Our Focus on Persons with Disabilities: We focus so much on Persons with Disabilities because they are more likely to die earlier, have poorer health conditions and are more limited in their ability to accomplish their Activities of Daily Living (ADL) than the public.
The overarching priciple of the United Nations 2030 Agenda is "Leave No One Behind". Persons with Disabilities always face hinderances in their ability to participate on equal terms as members of the society. Majority of Persons with Disabilities live in conditions of poverty. All over the world, their fundamental human rights as equal members of the society are always violated. Children with Disabilities, as well, do not receive their rights as children. They should enjoy equal human rights as other children.
DONATE TO EMERON FOUNDATION TO HELP THE NEEDY! Without Charity and Philanthropy, the indigent, the aged and Persons with Disabilities in the poor communities of Nigeria are helpless, hopeless, and vulnerable. But with charity and philanthropy they can have access to improved and quality healthcare and live with dignity. With your donations we shall be able to provide low-cost/charity healthcare services to the needy. With your donations we shall be able to provide an environment where people live with dignity. With your collaboration we shall be able to improve the quality of life in our poor communities. We need to bring resources together to change and reduce the cost of healthcare; and bring quality healthcare to our rural communities. Please, donate and help Emeron Foundation to help the aged, the orphans, the indigent, and Persons with Disabilities.
Origin of Emeron Foundation: Dr. Emmanuel Nkwogu, as a physician had been providing low-cost healthcare services to the poor communities of Ogbaku and its environs in Imo State of Nigeria in the 1980s-90s. In line with that, he provided healthcare services free-of-charge to indigent patients. He always accepted patients without considering their ability to pay. This was a written-down policy. When he came to the United States of America and saw the opportunities that abound, he knew that he could help his poor communities in Nigeria more. So, he incorporated the Emeron Foundation as a Not-for-profit healthcare organization, both in the USA and Nigeria, to help him continue his humanitarian services. EMERON is an acronym for Emmanuel Eronini Obisike Nkwogu. He incorporated Emeron Foundation in the United States of America as Emeron Foundation USA Inc.
OUR IMPACT: We have made such impact that we frequently receive phone calls from people all over Imo State of Nigeria, asking for when we could donate mobility aids to them.
Events
What We Do: Emeron Foundation engages in activities that enhance and promote the health of the people in the rural communities where we work. These activities include :
1. Health education through workshops, seminars, classes, and other community outreach events.
2. Acquiring new and used medical equipment and supplies that are made available to health care facilities that serve the poor.
3. Acquiring Mobility aids that are donated to Persons with Disabilities.
4. Provision of basic needs of life, such as food and articles of clothing, including shoes to the indigent, widows and orphans.
5. Emeron Foundation will be providing low-cost/affordable clinical medical services to the communities we serve.
Persons with Disabilities arriving for a Community Outreach Event
Working With Persons With Disabilities
Despite the fact that Nigeria has one of the fastest growing populations in the world, health indicators in Nigeria are one of the worst, even in Africa. Cooperation and collaboration are needed for improving health conditions in Nigeria. Persons with Disabilities are at the center of the United Nations 2030 Agenda which aims at eradicating poverty in all its forms. This is because more than 80% of persons with disabilities live in poverty. And there is a diversity of persons with disabilities in Nigeria, majority of them having physical disabilities or mobility problems. Sadly, in Nigeria Persons with disabilities that involve physical impairment are in most cases automatically bed-ridden, because they do not have access to mobility aids that could help them in accomplishing their activities of daily living. And the governments (Federal and States) are of no help. These Activities of Daily Living (ADL) include using the toilet, bathing, showering, getting in and out of bed or a chair; or transferring from one position to another. Emeron Foundation works to reduce suffering . Our mission is to help solve the problems of the poorest amongst us, by increasing their access to improved and quality health. There is a staggering inequality, which is why Nigeria ranks 161 out of 189 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI). But we can enable Persons with Disabilities live with dignity. With cooperation and collaboration we can provide them with mobility aids such as: folding walkers, rollator walkers, wheelchairs, mobility scooters, canes, walking sticks, crutches, orthopaedic shoes, walker boots, braces, commode chairs, shower chairs/benches, etc.
Emeron Foundation USA Inc. 8731 N 50th St., Apt A Tampa, FL 33617, USA Phone: +1 (813) 431-7176 Fax: +1 (813) 354-4411 AND Emeron Foundation (Nigeria) 23 Owerri/Onitsha Rd. Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria; + 234-806 213-6541 Email: info@emeronfoundation.org eronini.on@gmail.com
