Our Impact

Five Years of Measurable Change

Impact is not a statistic. It is a woman who learned her name for the first time in a health system. It is a daughter who got vaccinated because her mother attended one of our market activations. It is a community health ambassador who now trains others. These are the numbers behind the stories.

The Numbers (2021–2026)

  • 357+ Trained Volunteers deployed as community health ambassadors across Akwa Ibom State
  • 40,000+ Women Reached through direct outreach, events, radio, and digital campaigns
  • $57,000 in Donations Raised funding programs, screenings, and community activations
  • 97% Awareness Impact — women who reported behavioural change after attending our outreach
  • 30,000+ People Reached through digital health education campaigns
  • 200+ Screening Referrals issued at outreach events, connecting women to primary health centres
  • 12+ Community Health Events conducted across Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Oron, Eket, and surrounding LGAs
  • 3 Languages — health education delivered in Ibibio, Oron, and Ekid dialects

Flagship Programs and Results

Cervical Cancer Awareness Walk — Uyo 2025

Our largest awareness event to date. Over 200 participants marched through the heart of Uyo on August 1, 2025, carrying banners and distributing education materials. The event generated significant media coverage and hundreds of social media shares, amplifying our message to tens of thousands beyond those present.

Project UWUS — Community Health Collaboration

A structured partnership bringing together volunteer health ambassadors, local leaders, and primary health centres in a coordinated outreach model. Project UWUS has trained and deployed over 100 ambassadors across participating communities, creating a sustainable peer-to-peer health education network.

Radio Health Education Program

Weekly health broadcasts in Ibibio and English on local radio stations reach an estimated 15,000+ listeners per episode in communities where internet access is limited. Topics covered include cervical cancer prevention, HPV vaccination, family planning, and general reproductive health.

Market Activation Program

Our market activation model brings health education directly to where women already gather. Each activation reaches 200–400 women in a single day with face-to-face education, free materials, and screening referrals. To date, we have conducted 12 market activations across 4 local government areas.

Our Theory of Change

We believe the barrier to eliminating cervical cancer in Nigeria is not medical — it is informational, cultural, and economic. When women know they are at risk, understand how to protect themselves, and have access to affordable screening, they act.

Our approach works by:

  • Reducing the information gap — bringing health education to women in the language, format, and location that works for them
  • Building community trust — using local volunteers who are already trusted community members, not outsiders
  • Creating systemic change — connecting women to health systems so that individual awareness becomes lasting behaviour change
  • Empowering women economically — because women who are financially independent are more likely to prioritise their health

Independent Verification

Our impact data is collected through post-outreach surveys, screening referral tracking, and community feedback sessions. We are committed to honest, independently verifiable reporting. Full annual impact reports are available upon request for donors and partners.

For impact reports, data requests, or research partnerships: info@helpthewoman.org

The Road Ahead — 2026 and Beyond

  • Expand volunteer network to 1,000 trained ambassadors by end of 2027
  • Reach 100,000 women through combined online and offline outreach
  • Establish permanent community health hubs in 3 local government areas
  • Launch a digital health education platform for women in remote communities
  • Secure international partnerships to fund HPV vaccination programs at scale
  • Publish the first HTWC Annual Impact Report — a world-class document for international donors