NKE NKE ENYI IZUOGU FOUNDATION FOR THE NEEDY AND THE AGED POWERED BY -HIGH CHIEF DR IKENNA CHIEDOZIE ANICHE- MAKES THE LIST OF TOP 10 HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN AFRICA
A humanitarian organization with headquarters at Ndiekwuru Imenze Arondizuogu Amuro okigwe imo state has made the list of top 10 humanitarian organizations in Africa. They have been recognised for their passionate significant contribution, which has motivated and encouraged many to continue their impactful works in the southeast of Nigeria.
Kudos to the President of the foundation who is humility personified, simple, and unassuming and can pass you on the street without you knowing it was him…
A lot of factors and derivables determined their inclusion. The foundation has touched numerous lives and kept spreading joy. They continually demonstrate tangible positive changes in communities and develop new and effective approaches to humanitarian challenges.
The founder and president of the foundation High Chief Dr (Amb) Ikenna Aniche, who is also the Group Managing Director of Double Shillings Group Nigeria Limited, has gained public trust and perception with strong reputation. Outside the core values of Nke Nke Enyi Izuogu foundation for the needy and the Aged..the President went a step further to single handedly build a 100 bed well equipped medical facility which focuses on improving health challenges through community based approaches and has made significant presence and impact in the areas of women rights and poverty reduction. Nke Nke Enyi Izuogu Gburu Gburu 1-12 is a supporter of girl child and has severally executed programmes on issues of childcare, child support, child protection, reduction of poverty with significant operations and focus on children rights and well being. They ve severally been recognized for their charitable causes and crucial work in every community they visit.
The foundation in the last 26 years has provided medical assistance and accommodation, feeding to population in distress at okigwe, Arondizuogu, and environs.
They have combated malnutrition and have provided access to food and water, alleviated injustice, and focused on eradication of poverty.
Nke Nke Enyi Izuogu Foundation for the needy and the Aged proved itself to be an organisation that focused on protecting and supporting women and girls who are victims of violence.
Focusing on leadership development and training on social entrepreneurship as they have provided educational opportunities to children living in slums and children with disabilities
Nke Nke Enyi Izuogu foundation for the needy and the Aged on the 30th of June 2025 commemorated its 26th anniversary and acknowledged its efforts in the provision and promotion of quality healthcare through the building of a 100 bed state of the art healthcare facility named after the beautiful late wife of a great philanthropist and Lord Mayor of Arondizuogu – Mazi innocent Ezuma – The Group Managing Director of ETA-Zuma Group.
Weeks prior to 30th of June 2025, the president of the foundation at the Vip Wing of the Sam mbakwe International cargo airport gave a hint and promised that the 26th anniversary event will be held at the main bowl of his peniel cottage countryhome – St rita Boulevard Ndiekweru-Imenze Arondizuogu Amuro Okigwe. He kept faith with his words and the event brought together stakeholders, partners, rural women, the poor, the needy, the aged, and all beneficiaries who joined in reflecting on the foundation’s journey and accomplishments
Established in June 1999, the foundation has, over the past two decades, witnessed the transformative power of collective efforts and unwavering humanitarian commitment to its cause.
Nke Nke Enyi Izuogu Foundation For The Needy And The Aged was inaugurated two decades ago when nobody gave it any hope of survival considering the fact that this vision came when the founder was a fresh UNN graduate who combined his education with luxurious bus transport business and whose bitter human life experiences birthed this foundation.
Interestingly, with sheer determination and focus on the vision and objectives, the storyline has changed, and the name has become a household name not only in the South East but in the entire nation Nigeria.
For two decades, over 2470 widows, the aged and the needy, vulnerable women, young people, children, and mothers have benefited from various empowerment programs that are designed and implemented by the foundation.
Nke Nke Enyi Izuogu na Iheme Gburu Gburu 1-12 said that since 1999 it has been that of empathy towards building a society where everyone, including women, girls, the aged, people living with disabilities, pregnant mothers in rural areas who are financially unstable and incapable of accessing quality healthcare and various other marginalized groups will have equal opportunities and access to socio-economic opportunities which will send them on the pedestal to achieving their full potentials and goals despite the huge limitations posed by lack of access to financial resources.
The President of the Foundation, in his address on the 26th Anniversary of the Foundation, stressed that they are defining the truest definition of an NGO.
He promised that his foundation would continue to work across the board in the promotion of very clear and specific causes like human rights , environmental sustainability, poverty reductions, and improved healthcare. He informed everyone present that they also have complex challenges and most at times depend on men and women with a good heart to achieve their objectives and all these successes are primarily funded through donations and grants and support from well meaning individuals.
