Health Screening for 12 villages in Rural Nigeria

   African Community Health Initiative have been very grateful for the continued support of organization and our mission.  We continue to strive to fulfill our mission of serving the health of the community starting with caring for the body.  Alongside the medical maintenance program is a food drive for participants where raw foodstuffs are supplied to those in need.  As you know the COVID crisis has affected all countries with no exception to Nigeria.  Nigeria is already dealing with enormous social and economic impacts exacerbating existing inequalities and creating new inequalities, which are hitting the most vulnerable people the hardest.  It has affected the livelihood of many Nigerians in the villages ACHI reaches out to.  ACHI trusts and has hope that ACHI will continue our medical maintenance program with food drive to cushion the potentially devastating impact it may have on our participants in the program, which in turn may affect their health in which we have been so faithfully serving them.   

            Again, we give thanks to all that have believed in our work, and has continuously supported us all these years. More financial help is needed to sustain this added and needed program of providing food for the hungry and the needy.  

The world has been faced with a lot of uncertainties since 2020. The pandemic has affected the way things are done in every part of the world and there is no normal way of doing things and good timing anymore. The Medical Outreach was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic which impacted the procurement of medications and medical supplies needed for the program. ACHI continued the maintenance program for the management of Diabetes and Hypertension in the three communities that are centrally located and serve other communities. The needed for the maintenance during the pandemic could not be over emphasized because of increased poverty and limited medical supplies and medications.

The story this year is different. The program is being postponed as a result of the unrest, increased insecurity in every part of the nation. Also the delay in getting the needed supplies to the country by shipping is also being delayed because of the pandemic and the unrest in the nation. The suffering is on the rise, there is hunger and frustration among the citizens leading to a lot of uncertainty and insecurity. We are currently making medications available for the maintenance by purchasing medications locally at a very high price, to make sure the program continues, because it is highly needed by the population we serve. 

The need for funding has really increased because of the situation on ground as a result of the insecurity and prices of medications and food. We are planning a food drive again soon to assist the people in need, but need funding to assist us with this. Thanks for your partnership over the years, and looking forward for more assistance towards this desperate situation in Nigeria.