A response to an urgent need.
The Adolescent Health and Wellness Foundation (AHWF) is a non-profit established on March 24, 2024, with a mission to support adolescents and young people through one of life’s most defining stages.
Adolescence is filled with potential, opportunity, and growth — but also challenges that threaten wellbeing. Too often, young people’s voices go unheard due to socio-cultural norms and prevailing belief systems. Many resort to harmful coping mechanisms: substance abuse, unsafe sexual practices, prostitution, and negative peer influence.
These behaviours contribute to rising rates of sexually transmitted infections, teenage pregnancies, unsafe abortions, mental health disorders, and addiction.
As a public health nurse, witnessing young people struggle with preventable health issues — drug addiction, sexual abuse, mental health crises, and avoidable deaths — has been deeply troubling. AHWF was born as a response: intentional support, education, and advocacy for young people.
What guides our work
Compassion & Caring
We meet every young person with empathy and dignity.
Collaboration
We work alongside parents, schools, communities, and partners.
Equity
We extend access regardless of background, location, or ability.
Accountability
We measure our impact and stay answerable to the people we serve.
Oluwabunmi Roseline Bakare
Founder & Executive Director · Registered Nurse · Adolescent Health Advocate
With over eleven years of experience in clinical care, public health practice, and community-based research, Oluwabunmi has built a strong reputation for designing and implementing impactful adolescent health programs.
Under her leadership, AHWF has directly impacted over 4,000 adolescents through school outreaches, health education campaigns, mentorship programs, webinars, and community-based interventions. She has also coordinated training in content writing, social media management, and digital skills development.
She currently serves as a Clinical Research Nurse at Oxygen for Life Initiative (UCH Ibadan) and as National Medical Coordinator at Leading Ladies Global Ministry, leading medical outreaches that have reached over 1,000 patients and supported more than 30 healthcare workers across multiple communities.
Her work aligns with SDG 3 (Good Health), SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 8 (Decent Work), and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities). Beyond her professional work, she is a wife, mother, mentor, and woman of faith — committed to raising a generation of healthy, informed, purpose-driven young people.