Sr. Henrietta MaryFrancis Uchenna Okafor is a dedicated and experienced health and social care professional with international experience across Europe, including Germany, Switzerland, and London. Leveraging a strong background in coordination and management, she has transitioned into social entrepreneurship to directly serve her community. She combines practical care work with academic instruction to shape the next generation of caregivers.
Henrietta Uchenna Okafor, established and leads the Mater Angelo Care Foundation, an organization dedicated to caring for vulnerable, disabled, and elderly individuals within their homes and the community. She has trained over 800 Healthcare Assistants/Support Workers across different states in Nigeria.
She’s currently impacting knowledge and professional expertise to students in Healthcare department as a lecturer in Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu. Henrietta Uchenna Okafor key area of expertise includes;
- Care Coordination and Management
- Home and Community-Based Care for Vulnerable, Disabled, and Elderly Persons
- Social Entrepreneurship and Non-Profit Leadership
- Health and Social Care Education (Academic Lecturing).
In vision, Henrietta Uchenna Okafor wants to build a care home for the elderly in Enugu, Nigeria with enough capacity to ease the challenge of the elderly in various communities across Nigeria and beyond.