.

That’s how HEAL FOR ALL was born. Not from an office desk, but from the conviction that knowledge itself is medicine. If we can teach someone to check their own blood pressure, to understand the sugar in their tea, to seek help early then we’re giving them more than treatment. We’re giving them power.

I still remember leading part of Tanzania’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. It wasn’t easy,there was fear, doubt, and resistance. But there was also courage, hope, and the realization that change is possible when communities come together. That experience taught me something powerful: health isn’t just science—it’s trust, it’s connection, it’s equity. And that’s what HEAL FOR ALL stands for.

The Big “Why?”
I do it for the mother who deserves to see her children grow up healthy.
I do it for the grandmother who deserved better care.
I do it for the man who thought his pain was “just life.”
I do it for the thousands still living in silence, unaware that prevention is possible.
And I do it for myself to keep the promise I made the day I first put on my white coat: that healing is not just for some, but for all.

A promise in a Name
The name HEAL FOR ALL is more than just a name—it’s a promise. A commitment to bring health education, access, and hope to every community, until prevention and care are truly for all.