WBFA'S Purpose

 

Nigeria’s progress determines Africa’s deliverables, and Africa’s deliverables define global success.  By the expiry date of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2030, I am certain that the magnitude of Nigeria’s success will be felt around the world.” – Her Excellency Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki

Through a multi-layered strategy of research, advocacy, policy development, community engagement, philanthropy and education, Wellbeing Foundation Africa devises and implements programs which boldly deliver upon the stated objectives of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Three, Five, and Six: Good Health and Wellbeing, Gender Equality, and Clean Water and Sanitation, respectively.  All Wellbeing programs address multiple intersections between these three goals, including, but not limited to:

Further education for midwives and frontline community health workers;
Improved education around water, sanitation and health (WASH) for life-saving healthy habits;
Advancement of early childhood mental and physical health development, and;
The fundamental necessity of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls for a fair and just society.

The need for such global goals are made particularly poignant in the context of Nigeria - a country with health challenges so pronounced, it is among the most-afflicted in the world. 

Nigeria’s combination of large population and tremendous potential ensures that success – even moderate success — directly impacts the global numbers on health, wellbeing and progress, pivoting the global paradigm, from counteracting regressive standards to the more positive acceleration of progress.

As such, the Wellbeing Group delivers Nigerian priorities to the global stage to symbiotically advocate on a local level for the global priorities.  Prosperous continuums of care and counsel are self-sustaining: healthy mothers make for healthy babies, which has a ripple effect on health of the nuclear family to the community at large, and ultimately transforms the health of nations, continents, and the world.

OBJECTIVES

The prioritisation of global impact, in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), informs the following three objectives of the Wellbeing Group towards measurable and meaningful outcomes.

Empowering and educating front line community health workers, including midwives and nurses.
Increasing accessibility of sustainable maternal, new-born, infant, child and adolescent continuum of care through a lifetime of healthy habits from reproductive health education and family planning, to improved water sanitation and handwashing (WASH) behaviours.
Advocating for gender equality with the acknowledgement that the status of women, children and families in Africa require improved resources, support, and advocacy.