A. How does the nominee embody and exemplify the values and practices of a Global Citizen?
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I am Bright Irem, a Global Citizen. I'm part of an emerging sustainable community in
rural Nigeria where i have strategically committed my passion and energy in
innovative ways to address social, economic and humanitarian value challenges
that hitherto created inequality in our lives at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP).
Doing this in line with the ethics/cultural fabrics upon which our communities are
formed since 2011 to date through a home-grown Social-Enterprise model designed
in response to our communities' peculiarity and needs have yielded effective Social
Safety Net directly serving 63,166 rural dwellers among whom are the Vulnerable
and Fragile components of our population between Q3 of 2015 to Q2 of 2016.
This, have reduced poverty, improved human rights, justice and peace in the growing
face of gender equity which enhanced our socio-cultural and behavioral value system.
(900 Characters)
I am Bright Irem, a Global Citizen. I'm part of an emerging sustainable community in
rural Nigeria where i have strategically committed my passion and energy in
innovative ways to address social, economic and humanitarian value challenges
that hitherto created inequality in our lives at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP).
Doing this in line with the ethics/cultural fabrics upon which our communities are
formed since 2011 to date through a home-grown Social-Enterprise model designed
in response to our communities' peculiarity and needs have yielded effective Social
Safety Net directly serving 63,166 rural dwellers among whom are the Vulnerable
and Fragile components of our population between Q3 of 2015 to Q2 of 2016.
This, have reduced poverty, improved human rights, justice and peace in the growing
face of gender equity which enhanced our socio-cultural and behavioral value system.
B. What is the nominee’s track record of reducing extreme poverty? *
Since 2011/12 to date, my work focuses first on ensuring timely access to
healthcare services through networked Health-Fulfillment-Centers, then using our
unmatched community engagement to implement programs in sustainable agriculture,
education, and economic development. By Q3 of 2012-2015/16, we'd directly
trained 3,060 rural dwellers (mainly women who have experienced gender-based
violence), forming market cooperatives in sewing, soap-making, baking and
IT-skill providing them with sources of income, linkage to micro-finance loans,
business management skills, while offering space for social interaction and
cooperation. I have ringed over 300-artisanal miners forming cooperatives in 2015,
empowering them with basic management skills both for safe environmental/personal
mining practices allowing them to benefit from their resources and invest back in
agriculture, schools and hospitals.
C How has the nominee brought new thinking to overcoming the challenge of ending extreme poverty? *
My innovative approach and new thinking order of anchoring ONE mission on
5-pillars gave us an effective strategic SOCIAL STRUCTURES upon which we
designed unique community-based solutions that are reducing inequality gaps in
the critical areas of quality healthcare, education, agriculture, economic
development and community engagement. My Yeast-Budding-Effect model is
unique to us, and can transform rural communities to become strengthened and
capable of independent and self-sustainability which can be scaled across other
communities. My ability to take leverage of IT application has made us succeed in
the core areas of planning and decision-making which have been problem due to local
data inconsistency. Another new thinking is the specific-community NEEDS
profiling system that abolished the old one-solution-fits-all system; and this is
helping other social organizations to succeed.
D How would this award enable/support the nominee to scale or improve their
work? How would the nominee use the funding? *
Winning this award would enable Afripharm through FVGI advance its mission of
improving access to rural healthcare through our Care-on-Demand innovative
IT-Based model. This simple innovation will improve quality, increase access and
reduce cost. This is a key step towards universal healthcare access and ending
poverty. Afripharm's Care-on-Demand pilot design is for $20,000 and have
improved healthcare indices for over 40,000 people in 12-months, increasing
providers' efficiency. A $100,000 award would enable the organization to start
deploying 4 more networked Care-on-Demand centers immediately, improving
access to quality healthcare for nearly 160,000 rural Nigerians.
The award money will also go towards Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of our
progress and impacts. Demonstrating impact is very essential for attracting further
support, thereby sustaining our effort to end poverty.
Author Bio:
Irem Bright has a-5year+ hands-on experience as a healthcare entrepreneur in the Nigerian Health market. He is Afripharm's CEO, a medical/health supply-chain company. Bright holds a Harvard University Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Healthcare in Emerging Economies. He is a 2017-recipient of The prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship Award for Young African Leaders. In the long-term, he intends to develop at least one Health-IT/Business-Incubator-Center (hIT/BIC) where healthcare entrepreneurs/leaders can explore/share knowledge-based resources in tackling public healthcare delivery challenges.
Why Global Citizen
Bright Irem is a Global Citizen. A part of an emerging sustainable community in rural Nigeria where i have strategically committed my passion and energy in innovative ways to address social, economic and humanitarian value challenges that hitherto created inequality in our lives at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP).
He started this Social-Enterprise out of deliberate effort to create synergy, shrinking high Mortality-Rates by addressing key-breakdowns in the healthcare-value-chain that, if resolved, could timely provide high-quality low-cost life-saving healthcare
services/supplies.
Article Teaser
Our generation is faced with myriads of social challenges beyond inestimable measures, but in the face of this, our opportunities are greater given the innovative role of IT in breaking old borders while increasing partnership for global cooperation.
