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About Marvelle Foundation
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10 Years of Experience
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Our Vision
The Marvelle Foundation was started August 5, 2020 in honor of Kehinde Samuel Oyewo, the brother of our vice president, Michael Olaniyi Oye Oyewo, who passed on due to complications from hepatitis virus.
This occurred coming from the backdrop of inaccessibility to health care and diagnoses in Nigeria. His diagnosis came too late when no one could help. This was what gave birth to the idea of helping the less privileged in our society.
There are many more Samuel's here and there in our communities who have no access to good health care. Since the health care structure here in Nigeria is almost 80 percent out-of-pocket catered for, there was no health insurances in place.
This vision was shared with our president, Julie Craig, who also has the call of God upon her life to reach out to the world by meeting the needs of the less fortunate across the world. She embraced the vision and it became the passion for both of them. She has since seen this as a calling from God and she is running with the vision to build a standard clinic in Nigeria.
Reaching Out to the World
The first volunteer to serve on the board is Dr. Godwin Osawaro Osaigbovo, a neurologist of repute from the University of Jos. He graciously agreed to serve on the board of the foundation, bringing his wealth of experience to bear.
The other director, Barbara Pippenger, shares a vision to reach the less privileged. An accountant, she has been a great volunteer in her local church.
All the directors saw this vision as a call from God and they are willing to reach out to as many as possible across the world. Last Christmas, donations of dresses were made through the foundation to the children of the Kuchingoro village in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria, inspired by a book written by Raejean Kanter and illustrated by Rick Eshbaugh titled A WISH FOR A CHRISMAS DRESS. The foundation adopted that as a part of a signature project, too.
The president of the foundation has a broad vision and call of God upon her to do good and all members are committed to service above self, hence the building of a clinic and with a special focus on hepatitis screening, vaccination and treatment, and other diseases. Most of the board members are a member of the Rotary Club.
Meet Michael Olaniyi Oye Oyewo
Marvelle Foundation's Michael Olaniyi Oye Oyewo is an ICT management consultant whose consultancy experience spans through 20 years in UNDP and World Bank supported projects.
He is a specialist in budget and budgetary control systems, computer auditing and information technology strategies. He was trained by UNDP on project management, formulation and feasibility studies. He successfully organized and facilitated training in computer and information technology in collaboration with employers of labor and UNDP.
He was the state technical coordinator of the Lagos State National Identity Card project. His vast experience covers the areas of networking, installation of VSAT, hardware simulation and security devices. He was also a representative of the private sector on the UNDP stakeholders board for more than five years.
He then worked for five years as a consultant to the World Bank Assisted Project on Science and Technology Post Basic Project (a project domiciled with the federal ministry of education). He has expertise in corporate systems integration and large database management.
Meet Julie A. Craig
Julie assists companies of all sizes ranging from small sole proprietorships to the multi-million dollar businesses with all phases of growth and development and business challenges.
She has over 28 years of experience working with Municipal Administrators, Executive Directors, Co-Owners, and Boards, at various companies. With this experience, she has developed many strong relationships and a broad repertoire. She also specializes in aiding nonprofits with not only budgets, reporting, and regulatory filling challenges, but also reinventing themselves.
Julie is the most knowledgeable person to talk to about any nonprofit requirements, government changes related to audits, taxes, budgets, sewer, and water. She is always up-to-date on all nonprofit and government changes through her involvement in multiple organizations.
Meet Godwin O. Osaigbovo
Godwin is a medical doctor and a specialist in the field of neurology. Aside from being the head of the Neurology Division of a tertiary health centre in Jos North Central Nigeria, he also runs a private health centre because of the huge demand for his service coupled with paucity of specialists in his field of medicine in Nigeria.
Godwin is also a lecturer at the faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria where he trains both undergraduate medical students and student nurses as well as postgraduate doctors and post basic nurses.
He has over 24 years’ experience in the practice of Medicine and has served in many positions in Nigerian Medical Associations in the different states he has practiced medicine in Nigeria as well as in the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria, Plateau State Chapter.
He is an addict community service provider who has contributed immensely toward the development of his local community as well as his place of work. He initiated the setting up of the first telemedicine complex in Northern Nigeria and this has revolutionised patients care and training of health care providers in his place of practice.
He is also a great coordinator of people; he was the coordinator of a 2 weeks surgical outreach of 21 medical specialists from India to Nigeria for a free surgical Mission to the less privileged at the Jos University Teaching Hospital in 2020.
Godwin is a verse, humble and goal-oriented team player that is always pleasant to interact with. He is also very passionate about making a positive difference towards improving the health status of the less privileged.
He is a member of several international medical associations including the American Academy of Neurology.
Meet Raejean Kanter
Ms. Kanter has a BBA from St. Norbert College and a MEd from Cardinal Stritch University. In her career she has held various position of leadership with the Wisconsin Department of Instruction, the March of Dimes, the American Diabetes Association and The Forest County Potawatomi Foundation. She resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the Bay View neighborhood
Meet Gary James Pond
• Founder (Inter-Med, d.b.a Vista Dental Products, Euro Dental Depot, LLC Visual Solutions, LLC). Inter-Med purchased by private equity (June 2018) as a platform investment.
• Held Senior Management positions with major medical device and pharmaceutical companies (Boston Scientific, Schering Plough, Abbott Laboratories, and Key Pharmaceuticals).
• Past President of Surgitek, Inc., a leader in medical device manufacturing of breast implants, urology and gastroenterology devices.
• Expert in product development and medical manufacturing operations, engineering, quality assurance, marketing
and regulatory affairs.
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