Non-profit Organisation Supports 300,000 Living with HIV/AIDS

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Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS), a non-profit orgaanisation, has revealed that it is currently supporting treatment for over 300,000 HIV/AIDS patients across the country, with over 142,000 of these patients receiving treatment in Akwa Ibom State alone.

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According to Andy Eyo, Executive Director of ECEWS in Akwa Ibom State, the organisation’s intervention in health, education, and agriculture has been impactful. “Recently, as we speak, we are supporting over 300,000 people on drugs for HIV/AIDS with support from the American people and global funds,” Eyo said.

The organisation has also been supporting healthcare facilities in the state, with Eyo disclosing that ECEWS has supported close to 200 healthcare facilities across the 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State. “We are supporting digital health all-in-one system high-tech computers… We are excited to bring power, renewable power, to our health sector; we are happy to bring internet access to our healthcare sector,” he said.

In addition to its healthcare initiatives, ECEWS is partnering with the Bank of Industry to renovate schools across the state. Eyo said, “For us in ECEWS, we believe education is a right. Today, we are having a partnership with BOI to begin renovations of schools, and renovating some of these schools has been quite a pleasure.”

The organisation is also venturing into agriculture to promote local food production and climate-smart agriculture. With over 1,600 support staff in Akwa Ibom State alone, ECEWS is contributing to reducing unemployment in the state by paying each staff member at least N150,000 per month

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