Notes:
I am Bright Irem, a Global Citizen. I'm part of an emerging sustainable community in rural Nigeria where i have strategically committed my passion and energy in innovative ways to address social, economic and humanitarian value challenges that hitherto created inequality in our lives at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP).
Doing this in line with the ethics/cultural fabrics upon which our communities are formed since 2011 to date through a home-grown Social-Enterprise model designed in response to our communities' peculiarity and needs have yielded effective Social Safety Net directly serving 63,166 rural dwellers among whom are the Vulnerable and Fragile components of our population between Q3 of 2015 to Q2 of 2016. This, have reduced poverty, improved human rights, justice and peace in the growing face of gender equity which enhanced our socio-cultural and behavioral value system.
Since 2011/12 to date, my work focuses first on ensuring timely access to
healthcare services through networked Health-Fulfillment-Centers, then using our
unmatched community engagement to implement programs in sustainable agriculture,
education, and economic development. By Q3 of 2012-2015/16, we'd directly
trained 3,060 rural dwellers (mainly women who have experienced gender-based
violence), forming market cooperatives in sewing, soap-making, baking and
IT-skill providing them with sources of income, linkage to micro-finance loans,
business management skills, while offering space for social interaction and
cooperation. I have ringed over 300-artisanal miners forming cooperatives in 2015,
empowering them with basic management skills both for safe environmental/personal
mining practices allowing them to benefit from their resources and invest back in
agriculture, schools and hospitals.
C How has the nominee brought new thinking to overcoming the challenge of ending extreme poverty? *
My innovative approach and new thinking order of anchoring ONE mission on
5-pillars gave us an effective strategic SOCIAL STRUCTURES upon which we
designed unique community-based solutions that are reducing inequality gaps in
the critical areas of quality healthcare, education, agriculture, economic
development and community engagement. My Yeast-Budding-Effect model is
unique to us, and can transform rural communities to become strengthened and
capable of independent and self-sustainability which can be scaled across other
communities. My ability to take leverage of IT application has made us succeed in
the core areas of planning and decision-making which have been problem due to local
data inconsistency. Another new thinking is the specific-community NEEDS
profiling system that abolished the old one-solution-fits-all system; and this is
helping other social organizations to succeed.
D How would this award enable/support the nominee to scale or improve their
work? How would the nominee use the funding? *
Winning this award would enable Afripharm through FVGI advance its mission of
improving access to rural healthcare through our Care-on-Demand innovative
IT-Based model. This simple innovation will improve quality, increase access and
reduce cost. This is a key step towards universal healthcare access and ending
poverty. Afripharm's Care-on-Demand pilot design is for $20,000 and have
improved healthcare indices for over 40,000 people in 12-months, increasing
providers' efficiency. A $100,000 award would enable the organization to start
deploying 4 more networked Care-on-Demand centers immediately, improving
access to quality healthcare for nearly 160,000 rural Nigerians.
The award money will also go towards Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of our
progress and impacts. Demonstrating impact is very essential for attracting further
support, thereby sustaining our effort to end poverty.
Author Bio:
Irem Bright has a-5year+ hands-on experience as a healthcare entrepreneur in the Nigerian Health market. He is Afripharm's CEO, a medical/health supply-chain company. Bright holds a Harvard University Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Healthcare in Emerging Economies. He is a 2017-recipient of The prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship Award for Young African Leaders. In the long-term, he intends to develop at least one Health-IT/Business-Incubator-Center (hIT/BIC) where healthcare entrepreneurs/leaders can explore/share knowledge-based resources in tackling public healthcare delivery challenges.
Why Global Citizen
Bright Irem is a Global Citizen. A part of an emerging sustainable community in rural Nigeria where i have strategically committed my passion and energy in innovative ways to address social, economic and humanitarian value challenges that hitherto created inequality in our lives at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP).
He started this Social-Enterprise out of deliberate effort to create synergy, shrinking high Mortality-Rates by addressing key-breakdowns in the healthcare-value-chain that, if resolved, could timely provide high-quality low-cost life-saving healthcare
services/supplies.
Article Teaser
Our generation is faced with myriads of social challenges beyond inestimable measures, but in the face of this, our opportunities are greater given the innovative role of IT in breaking old borders while increasing partnership for global cooperation.
Notes:
I am Bright Irem, a Global Citizen. I'm part of an emerging sustainable community in rural Nigeria where i have strategically committed my passion and energy in innovative ways to address social, economic and humanitarian value challenges that hitherto created inequality in our lives at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP).
Doing this in line with the ethics/cultural fabrics upon which our communities are formed since 2011 to date through a home-grown Social-Enterprise model designed in response to our communities' peculiarity and needs have yielded effective Social Safety Net directly serving 63,166 rural dwellers among whom are the Vulnerable and Fragile components of our population between Q3 of 2015 to Q2 of 2016. This, have reduced poverty, improved human rights, justice and peace in the growing face of gender equity which enhanced our socio-cultural and behavioral value system.
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