MadCow1:


R231..

The reason given is a bit worrisome.. Late Folakes case should not stop the group from undertaking cases of medical needs..

Dygeasy: My question is this, Is the focus of where the charity flight will reach on a specific region of the country or anywhere a volunteer is and willing to visit and verify in Nigeria?

r231:

Anywhere!

OAM4J:

Let me start by saying TeHN came to be not because some group of people just wanted to set up a charity organisation. TeHN was born out of a need for volunteers who can sacrifice their time and money to attend to a story on Nairaland about 3/4 yrs ago on a family that was living under the bridge in Lagos at a time. Many wished something can be done while other wished to help them but they dont know how. A few of us then decided to get some members who can visit this family, verify the story, report back to Nairalanders after which we raised fund to relocate and settle them.

After the 1st case was carried out, we decided to put a structure and process in place to be able to handle future cases better.



Presently we have: R231, OAM4J, TGIRL4REAL, MYND44, JARUS, CHAIRCOVER, JAYBEE, BIOLABEE & BENINGIRL(All Nairalanders spread all over the world. We only meet to discuss and deliberate online)



many were nominated, but of course they all have to volunteer to do the job.



There is no fixed time. They remain for as long as they are still willing to volunteer their time. Some of the executive members that started TeHN have left Nairaland and some resigned. When we become short of manpower we always request for new volunteers.



Anyone interested in being part of the exco should simply volunteer by sending us a mail... But acceptance is always base on arising need after we are convinced that such person's character/personality on NL is not questionable.



Every single penny/kobo received and spent is published. We are opened to queries and verification by anyone or group. If you have any suggestion or idea on how we can be better transparent with our activities, please let us know, preferably on our main thread as we will prefer this thread to focus on the subject matter.

Thank you.

Boss of life..

olu4life: Guess I gotta forget been helped by TEHN. Life continues..

MadCow1:


Your friends case is being reviewed.. Keep calm...




I will await r231's comment and then make a decision. I pray it sails through..

barcanista: You can still make it real

olu4life: Guess I gotta forget been helped by TEHN. Life continues..

jaybee3:
This was the official response to his request:

Thanks for your email. We’ve now had the chance to deliberate on your request as a group and our official response is that we wouldn’t be able to provide any assistance with this case at this time.

We are currently in the project closure phase of a case that we’ve been involved in since last year July (Ms Folake). The thread is on NL, the lady lived with a goitre around her neck for close to 16 years up until we stepped in and managed to finance her surgery through donations from Nlers.

Unfortunately, this lady died of complications 4 days after having had a successful surgery and our stance since then is not to take on any more health related cases that we can’t really guarantee success since we are at the mercy of both incompetent health service workers and dilapidated health system as a whole in Nigeria. We are aware that the plan is to have the surgery done in India but our verification process involves us having to get expert opinion on health related cases.

As you can imagine, this has been a traumatic period for every one of us involved with this woman’s case so taking up another risky case would be a step too far at this time.

Sorry we are unable to help but be rest assured you will be in our prayers

All the best



The rationale:
1) Timing - No matter how much effort and time we put into these cases, one thing that shouldn't be forgotting is our emotional investment. As you can imagine the bond we shared with Ms Folake (may her soul rest in perfect peace) all through the 20+ months we were involved with her case. It was a wrong time to take on board a case as delicate as that knowing fully well how the previous medical case went. We are human and thus expected to be a lil emotional with these sort of cases considering the close relationships our field workers establish with our recipients.
As much as we do not to cherry pick cases, we as a group can only move forward/evolve using lessons learnt so as to be the best we can be as well as serving our stakeholders as expected.

2) Policy - I did mention that we were in the closure phase of Ms Folake's project and thus we couldn't really take on new cases at the time. I duly apologise for not elaborating if this point wasn't made clear. We are now revieiwing our policy to allow us work on concurrent cases.

3) complexity of the case - The case looked complex on the surface and since we couldn't really make an informed decision using an expert advice at the time as well as not having the luxury of time to carry out due diligence as expected, we just felt it was best to give it a pass at the time.

We have never promised to accept all cases as we simply cant due to obvious reasons. Our promise is that all cases received will be looked into before making a decision to either accept or reject.

Regards

Ishilove:
How?

barcanista: I live in a house....come over

Ishilove:
You want to tear my netherparts apart, abi? No be me and you

Idowuogbo:
Bia Bia BiA! Dis na serious thread mehn...no flirting

Barcanista, i see your question and answer session oo.Ou far na? U go volunteer go represent for Borno?

@TeHn
Well done guys! Jah bless

Idowuogbo:
Bia Bia BiA! Dis na serious thread mehn...no flirting

Barcanista, i see your question and answer session oo.Ou far na? U go volunteer go represent for Borno?

@TeHn
Well done guys! Jah bless

barcanista: Honestly, I won't minð going to the NE to coordinate if it requires. Wait o, why na me una de recommend for Borno environment instead of Lagos(specifically Banana Island)?

MadCow1:


Your friends case is being reviewed.. Keep calm...




I will await r231's comment and then make a decision. I pray it sails through..

Jarus: 10k confirmed received from a donor who wants to remain anonymous.

chaircover:

Anonymous Donor thank you very much
May you never lack and may you be favoured in all your endevours

olu4life: And no one responded on the issue again. Pls can u just verify it and push to the frontpage if TEHN can't be of help to this case? I await ur response. Thanks

olu4life: And no one responded on the issue again. Pls can u just verify it and push to the frontpage if TEHN can't be of help to this case? I await ur response. Thanks

keppyy: I'll suggest OLD PEOPLE's HOME, harbour road, Rivers State

keppyy: I'll suggest OLD PEOPLE's HOME, harbour road, Rivers State