About Us
History
Our story starts way back, when I visited Liberia in 2022.
About United Hands International
Mrs. Evelyn Cassandra Chea Pittman
Founder & Executive Director
1. To provide medical services for needy populations in rural areas as well as central Monrovia in Liberia.
2. To educate our people on how to prevent or manage illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, retinopathy (blindness), diabetes neuropathy (Nerves damage), etc.
3. To provide medical supplies.
4. To conduct advocacy against stigmatization of persons living with diabetes.
5. To reduce the burden of diabetes and improve the quality of life for all persons who have or are at risk for diabetes.
Cont'd About United Hands International
6. To carry out charitable donations to persons living with diabetes, the elderly as well as persons with disabilities.
7. To develop and implement projects and programs to support diabetes patients and reduce diabetes cases and complications.
8. Seeking international support for the provision of affordable treatment for those with diabetes.
Diabetes is a growing public health concern around the world especially in Liberia were estimated 2.1% of the population lives with the disease. In 2021, the World Bank reported that 2.1% of the population is estimated to affect 63,200 adults ages 20-79.
Diabetes is estimated to affect 9.3% adult women and 9.2% of men in Liberia. People with undiagnosed diabetes is reported to be 27.1%, while the population of people with undiagnosed diabetes is said to be 57.6%.
With the estimated cases in Liberia, we want to improve the health and quality of life of people living with diabetes by:
1. Seeing new technologies that offer us the opportunity to reach everyone with health services and health information, from the biggest cities to the remotest villages.
2. Allowing us to refocus our efforts to ensure that everyone everywhere can enjoy the highest attainable standard of health in Liberia.
Board Officials
Nimely Sampson
Vice President
Quita Whea-Robert
Financial Secretary
Akai Glidden
Secretary
Frances Porte-Nimely
Chaplain
Board Members
James Valentine Pittman
Board Member
Dr. Stella Jefferies
Board Member
Claudia Johnson
Board Member
Salome Quimolue
Board Member
Mission & Motto
Advocacy for healthy and sustainable lifestyle through knowledge and action.
Our Motto:
We are United Hands, Touching and Preserving lives.
Achievements
Come work with us
If you would like to work for an organisation making a real impact on fighting to end Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes once and for all.
Help us to create a world without type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Please join us!
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