Lead Oak at Pro-Health International Free Medical mission

Pro-Health International, a Christian, non-profit voluntary health care organization with a focus on uplifting the health status of the less privileged, neglected rural populace in Africa. Since its inception, Pro-Health International (PHI) has been involved in over 170 periodic short- term (1-2 weeks in duration) healthcare outreaches Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Zambia, The Gambia, Mali, Niger, Burundi and Malawi. Lead Oak Foundation participated in their short term project held at Fugar Local Government Areas in Edo state. Lead Oak foundation team participated in the health promotion department. 

Lead Oak Outreach Programs

Partnering with organisations with same objective is one of the platforms used by Lead Oak Women and Children Foundation to impact as many lives as possible. Church Plus (an arm of Church of God Mission international) based on their own assessment requested the Foundation to start up a Project Center at their location. The Lead Oak team was at the Church venue for an inaugural outing of which 10 women and 51 children were in attendance. 30 children were within the vulnerable age range of 0-5 years; and thus, were screened using anthropometric measurements (weight, height, head and arm circumference) in other to identify the malnourished children. At the end of the exercise, 50 packs of the Nutrimeal were distributed. Continue to see pictures of the event.....

Pictures from Equip a Mother Monthly Program

The following are some pictures from our monthly outreach program where clothes, shoes, kitchen utensils and of course, the Nutrimeal were distributed.

A mother trying a shoe on her son

Equip a Mother Program

On the last Friday of every month, there is a skill acquisition program organised for the mothers. It involves a practical, interactive and highly collaborative session handled by different facilitators teaching skills such as soap making, preparation of local snacks, and preparation of the Nutrimeal etc.

Lead Oak foundation and Prohealth international joint project sponsored by T.Y Danjuma Foundation.

Lead Oak Foundation partners with other organizations to achieve some of her objectives. Pro Health International in collaboration with TY Danjuma Foundation and Lead Oak Foundation held a free medical outreach on the 11th to 17th of May, 2014 at Iyahmo, Auchi, Edo State. 

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A TRAINING SESSION ON HOW TO PREPARE NUTRIMEAL

How To Prepare The Nutrimeal
STEPS
1. Mix the desired quantity of Nutrimeal with about twice the amount of cold water in a pot
2. Put on fire, continue to stir and bring to boil
3. Add a little more water to bring it to desired consistency
4. Set down
5. Add milk and/or sugar
6. Its ready for consumption.

Nutrimeal - a special meal made out of corn, soya beans, and groundnuts.
See the preparation steps below

TRAINING AT THE SKILL ACQUISITION CENTRE

The educational reformer Adelaide Hoodless said “Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.” Most of the women under our Equip a Mother program are mothers of our registered children. They are enrolled to be trained because a majority of them are uneducated, unemployed, with nominal skills. Once registered, they are engaged in weekly seminars for about 30 – 45 minutes on health education and personal development.

Feed A Child

The picture above shows 2 year old Aisha registered on the program with angular stomatisis caused by vitamin B deficiency. Continue to see Aisha 3 weeks after being on the Nutrimeal diet

FEED A CHILD PROGRAM

The Feed a Child Program is organized every Friday, scores of women come with their children to participate in the program. The children are then registered on the program and given registration cards to help for identification. After the registration, the anthropometry of each child is taken and the children are placed on our Nutrimeal made from corn, soyabeans and groundnut to ensure proper diet.

Each child is given 1 kg of Nutrimeal weekly. Some other very beneficial gift items like clothes,shoes,soaps and toiletries are also given to the women and children on the last Friday on each month. The women also benefit from various healthcare awareness campaign on different topics delivered by seasoned professionals weekly.

See some pictures of the children registered on the Feed a Child Program:

FEED A CHILD

 FEED A CHILD PROJECT.
This project is targeted at malnourished and vulnerable children of 0(6 months)-5 years. Registered children receive free 1 kg pack of Nutrimeal (it’s our special meal made from corn, soya beans, groundnut and crayfish) on a weekly basis.

At registration, the children are weighed and other anthropometric measurements taken which are subsequently monitored on a monthly basis.

There is regular monitoring and evaluation of the health of the children and provision is made available for certain health interventions and treatments.

We partner monthly with a free school for orphans and vulnerable children (Renaissance Academy) to ensure the provision of one nutritious meal a day for the orphans.

The medical women association of Nigeria (MWAN), Edo state chapter, partners with us to provide scientific support with the research arm of the project.