Listen first
We begin with the community and the problem in front of us, rather than assuming we already know the answer.
About Everwell
It started with one community.
Everwell grew from a practical response to a community health need — and a decision not to let the work stop after one outreach.
Our story
From one project to a growing community-health organisation.
In 2023, a community health project in Maza, Jos North brought together health education, deworming and malaria testing. The experience showed how much can change when useful information and basic preventive support are brought closer to people.
That project became the beginning of Everwell Wellness and Care Foundation. Since then, documented work has expanded into malaria and infectious-disease response, hepatitis-focused prevention, screening, reproductive-health education, WASH, medicine-use education and referral support across Jos North, Mangu and Pankshin.
We are still a growing organisation. We do not pretend to be a hospital or a large international agency. Our strength is different: we can enter communities, listen, mobilise people, bring together multidisciplinary volunteers, deliver practical health activities and document what happened.
Our purpose
Bring useful health support closer to people.
Our purpose is to make preventive care, reliable health information and practical support easier to reach in underserved communities.
That means explaining health in language people can use, supporting screening and prevention where appropriate, and helping participants understand what to do next.
How we show up
Simple principles that guide the work.
Make health understandable
Information only helps when people can understand it and connect it to everyday decisions.
Work together
Community leaders, volunteers, health workers and institutions each bring something different to a strong response.
Use evidence honestly
We report project-specific figures and do not combine overlapping service counts into a bigger headline number.
Follow through
Where documented and feasible, our work includes counselling, referrals, follow-up and learning after the activity.
Respect people
Community members are participants in the work — not backdrops for photographs or statistics.
Leadership & governance
The people responsible for keeping Everwell moving.
Day-to-day operations are led by the Founder/CEO and an active executive team that meets at least monthly.
Ruth Amos Hassan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Medical Laboratory Scientist and community-health programme leader. Ruth leads organisational strategy, programme oversight, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, resource coordination and external representation.
Dr. Abutsa Dorcas Samuel
Programme Manager
Supports programme planning and implementation, helping the team turn health priorities into organised activities that can be delivered in communities.
Uketeh Sunday Nguher
Secretary
Supports organisational coordination, records, communication and the administrative systems behind Everwell’s work.
Active executive team
Enuwa Abakpa — Project CoordinatorKadiri Fred Friday — Volunteer CoordinatorSokyes Leen Peibang — Welfare SecretaryDivine Audi — Social Media ManagerGraphic/Content Designer — Vacant
Governance summary
Everwell’s registered Board of Trustees comprises Ruth Amos Hassan, Godsave Wazhi and Alfred Haruna Bala. Day-to-day operations are led by the Founder/CEO and active executive team. Executive roles are voluntary; project/activity stipends, transport support and duty-related reimbursements may be provided when resources allow.
A note from the founder
Growth should make the work more consistent — not just bigger.
Everwell’s next chapter is about stronger programmes, better follow-up, clearer evidence and deeper partnerships. The goal is to become a trusted bridge between communities and the health system while staying practical, respectful and close to the people we serve.
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