ABOUT US
CommuCare Services Inc is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that promotes health and well-being among immigrant and refugee women and children from Africa, and also helps to improve the lives of women and children living in undeserved communities in Africa.
CommuCare Services Inc is a grass root organization with the goal to improve the well-being of immigrant women and children from Africa living in the Kansas City (KC) metropolitan area. Promoting women’s health is one of CommuCare Services Inc’s priorities. The organization was founded in 2007 and was born from the realization of the need for a social network and support system for immigrant women from Africa who struggle to adapt to a new lifestyle and culture in the United States of America (US). CommuCare’s activities focus on women’s health issues such as breast and cervical cancer, and the promotion of education and a healthy lifestyle among women and children. Immigrant women from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) come from resource-limiting countries where women’s health programs are very limited or non-existent. Thus, most of these women have very little knowledge and awareness about breast cancer (BCA) and cervical cancer, and so could be at greater risk of these diseases.
CommuCare Services Inc is a grass root organization with the goal to improve the well-being of immigrant women and children from Africa living in the Kansas City (KC) metropolitan area. Promoting women’s health is one of CommuCare Services Inc’s priorities. The organization was founded in 2007 and was born from the realization of the need for a social network and support system for immigrant women from Africa who struggle to adapt to a new lifestyle and culture in the United States of America (US). CommuCare’s activities focus on women’s health issues such as breast and cervical cancer, and the promotion of education and a healthy lifestyle among women and children. Immigrant women from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) come from resource-limiting countries where women’s health programs are very limited or non-existent. Thus, most of these women have very little knowledge and awareness about breast cancer (BCA) and cervical cancer, and so could be at greater risk of these diseases.
・ FOUNDER & PRESIDENT・
Florence Ndikum-Moffor, PhD, MPH
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Dr. Ndikum-Moffor founded CommuCare Services Inc in 2007. The organization was formed from the realization of a need for a social network for African-born women living in the Kansas City area.
Florence has experience in humanitarian work and has served as Program Manager for health care development projects in the United States, and as Field Director of disaster relief efforts in Haiti shortly after the earthquake in 2010. She volunteers with organizations that promote the health and well-being of underserved communities in Kansas City and abroad. Dr. Ndikum-Moffor earned a doctorate degree from the University of Florida, Gainesville and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Kansas. In addition to her passion for humanitarian work, she also is interested in research on cancer prevention and control and health disparities. |
Stacy Braiuca
Volunteer
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Volunteer
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Stacy Braiuca is a Clinical Social Worker, Public Health Educator, Social Media Specialist and Health Literacy Activist working to change paradigms in how we advocate for ourselves by using social media. She is currently working on collaborations using social media to promote health literacy and overall wellness in disadvantaged populations, including her personal and professional active blogging and use of social media. She is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a lifelong Kansas City area resident.
She is an active webmaster and blogger for Wellbound Storytellers, a group of Native people blogging about their paths to wellness. Their stories can be found at http://www.wellboundstorytellers.com.
Stacy is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Missouri Kansas City teaching in the School of Social Welfare’s Master in Social Work program.
She is available for public speaking at colleges, universities, organizations, and groups about health literacy and social media, health literacy, mental health, mental health and American Indians, and a variety of other topics. She can be contacted via her consulting website, http://www.social2health.com, Twitter @stacybraiuca or @social2health, or email at stacy.braiuca@gmail.com or social2health@gmail.com
She is an active webmaster and blogger for Wellbound Storytellers, a group of Native people blogging about their paths to wellness. Their stories can be found at http://www.wellboundstorytellers.com.
Stacy is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Missouri Kansas City teaching in the School of Social Welfare’s Master in Social Work program.
She is available for public speaking at colleges, universities, organizations, and groups about health literacy and social media, health literacy, mental health, mental health and American Indians, and a variety of other topics. She can be contacted via her consulting website, http://www.social2health.com, Twitter @stacybraiuca or @social2health, or email at stacy.braiuca@gmail.com or social2health@gmail.com
Lety Sarmiento
Volunteer
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Volunteer
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Lety Sarmiento works on social media and the website for CommuCare. She is a certified medical interpreter and is working towards her bachelor’s degree at The University of Kansas. She is interested in working with underserved communities and has been doing volunteer work at JayDoc free health clinic since 2011. Currently she is employed at Healthy Living Kansas.
