In collaboration with community members, Local Governments, the leaders of the community and PHC, we have effectively organized a Primary Health Initiative (PHI) with Iloro community, Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State for a period of two years. During this period, we helped in upgrading the healthcare center with the purchase and refurbishment of furniture, donation of equipment and other medical supplies to enhance the operation of the PHC.
The foundation also ensured the provision of basic health education, free medical outreaches and medication. These have improved the health of Iloro Community and identified opportunities for growth of the PHC. In addition, we engaged in capacity building of staff where we shared best practices.
We also conducted three faith-based Community health outreaches in 2018. These were done in collaboration with churches and mosques as part of their social responsibilities to the communities they serve.
The outcomes in these outreaches were eye-opening; a majority of the community members did not have primary health care providers prior to our intervention. Our organization was able to initiate and set-up a mini-clinic with one of the faith-based communities. We used a sustainable model in which the community can operate with minimal funding.to initiate and set-up a mini-clinic with one of the faith-based communities. We used a sustainable model in which the community can operate with minimal funding.