20years old nursing student, Blessing Fortune Kwomo started
De Rehoboths Therapeutic Studio – a holistic healthcare solution for low income
families in Port Harcourt at the age of 19.
Her inspiration for starting the company was drawn from her
own experience. As a child brought up in a poor family, she found that she
would often return to hospital after being discharged, as she was unable to
fully recover in the home environment. She grew up in a rural district of
Dakata in Kano State of Nigeria, as one of eight children.
Blessing realized that there was a need to provide an
alternative healthcare solution that would support traditional methods, and founded
De Rehoboths Therapeutic Studio, which extends home-based healthcare through
tailored family action plans for treating illness and addressing root causes to
empower families to live healthier within the context of their surroundings.
Her business which exists to provide health care services for low income
families. The aim was to prevent their home and social environments from
landing them back in hospital.
De Rehoboths treats root causes through management of
chronic illnesses and tailoring ‘family action plans’ which firstly treat
illness and second address root causes and empower families through education
to live healthier within the context of their surroundings.
She believes her model can be easily scaled and replicated
across Nigeria to reduce rural mortality.
Through this venture, Blessing employs three people in her
community and impacts health outcomes for countless people within her community
who would otherwise not afford healthcare services.
Blessing is a 2015 finalist of the Anzisha Prize, an initiative of African Leadership Academy. The recognition and prize celebrates innovative young African entrepreneurs
Credit: anzishaprize.org, cnn.com
Nice one. Keep it up.
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