MBB Grant Winners

Cancer Patient’s Care, Giving 2.0, and Digitizing Local Markets

I am glad to announce The Mary Babatola Bifarin (MBB) Grant awardees for the 2021 applications:

1.

Olamide Jasanya, Irewole Adewumi, Olumide Jasanya, Anuoluwapo Joy Komolafe, N350,000

Project Title: ProjectGiiv

Following our research, we realised there are certain needs that orphanages and care homes have that can be easily met by the regular people. Regular people though are willing to share these items but are unsure how to go about it. We thought to build a solution to this problem by creating a platform where the latter can conveniently donate to the former without breaking a sweat. Via our platforms, anyone can donate to charity from the comfort of their homes and for free too. We serve as the logistic company aiding the exchange at no cost to both parties.

Grant money will be used for specified operations and platform maintenance.

IG/FB/Twitter/LinkedIn: @projectgiiv

2.

Olusola Bukola Ogundepo, N250,000.

Project Title: Experiences support needs and quality of life among cancer patients in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife Nigeria.

This is a pilot study to explore how twenty- five (25) cancer patients experience their illness and capture the wholeness of their experience as only the patients themselves can describe what they go through. The study can identify the needs of patients with cancer at every stage of the disease process and treatment. Awareness of this experience helps caregivers in supporting patients with cancer in their process of coping with the illness. Findings from the study will give nurses insight to individual patient’s feelings, interactions, perceptions, and behaviours that could dictate the outcome of their treatment (Yeh, Yueh-Chen, et al, 2021). It will expand the knowledge base for nursing and also help nurses to provide quality, holistic, and individualized care. It will also inform validation of culturally accepted Nursing Languages that could be standardized for use in Nigeria and Africa as a continent with similar culture.

Grant money will be used for conducting the research.

3.

Ibrahim Gbadegesin, N400,000.

Project Title: Check Oja

Check Oja is a reliable platform to check the current prices of goods in local markets across Africa. Powered by remote data routing and real-time data analytics. The goal is to create the heartbeat of the African e-commerce ecosystem that allows people to track prices at their convenience while also providing a data bank for old prices and connecting millions of local markets to the internet.

Grant money will be used for developing Check Oja bot which will serve a local market well and can be scaled proportionately, in addition to other expenses such as datasets aggregation, database setup, and server hosting.

Twitter: @CheckOja

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Acknowledgments

I will like to thank Oladayo Bifarin and my parents, who read the first draft of the grant-making proposal and encouraged me to proceed. I started out the grant with an initial $1000, and I wouldn’t have been able to fund all these young men and women without additional donations from funders, so I will like to thank Oluwatobi Badejo, Oladayo Bifarin, Fadodun Oluwadamilola, Oluwadolapo Bifarin, Jan Oyebode, Funmilola Elujoba, and Joanne Ivancic for their donations.

Inaddition, I will like to thank my friends that assisted with reviewing the applications: Adeyera Pelumi, Taiwo Akinyemi, Oluwadamilola Fadodun, Obiora Okechukwu, and Oladayo Bifarin. Bukunmi Ajani for designing the beautiful photo essay, and finally, my able assistant, Alayonimi Bifarin for assisting with everything from setting up the MBB grant website to sending out update emails.

Special thanks to everyone involved that I haven’t mentioned, folks who helped share on social media, and the like. While the entire process was quite tasking, I am glad I started this, and I hope some of the funded projects do some good in the world. I intend to do this again most probably towards the end of 2022.

Ire O.