Atim Ekanem Foundation

24/08/2026

Welcome to a new week. 💜

New week, same reminder: pay attention to your health, ask questions, learn something, make better choices for your family.

Last Saturday we went back to Ikot Ntuen Ikot Oku for a community health outreach — shared health information, answered questions, ran basic screenings for people in the community.

This week we'll be posting some of the moments and lessons from that day.

Health education doesn't end when the outreach does. It keeps going wherever people are.

Have a good week ahead.

22/08/2026

Ass. Director of Health (Doctor Edidiong) creating more awareness on kidney diseases and preventions.

22/08/2026

22/08/2026

Atim Ekanem Foundation

22/08/2026

Free Medical Outreach, ikot Ntuen Oku, UYO.

20/08/2026

Pregnancy changes a lot in the body. One thing that doesn't get talked about enough is what it does to your kidneys.

They're working harder than normal the whole time — filtering more blood, managing more fluid, keeping up with a body that's now doing double duty.

Most of the time it's fine. But high blood pressure during pregnancy can affect kidney function, and if nobody catches it early, it can get serious fast, for the mother and the baby.

That's the real reason antenatal checkups matter, even on the weeks you feel completely normal. A blood pressure check and a simple urine test can flag a problem long before you'd feel anything at all.

If you're pregnant, or you're close to someone who is, don't skip them.

Share this with a pregnant woman in your life, or someone supporting one.

17/08/2026

Last week we told you why we expanded. This week we're going back to where it started.

Health is still our heartbeat. The screenings haven't slowed down. Neither have the hard conversations with families managing a new diagnosis. That work is the ground everything else stands on.

We didn't set out to run an education and agriculture foundation. We started because one community needed to understand kidney disease, and nobody was explaining it in a way people could actually use. Seven years later, that's still the reason anyone trusts us enough to listen when we talk about anything else.

What's grown is how far "health" reaches for us now, maternal health, mental health, the whole shape of a person's wellbeing, not just one organ. We didn't plan that. Seven years of showing up taught us that.

This week we're sharing where things stand. Numbers. Faces. People this work has actually reached.

If you've been here since the beginning, this one's for you. New here? Welcome — this is where it all started.

Follow along this week. Share it with someone who's been part of the journey.

14/08/2026

This week, we told you why we expanded.

We're not going to add anything more to that today. Some stories don't need more information right after, they need a minute to sit with the people who heard them.

So before the weekend starts: thank you for reading it, watching it, sharing it.

Rest well. Drink your water. Check in on the person in your life who always says "I'm fine" a little too quickly.

We'll be back Monday, and there's more to tell you. For now, we're just glad you're here.