Elsie Ijorogu-Reed
Elsie Ijorogu-Reed is a British American herbalist, humanist and philanthropist who is the founder and incumbent chief executive officer of a non-governmental organization (NGO), Delta Women.[1][2] It advocates for women's rights, and holds seminars on child abuse and female sexual harassment in higher educational institutions.[3][4]
Elsie is currently working as a business intelligent manager at Capita in the United Kingdom and is a member of Shantona Women’s Center Leeds.[5][6][7]
She also has founded The Tech Ladder which provides technical and vocational training.[8] She owns a Nigerian quarterly magazine Drumbeat.[3] She is also a trustee at the Settle Stories.[9]
Early life and career
Born in London, the United Kingdom to a Nigerian family of Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State ancestry, Elsie father was an electrical engineer and her mother worked in fashion designing, the food industry, and other businesses.[3] She holds a degree in Banking and Finance and Masters of Business Administration n and in Information System Management.[3] She also holds IBM and Microsoft certifications.[6]
In 2010, Elsie founded an NGO, Delta Women, which provides skills acquisition, free medical eye tests and free eyeglasses for women in places like Edo and Delta States.[3][4]
She is also a founder of a quarterly magazine Drumbeat which has sections such as interviews, a career guide and articles about relationships, health and living, fashion and beauty, entertainment, and lifestyle section.[3]
Career as an herbalist
Reed has a condition called fibromyalgia that has no cure.[10] To treat the pain caused by this disease, Reed started looking for alternatives and in quest became a certified herbalist. She now owns a herbal shop and holds diplomas and certifications in phytotherapy, naturopathy, aromatherapy, health, and wellness.[10]
Books
- Love Me Mama: The Unfavored Child[11]
- Fibromyalgia and Anxiety: An essential guide to finding relief from fibro pain with a proven natural treatment of herbal medicines[12]
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and You: The complete reference guide to help you understand and overcome PCOS[13]
References
- ↑ "Welcom to -:Delta Women:-". https://www.deltawomen.org/about.html.
- ↑ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "Tackling Pollution, Poverty and Patriarchy in the Niger Delta - Interview with Elsie Ijorogu-Reed". https://news.trust.org/item/20120830202400-dhr4z/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "In Five Years, I must have Done 10,000 Eye Tests- Elsie Ijorogu-Reed". March 5, 2014. https://urhobotoday.com/?p=11123.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Macedo, Candice (September 26, 2012). "Creating a change". https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/nxg/creating-a-change/article3938521.ece.
- ↑ "Nigerian makes list of 20 Most Inspirational IT Women Working in Leeds, UK". April 30, 2021. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/04/nigerian-makes-list-of-20-most-inspirational-it-women-working-in-leeds-uk/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "UK IT Firm Certifies 70 Nigerians On Free Online Computer Engineering Programme". September 29, 2019. https://www.nigerdeltatoday.com/uk-it-firm-certifies-70-nigerians-on-free-online-computer-engineering-programme/.
- ↑ "Fight to finish". April 15, 2017. https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fight-to-finish/.
- ↑ Potter, Lucy (June 29, 2020). "Breaking through the digital divide". https://southleedslife.com/breaking-through-the-digital-divide/.
- ↑ "Who's Who | Settle Stories | The Home of Adventurous Storytelling". https://www.settlestories.org.uk/our-story/whos-who/.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Reed, Elsie. "Fibromyalgia and Anxiety: An essential guide to finding relief from fibro pain with a proven natural treatment of herbal medicines.". https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08VNCZ4R3.
- ↑ "IndieView with Elsie Ijorogu-Reed, author of Love Me Mama: The Unfavored Child | The IndieView". https://www.theindieview.com/2013/07/28/indieview-with-elsie-ijorogu-reed-author-of-love-me-mama-the-unfavored-child/.
- ↑ Reed, Elsie. "Fibromyalgia and Anxiety: An essential guide to finding relief from fibro pain with a proven natural treatment of herbal medicines.". https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VNCZ4R3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1.
- ↑ Reed, Elsie. "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome And You: The complete reference guide to help you understand and overcome PCOS". https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B093WT3636/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0.
