Iwere Care. In pilot. Scaling.
Iwere Care connects volunteer diaspora physicians with patients at partner clinics in the Niger Delta. We started in 2025 with a small group of doctors and clinics. We’re still building credentialing, scheduling, and the clinical app. If you’re an MD in the diaspora, help us shape what comes next.
Pilot started
We launched the Iwere Care concept in 2025 with a small group of volunteer diaspora physicians and partner clinics in the Niger Delta.
Now · since 2025Member app build
We're building the unified member + clinical app — patient enrollment, physician scheduling, encrypted video, and chart notes — in a single place.
In progress · 2026Convention 2026 unveil
The app and program operating model are unveiled at Convention 2026, Sept 4 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Volunteer physician onboarding opens broadly after.
Sept 4, 2026Hub network expansion
Niger Delta partner-clinic hubs come online in waves through FY 2027 — locations confirmed only after the partner agreements are signed.
FY 2027+Three things at once. All in active design.
Volunteer interest
The volunteer physician network
We're recruiting US, UK, Canada, and Nigeria-licensed diaspora physicians who can give a few hours a month. Priority specialties: primary care, pediatrics, OB-GYN, mental health, internal medicine.
- Credentialing process — being designed
- Malpractice coverage — being secured
- Scheduling and shift system — in build
- Continuing-education partnerships — exploring
The Niger Delta hub model
Each partner clinic gets a Starlink uplink, solar power, and a tablet running the Iwere Care app. We're starting small — partner agreements first, hardware second, training third.
- Partner-clinic agreements — pilot underway
- Starlink + solar kit — vendor evaluation
- Hub training curriculum — drafting
- Patient intake protocols — drafting
The clinical operating model
Encrypted telehealth visits, clear referral paths, follow-up calls in Itsekiri, and a real chart system — built so volunteer physicians can give two hours a week and feel safe doing it.
- Encrypted video visits — in build
- Itsekiri-language follow-up calls — designing
- Specialist referral pathway — designing
- Chart and notes system — in build
How the hubs will work. In design.
Become a partner clinic
Reliable in riverine settings.
The Niger Delta has weak fiber and unreliable grid power. Iwere Care hubs are designed around that reality, not in spite of it. Hardware is sized per clinic in partnership with the host site.
Locations and vendor agreements are confirmed only after partner clinics sign on. We won’t list a hub here until it’s real.
Starlink connectivity
Low-latency satellite internet at each hub once partnerships and hardware are deployed. Designed to bypass dependency on local fiber and mobile carriers.
Solar + battery
Solar PV with a battery bank carries each hub through grid outages. Capacity sized per clinic in partnership with the host site.
Tablet visit interface
Tablet at each hub running the Iwere Care app. Hub nurse handles intake; the diaspora physician joins by encrypted video.
Offline-first sync
Notes and vitals cache locally if the uplink drops, and sync when the connection returns. Designed for the realities of riverine sites.
Patient, caregiver, physician. Pick your path.
Physician interest
How a visit will work.
Walk into a partner clinic. The hub nurse checks you in, then a volunteer diaspora physician joins the call. Your plan is discussed in Itsekiri or English.
- No fee to the patient
- Walk-in or scheduled — designed for both
- Itsekiri-language follow-up calls
Stay close from far away.
When the app launches, you'll be able to enroll a parent in the Niger Delta, see their visit history, and coordinate with the hub nurse — without waking them at 3 AM WAT.
- Unveils at Convention 2026 (Sept 4)
- Family Bridge plan — in design
- Shared visit dashboard — in build
Help us build this.
If you're licensed in the US, UK, Canada, or Nigeria and can give a few hours a month, we want to talk. Credentialing, scheduling, malpractice — we're designing all of it now and want clinical input.
- Credentialing process — being designed
- Malpractice coverage — being secured
- Pilot cohort forming for clinical input
The first volunteer call started this.
We have a pilot. We need physicians, partner clinics, and early donors to scale it carefully. No fake numbers, no fabricated doctor list — just real people building a real program.