transforming the total man with a touch of care
UPCOMING EVENT
Mission ISEYIN
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About us
Touch of Joy Initiative (TOJ) is the social care arm of the Joshua Leadership Project. TOJ provides free medical care to indigent people in city slums and remote villages in Nigeria and Africa. It targets those who either cannot access or afford health care. Since 2014, we have provided free medical care, including surgeries, to over 10,000 people across Kebbi, Niger, Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Delta, Akwa Ibom, and Lagos states and the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria.
- Health care
- Empowerment
- Education
- Leadership Development
- Health care
- Empowerment
- Education
- Leadership development
Our goals
(2021-2026)
Reach 30 communities each year
Provide free medicare to 10,000 persons annually
Empower 6,000 women and youths annually
Open 10 rural schools annually
Our Outreach Template
The King’s Call
Key personnel within the TOJ team visit the traditional ruler and his council of leaders in the community. Through a pre-arranged courtesy visit, with aim to pay homage to traditional leadership and...
Medicare
The free medical care begins with a Health Talk centered around Healthy Living. This has always proven quite useful and effective as our experience shows that 70% of the ailments suffered by the poor in rural communities and city slums stem from ignorance of health habits.
Empowerment Programmes
We run 3 empowerment sessions during the outreaches depending on the needs of the community and the feasibility. Namely; Women Empowerment, Calling the Champions (Youth Empowerment), and Leadership Development Programme.
Our Key Projects
Recently, we acquired a piece of land in Gbelekpan in Bosso Local Government of Niger State to build one of several planned rural hospitals.
With the low level of education, especially in Northern Nigeria, TOJ has recently rolled out two education intervention programs in Northern Nigeria.
Rural Schools: Plans have been concluded for the taking of rural schools in 4 communities in Kebbi and Niger States – Gbelekpan, Nasarrawa, and New Busau in Niger State and Angwa Auta in Kebbi State.
- Rural Schools Programme: We are setting up schools in rural communities with no school presence. Pilot school is now opened at Belekpan, a Gwari village, in Bosso LGA, of Niger State, Nigeria. Coming up: TOJ Schools in Angwa Auta in Kebbi State and Bakatara, in Niger state.
- Undergraduate Funding Programme: The TOJ undergraduate funding program is targeted at indigent undergraduate students from rural communities who cannot afford their tuition fees. This initiative took off in August 2021 with the first batch of 3 beneficiaries from Niger State.
Testimonials
from our Frontlines
Milestones
In the last 6 years, we have covered these communities.
Niger State
- Belekpan,
- Kaliko,
- Kangongalo,
- Tunganrogo,
- Maraba,
- Nasarawa
- Pkando
- Mayaki
- Sabon Agai
- Makeri
- Dangara
- Ajiji
- Kapako
- Makeri
- Bakatara
- Tungan Wadata
Kebbi State
- Bere
- Angwa Auta
- Baure
- Uban Danwaki
- Angwa Mahudi
Kebbi State
FCT
- Shapkete
- Dangara
- Roko
- Kpakpata.
Imo State
- Ime Eri Enwe
Lagos State
- Dustbinn Estate (Ajegunle)
- Makoko
- Ajao Estate
- Kilo
- Abete
- Olodi Apapa
Ebonyi State
- Afikpo
- Oso Eda
- Ishiagu
- Akaeze
Akwa Ibom State
- Esit Eket
Abia State
- Mgboko Obi Mbu
- Abiriba
- Ihie
Delta State
- Eku
- Orohoro
Kwara State
- Ora
- Oke-Ayo
- Aireke
- Okeya-Ipo
Our People and Volunteers
The standard template of a Touch of Joy community project incorporates various medical personnel (volunteer doctors, optometrists, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, nurses), role models and successful entrepreneurs, skills acquisition trainers, leadership development practitioners, and trained counsellors to deliver comprehensive care to the whole man.
