Food banks, free clinics, shelters, job training — all in one place. Real people share what works. AI validates it. You find help that's actually there when you need it.
65% of social service referrals fail. Directories are outdated. Phone lines are busy. And if you're in Lagos or Johannesburg, there's no directory at all.
You call a food bank listed online. It closed 6 months ago. Nobody updated the listing.
In most of Africa, community resources exist by word of mouth. The woman at the market who sells affordable food baskets isn't in any database.
Traditional referrals send you somewhere and never follow up. Nobody tracks whether the resource was open, helpful, or even real.
Just say it naturally: "I'm having trouble affording groceries" or "I need a free clinic near me." Amina understands context — she knows your area, your language, your situation.
Amina searches three layers: resources shared by people in your community, the 211 national directory (US), and Google Places (global). She gives you the name, address, hours, and phone number.
Two weeks later, Amina checks in: "Did you get to visit Grace Kitchen? How was it?" Your answer helps others. Good experiences rank the resource higher. Bad ones flag it.
"There's a woman at Allen Avenue market who sells affordable food baskets." Share what you know, and Amina saves it for others who need it. The directory grows with every conversation.
211 National Directory + Google Places + community contributions. Full social services coverage across all 50 states.
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Community-contributed resources powered by patients, CHWs, and providers. Growing daily. First comprehensive social services map in the country.
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Google Places for clinics and government offices + community-contributed local resources. SASSA offices, community health centers, and more.
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Lafia searches three sources: community-contributed resources from real people, the 211 National Directory (US), and Google Places (global). Every resource is validated by patient follow-up — if someone says it helped, it ranks higher.
Yes. Lafia works in Nigeria, South Africa, and the United States. In Africa, the directory is crowd-sourced by community health workers, patients, and providers who share resources they know about. The AI translates between English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin, and French.
After suggesting a resource, Amina follows up in your next conversation to ask if you went and whether it helped. Positive experiences boost the resource's ranking. Negative experiences flag it for review. Resources that consistently get poor feedback are automatically archived.
Absolutely. Just tell Amina about it during your conversation — 'There's a food bank on Allen Avenue that helps families.' Amina saves it and suggests it to others in your area who need similar help.
Your health data is never shared with community organizations. When Amina suggests a resource, you contact them directly. We never send your personal information to third parties without your explicit consent.
Food assistance, housing and shelters, transportation, healthcare clinics, employment services, legal aid, education and job training, and financial assistance programs.
Every resource you share helps someone else. Every follow-up validates the directory. Together, we're building something no company can build alone.
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