Public Figure: Let’s Meet Renowned Female Archetype, Hon(Dr) Aderonke Adesewa Dairo
Public Figure: Let’s Meet Renowned Female Archetype, Hon(Dr) Aderonke Adesewa Dairo.
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Our this week public figure and African heroine of people is Honourable (Dr) Aderonke Adesewa Dairo(AOD) . Once again, Congratulations on your graduation party, and more wins.
The young Aderonke Adesewa Dairo was born in Ibadan on the 19th of July, some decades ago, to the family of Engr. Olufemi and Mrs. Folasade Dairo who hails from the famous Fadairo family at Oke-Ofa, in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Aderonke Dairo is a medical practitioner and advocate, Psychologist, and Social justice crusader. Her family background is a rich mix of professionalism, industry, community leadership, and service.
Aderonke is the founder of Aderonke Omo Dairo Foundation (AOD), https://www.aderonkedairo.com , a foundation which works to eradicate poverty through the provision of educational support (scholarships and back to school projects), business grants for single mothers, skills training programs, Police widows’ support and sexual health advice- including a free drop-in clinic.
Some of her past humanitarian acts include: Scholarship grants to best students of government schools in the city of Ibadan, payment for UTME forms for children of single mothers based in Ibadan. Free medical outreach conducted in 4 wards within Ibadan N/E local government. Oke Offa, Koloko, Oje Elewa.(checks consisted of vitals check, blood pressure check, diabetes test, pregnancy test, and arthritis test). Over 1,500 patients benefited from this outreach within 5 days where free drugs were dispensed to over 80% of patients diagnosed. Free sexual health lectures delivered to over 700 Senior Secondary School Students across three (3) Secondary Schools in Ibadan (Bashorun High school, IMG Secondary School, Oke Offa, including her alma Mata, Command Day Secondary School One-on-one counseling conducted for selected students who confidentially admitted to sexual molestation and assaults at the various schools. 2,600 pieces of free sanitary pads and 3,000 note pads distributed across the schools where sexual health talks were given. Food palliatives including sanitizers give distributed to some communities in Ibadan at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Aderonke Dairo’s AOD Foundation currently has a human right clinic that provides legal advice and helps people of little means on minor misdemeanours while the health clinic focuses on free health outreaches within the Ibadan metropolis.
Besides being a philanthropist, Aderonke also has an eye for business and fashion.
She’s the founder of Miss Ibadan Pageant and Awards, an initiative geared towards showcasing and upholding Ibadan’s cultural heritage and values.
Aderonke Dairo loves reading, going to the cinema, playing table tennis and badminton. Her personal life philosophy is summarized in her motto: “We rise by lifting others!”
