RHIFIL Brings Healthcare Relief To IDPs In Edo State

The Rural Health Initiative for Improved Living (RHIFIL) has commissioned a fully equipped health centre and modern sanitation facility for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the Home for the Needy Foundation Camp in Uhogua, near Benin City, Edo State.

The new solar-powered centre, which includes patient wards and staff quarters, provides maternal and child healthcare, immunisation, emergency treatment, and preventive health services to thousands of displaced persons and residents of surrounding communities.

Speaking during the commissioning, RHIFIL Founder, Rev. (Mrs.) Josephine Kpere Daibo, said the project was designed to bridge the gap in healthcare access for vulnerable groups.

“Access to healthcare should not depend on where one was born or displaced to. Before this intervention, families at the Uhogua Camp relied on makeshift facilities for treatment. The new centre ensures they now receive quality medical care,” she said.

The Home for the Needy Foundation, which has sheltered displaced families since the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, expressed gratitude for the intervention.

Executive Director of the Foundation, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, said the camp had struggled with poor sanitation and limited medical care before RHIFIL’s involvement.

“Her timely response prevented a potential health disaster. The new clinic and 30 modern toilets have replaced unsafe pit latrines and improved hygiene conditions across the camp,” Folorunsho said.

Construction of the four-room facility was supported by the Edo State Ministry of Health, which supervised and handed over the project to the camp’s management.

A nurse at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Blessing Osawe, was credited with connecting the Foundation to Rev. Daibo, leading to the establishment of the facility.

Public Health Consultant, Dr. Emmanuel Ochebo, commended RHIFIL’s sustained efforts in expanding healthcare access to underserved communities across Nigeria.

He called on the government and philanthropists to support similar initiatives that promote community wellbeing.

Beyond Uhogua, RHIFIL recently carried out a free medical outreach in Igbede Community, Delta State, in partnership with the family of the late Prof. (Chief) Alexander Omu, further extending its reach to rural populations.

RHIFIL, a non-governmental organisation founded by Rev. (Mrs.) Josephine Kpere Daibo and Pastor (Dr.) Daibo, focuses on improving healthcare, hygiene, and education in rural and underserved communities through partnerships with local and faith-based organisations.