Tag Archives: extraordinary women

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  Radiant Health Woman of Action: Morenike Olaosebikan

  Getting to Zero[fl]W[/fl]hen Morenike Olaosebikan contracted tuberculosis just over ten years ago, the thirty one year old didn’t realize it would lead to a new passion. A pharmacist with an eye for fashion design, she was treated in Nigeria, at a treatment facility also serving HIV-positive a...

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  Radiant Health Woman of Action: Stella Damasus

  Fans of Nollywood know that Stella Damasus has been acting for years. But Damasus’ off-screen role as the founder of an arts non-profit may be slightly less known. The performer launched the Stella Damasus Arts Foundation in 2010 to help mentor Nigeria’s youth. SDAF offers programs in acting and...

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  Anything But Ordinary: 2014 Radiant Women of Action

  Over the next several weeks we’ll be highlighting the lives and work of 6 women throughout the world, who have made the health and well-being of African communities a top priority in their lives.We recognize these women and their projects, organizations, and passions, to illustrate the effect ...

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  Radiant Health Woman of Action: Ify Nwabukwu

  “It Does Not Have To Be So”Ify Nwabukwu is a registered nurse with a bachelors of science in nursing, but when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 1990, the family’s next step wasn’t immediately clear. Nwabukwu’s mother needed a mastectomy, but she could not afford one....

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  Radiant Health Woman of Action: Mawata Kamara

  For Every ChildAs a young girl, Mawata Kamara left Liberia with her family, just as civil war was spreading. Fifteen years would pass before her return in 2012, where she observed firsthand the stunning epidemic of child rape throughout the country. Kamara, 29, is a registered nurse trained in i...

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