Black Motivators Making a difference- Week 1- Dr. Innocent Odocha-Ife Mission

For most people making a difference in their community can mean many things, cleaning trash off the streets, volunteering at your local community center, or even participating in your neighborhood watch program. For Dr. Innocent Odocha, a Gainesville Family Medicine Physician, this means going back home nearly 6000 miles away to the tiny village of Ife in Nigeria West Africa and providing health care for thousands of people who don't have access to adequate health care.

Dr. Odocha was born in the village of Ife and moved to the United States to study medicine. After settling in Gainesville and marrying his college sweetheart Alexander Dr. Odocha wanted to do more for the village he calls home. He then started Ife Mission.

Ife Mission is an organization that is funded solely by Dr. Odocha and his wife. Each year he makes several flights to Nigeria, staying 1 to 2 weeks at a time, to see as many patients as he can in the clinic that he build for the village. Dr. Odocha’s belief is that with education and basic health-care, the community can be empowered to become a self-sustaining village. 

Dr. Odocha has done so much to improve the lives of the people of Ife but he needs your help.

    *DONATE generic medical supplies, medications, eye-glasses, shoes, school supplies
     or funds to help purchase items needed.

     *SPREAD the awareness to others.

     *HOST a fundraising event.

     *VOLUNTEER to help the mission.

Visit Ifemission.org for more details.

Mailing Address: Ife Mission
816 NW 13th Street
Gainesville, Florida 32601

e-mail: info@ifemission.org or ifemission@gmail.com

Follow Ife Mission on Twitter @ife_mission

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