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24year Old Undergraduate Gives Birth To Quintuplets (5 Babes) In Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

The Organization involves the community in providing good health care for themselves and especially their children through participatory learning and action (PLA). We organize local health team with selected members of the community and members of our organization as members. The Organization then identifies the basic health needs of the community and then through the Health team, tries to provide this health needs. By doing this, the community participates actively in providing themselves and their children. with adequate health services. The Organization is also involved in the training of some selected members of the community in basic children first aid procedures, who will then teach the general community these procedures which can be performed at home before medical help is sought. The Organization organizes lectures for the local communities on the importance of the health of their children. Presently, Doctors for Children International (DFCI) has collaborated with an empowerment based program called 8dollar.com to empower the parents of the children in the rural, suburban areas as well as less privileged children, so as to enable them secure the future of these children This empowerment program is fully supported by Etisalat, the telecommunication giant.