Name
Richard
Member since
March 2021
On-time repayments
25 installments • 84%
I am Richard Frempong 30 years old man married with 3 kids and working as a professional nurse . I have work for the past four years for Ghana Health Service. I work in a CHPS(Community Health-base Planning Services) compound in Gomoa , a rural community in the central region of Ghana. Majority of the population have no or little knowledge on communicable and non communicable diseases, prevention and treatment.
I have a humble beginning from a village in the eastern region of Ghana. My parents were typical peasant farmers who lived on our meagre farm produce we get upon continuous cultivation.
It was difficult for my parents seeing us through school and at a young age I needed to take the task of seeing myself through senior high school after Jhs, with support from some benevolent persons in our neighbourhood.
I had a dream of becoming a doctor and my family thought it cannot be since no one has ever gone beyond JHS not to talk of becoming a doctor.
In a succinct, I completed Senior High education, learnt how to drive and became a taxi driver.
4 years after driving, with my little savings, I purchased nursing forms and enrolled to the nursing training college. I faced a lot of financial difficulties in school but managed to merge schooling and doing petty jobs to be able to complete Nursing. I passed by the grace of God.
Hard work has been my backbone from infancy and I am stopping at nothing to ensure my childhood dreams become a reality.
As a nurse working in the rural communities in Ghana, I often meet a lot of people who are oblivious of the health and suffer a lot of complications from preventable and non communicable diseases. Some of these diseases are diabetes mellitus, hypertension etc. I therefore endeavoured to help avert this situation.
I established a diabetes and hypertension corner where daily screening is done for both the sick and the healthy.
I provide daily screening of blood sugar and blood pressure as part of routine screening at the clinic.
I used different channels to communicate the importance of screening your self at the clinic. I used the community information centres(community radio), churches, mosque, the market place and one on one during house to house visitation, as a mechanism for promoting Health.
I also manage an over the counter medical store(local pharmacy) where I stock essential medications to administer to the communities I serve.
As a nurse working in the community, a primary health facility, I realise how many among the community folks suffer from diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
My main goal is to purchase glucometer with its strips to run a diabetes and hypertension clinic and general screening for the population on daily basis for a maximum of 5days.
Every screening for blood sugar cost Ghc 5 , hence , with a daily minimum of 20 clients presenting themselves for screening, within a week I am able to make ghc 500 or more .
It will therefore not be a problem repaying the loan given me.
Apr 30, 2021: Richard frempong saving lives
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Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$50.00
Date disbursed
Apr 21, 2021
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
1 week
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Amount repaid
$50.80
Amount remaining
$0.00
Date repaid
Apr 30, 2021
Status
Fully repaid
Expected Payments | Actual Payments | ||
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Apr 30, 2021 | $50.80 | Apr 30, 2021 | $50.80 |
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