About Us
Board Members
Passion for Reducing Type 2 Diabetes (PAFORET2D) was registered in 2018 as a CIC organisation, to reduce the risk factors of Type 2 Diabetes, especially among individuals, groups and communities where the prevalence rate is known to be very high.
PAFORET2D Board members play a crucial role in governance and risk management, financial oversight, guiding strategic plans, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical values, and leadership stability and stakeholders’ representation. The Board members are a combination of professions, including teachers, nurses and midwives, health improvement practitioners, and entrepreneurs.
They ensure appropriate:
Compliance with rules and Risk Management
Financial conduct
Guiding strategic plans
Supervision in succession planning to ensure continuity of leadership and organisational stability.
Supervision in succession planning to ensure continuity of leadership and organisational stability.
Geraldine Ekechi
Diabetes Educator
BSc & MSc PH, MSc Nursing
SYLVIA LIVETT
Diabetes Educator & Mentor
BSc Physical Edu. & Health
Mustapha Trawally
Lecturer
BSc Agric Ed, BEng Elec Eng & MA Maths Edu
Sally Ihekoronye
Business Owner
Student Southbank University
Ropson Lawele
Teacher
BA (Hons) Business Studies & PGCE
The Co-Ordinator:
Leads overall risk management processes, ensuring risks are identified, recorded, and regularly reviewed. Oversees implementation of mitigation strategies, coordinates communication between team members, and ensures compliance with safeguarding, health and safety, and organisational policies.
Nurses and Midwives:
Oversee clinical and health-related risks, ensuring all information shared is accurate, evidence-based, and safe. Monitor participant wellbeing, provide guidance on medical concerns, and ensure safeguarding and ethical standards are upheld.
Teachers:
Manage risks related to workshop delivery, including participant understanding, engagement, and accessibility of information. Ensure content is appropriate, inclusive, and safely delivered, while identifying any learning or behavioural risks during sessions.
Entrepreneurs:
Manage financial, operational, and sustainability risks. This includes budgeting, resource allocation, partnership development, and identifying opportunities to strengthen programme efficiency and long-term viability.
OUR MISSION
PAFORET2D exists to reduce the risk factors and complications of Type 2 diabetes by delivering culturally appropriate diabetes workshops to groups and communities. This empowers individuals to make sustainable lifestyle changes: “PAFORET2D BRINGS A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE TO YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY”.
OUR VISION
Our Vision is to create inclusive educational and awareness opportunities through our “SKIP DIABETES” programme, enabling individuals and community groups to make informed decisions on healthier lifestyles. We aim to foster long-term behavioural change, reduce health inequalities, and contribute to the prevention and improved management of Type 2 Diabetes at both individual and community levels.
