Access to healthcare is a major challenge for many underserved communities, where basic medical services are either difficult to reach or financially out of reach. In response to the voices of women supported by Ripples in Africa, who must travel 10-15 miles to access the nearest cottage hospital and often struggle to afford medical care, […]
Since 2015, Ripples has delivered family healthcare to over 17K patients. This intervention has led to a 20% increase in productivity as women are free to focus on business instead of care. Below are pictures of our Medical team and our patients in the field. Dr Marayam: Based in the northern Nigerian in the town
Background: In 2015 we asked our women entrepreneurs what else they needed from Ripples to succeed. What we heard most often was family healthcare. As mothers, women were forced to stop working to care for their sick children and family members. Some of these illnesses had the potential to be long and possibly fatal due
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