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Cornerstone Health Foundation was founded by Yohana Iko, one of our volunteers at our clinic based medical outreaches. 
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Nigeria is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with skyrocketing inflation, a national currency in free-fall and millions of people struggling to buy food. Only two years ago Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, was projected to drop to fourth place this year. The pain is widespread. - New York Times, June 11, 2024  A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTORDear Friends and Supporters,
If you have been reading our newsletters over the past couple of years, the quote from the New York Times won’t come as a surprise. I have been traveling to Nigeria for the past 22 years and conditions are worse than I have ever seen them. The phrase I keep hearing from my friends who live there is: “People are hungry.” We will be partnering with the FaithCare surgical team to do an intensive medical outreach from our St. Thomas Clinic in Port Harcourt in August.  Our Hybrid Approach To Meeting Medical Needs of Impoverished People Full-Time Clinics served 8,626 patients. This figure is down from previous years due to the very serious security problems at many of our clinic locations. Doctors have become kidnapping targets due to their perceived wealth and status. We have had difficulty recruiting and retaining doctors at our most vulnerable clinics.  Joy Received Her Joy Again - THE STORY OF ONE OF THE 941 PEOPLE WE SERVED AT OUR MEDICAL OUTREACH AT ST. THOMAS CLINIC IN PORT HARCOURT On the second day of the medical outreach that took place in August, our medical assistant, Dr Alabi gave me the situation report of the case of a woman who had a large fibroid tumor. She had previously consulted with other hospitals but could not afford the price of the surgery. She had been married for 15 years and was not able to conceive a child. Her inability to conceive had caused a lot of tension in her marriage and she was now separated from her husband. Dr. Alabi pleaded that we find a way of helping her as her case was really pitiful. Since we could not do mass surgery during the outreach, we made arrangements for her to have the surgery done after the outreach. It was done at a subsidized rate as she could not afford the standard price.  Dr. Alabi on the right Despite the challenges listed on page 2, we have many things for which to be grateful. First, we are helping more people than ever before. In the face of all of the challenges, our local partners and medical staff have adapted to be able to serve more people each year. While the exact numbers are not yet in, we project that we will serve more people than any previous year.  Dear friends and supporters, Christmas is an affirmation of hope in the face of contrary Evidence. The central teaching of the Christian faith is that God’s love has been revealed and made available to us in the person of Jesus. As a favorite Christmas bible passage reads: “In him is the light of humanity… and the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” Those of us who believe this try our best to be living examples of Jesus’ light in this world. And we hope and pray that this great light of God’s love will overcome the powers of darkness. But sometimes, it doesn’t look like the light is winning.  The past four years have posed more challenges for the people we serve and to our work in Nigeria than at any other time since we began twenty years ago. Many of these challenges have intensified in 2023.  |
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