KIHMI works to mitigate the long-term social and economic impacts of rare diseases in underserved communities across Colombia. With a model built on trust, dignity, and sustainability, KIHMI’s approach centers around co-developing solutions with local communities that ensure lasting change beyond medical diagnosis. Now operating as an independent Colombian nonprofit, KIHMI is looking to strengthen its capacity to measure program impact, evaluate its training curriculum, and explore sustainability mechanisms to expand its model in Colombia and internationally.

This project offers NYU Wagner students the opportunity to support KIHMI’s international development goals by building an impact measurement framework, assessing opportunities to adapt and monetize KIHMI’s "Do No Harm for Development" curriculum, and proposing strategies to scale and replicate the model through community engagement and cross-sector partnerships.