*Unlocks Lifesaving Value Worth Billions Globally

By Henry Obetta

A non-governmental organisation, Trauma Care International Foundation (TCIF), has disclosed that it trained and mobilised over 300,000 individuals, recruited more than 1.5 million individuals as volunteer first responders between 2021 and 2025, impacting over 68 million direct and indirect beneficiaries in 37 countries, as part of its mission to strengthen emergency preparedness, trauma care, and community resilience.

The disclosure is part of TCIF’s end-of-year reflection and Christmas goodwill message to government agencies, corporate organizations, communities, and international partners who have benefited from its life-saving capacity-building interventions over the past five years.

A cumulative review of its programmes shows that TCIF has delivered thousands of first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and emergency response training sessions through structured onsite and virtual sessions, international webinars, school programs, corporate engagements, emergency response networks, and community-based initiatives. These programmes, cutting across government agencies, law enforcement bodies, schools, professional groups, faith-based organizations, and grassroots communities, have positioned TCIF among the leading organizations expanding access to lifesaving skills, significantly growing Nigeria’s and Africa’s pool of individuals trained as first responders, and contributing significantly to global emergency care capacity.

Speaking on the empowerment, Senior Executive Officer, Trauma Care International Foundation, Dr Olajumoke Ola-Akisanya explained that the trainings and initiatives have generated an estimated social and economic value exceeding ₦5 billion over the five-year period.

This figure, according to him, reflects avoided medical costs, reduced mortality, faster emergency response, productivity preserved, and lives saved through early intervention before hospital care.

He explained that one trained responder supports an average of 48-52 people within their immediate environment (family, workplace, road network, or community), thus placing the responder-to-population ratio at approximately 1:50, meaning that every trained individual has a multiplier impact far beyond themselves.

From the deployment of its Volunteer First Responder Network (FRN) and the TCERA emergency response application in 2021 to the expansion of hybrid and digital learning models in subsequent years, TCIF steadily expanded its footprint across Africa, Asia and North America. Between 2021 and 2025, over 1.5 million individuals were recruited into the network, and more than 300,000 have received structured and certified training in first aid, CPR, bleeding control, and emergency response. These individuals trained by TCIF have supported thousands of real-life emergency interventions, including road traffic crashes, cardiac arrests, severe bleeding incidents, asthma attacks, workplace accidents, and community medical emergencies.

In addition, he said over the years, the Foundation has partnered with federal and state institutions in Nigeria to improve public safety and emergency preparedness. TCIF trainings have benefited personnel and groups from the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, Nigerian Defence Academy, the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Immigration Service, Man O’ War, National Youth Service Corps, Scouts, Lagos state traffic, safety, and waterway authorities, law-enforcement and inspection agencies, state ministries of health and education, schools, transport workers, artisans, miners, cyclists, and communities across Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, Kaduna, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and other states.

Akinsanya said: “In addition to emergency response trainings, TCIF strengthens emergency care systems through its Voluntary Blood Donation Initiative (VBDI), mobilizing donations of tens of thousands of pints of blood globally every year to support national and state blood transfusion services and address critical shortages during emergencies. A major driver of this impact is TCIF’s Campus Crimson Champions League (CCCL), an innovative youth-focused model that recruits and retains voluntary blood donors within tertiary institutions like Federal University Oye-Ekiti. By combining peer-led mobilization, campus advocacy, and digital engagement, CCCL transforms students into blood donation champions and creates reliable donor pools. The model is highly scalable and adaptable, offering a practical solution that can be replicated across campuses and countries to help address blood shortages and save millions of lives.

“As we celebrate Christmas, we want to sincerely thank every government agency, organization, tertiary institution and community that opened their doors to TCIF all these years. Your partnership with TCIF directly translates to lives saved. We are proud to stand with you in building a safer world.”