Corps Member Ihenyen Ehinome Joy AD/20B/1932 has converted an abandoned building to a Clinic in Kpogno Community, a remote village in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The idea of the clinic came up when the Corps Member participated as an enumeration officer in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) which entailed the touring of remote villages across the State to enumerate and register Primary School pupils for the school feeding Programme.
While registering the pupils in Kpogno village, Joy observed that several people especially the children and the elderly were physically unhealthy. After some enquiries, she realized that the rural dwellers had to travel for about 14 kilometers to access the nearest Clinic at another village called Borong.
She became disturbed and took it upon herself to change the ugly situation.
Using her orientation on NYSC’s Community Development Service (CDS) Programme, she strategized and got approval of the NYSC Scheme, mobilized relevant stakeholders especially the Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency who collaborated with residents of the community.
Seeing her sincerity, the community willingly donated a four bedroom dilapidated building for the project in addition to other contributions towards its success.
And finally it is mission accomplished for Corps Member Ihenyen Ehinome Joy as the people of Kpogno community no longer have to travel 14 kilometers to access medical care.
The donor, an indigene of Ekpoma Local Government Area of Edo State used the platform of NYSC to affect humanity positively.
She partnered with the State Primary Healthcare through the Girei LGA PHC which is to provide drugs as well as other medical consumables.
