Safe Drinking Water Project in the Niger Delta Communities of Nigeria
In a strategic and community focused collaboration under the Safe Drinking Water Project, “It Begins With You” (IBWU) and EnvironFocus have come together to make a lasting impact on communities in the Niger Delta. This joint effort involved funding the acquisition and transportation of LifeStraw Max Membrane Ultrafilters, a cutting-edge solution for ensuring access to…
Orphanage Outreach 2023
IBWU Foundation and Elelyon Evangelistic Ministries World Outreach, have jointly established a Vocational training Centre at ELIM Christian Crisis Centre, KM 3, Ilorin-Kaduna Road, Owolabi Village, Jebba ,Kwara State, Nigeria Between July 3, 2023 and August 4, 2023, both organizations completed their first vocational outreach training orphans and members of the community in partnership with…
IBWU Vision Care II Outreach Program, 2023, Edo State. Nigeria.
As part of IBWU Vision Care II Outreach Programme 2023, IBWU Foundation, TAPE Foundation and DOT Glasses provided free testing and corrective lenses to over 400 elderly and less privileged members of the community, who have refractive eyes defects in Edo State, Nigeria, at Uzalla Community in Edo State, between Wednesday, July 26 and Thursday,…
IBWU Vision Care II Outreach Program, 2023, Sokoto State. Nigeria.
In 2022, IBWU Foundation, successfully concluded its inaugural vision care outreaches in collaboration with the Olorunsheyi Foundation and DOT Glasses, which provided free testing and corrective lenses for over one thousand people who had refractive eyes defects, in the following communities and dates: Dayspring Chapel, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, August 6, 2022. Ashake Foundation, Abuja,…
IBWU Foundation’s, “ONE TALENT” initiative for Women, with The Olorunsheyi Foundation
IBWU Foundation’s, “ONE TALENT” initiative for Women, with The Olorunsheyi Foundation – June 27, 2022 to August 27, 2022, MOPA, Kogi State Nigeria. With the Blessings of his HRH, Oba Julius Olufunsho Joledo JP – Oluda 1 Elulu of Mopaland – Chairman Mopamuro Traditional Council IBWU Foundation , IT BEGINS WITH U, (“IBWU”) is a…
The Cleaner Communities in Nigeria initiative – Completed Projects.
1. Abraka Delta State. Regeneration exercise which turned a refuse dump into a recreation park. Projected completed in conjunction with Dalong Arts, Abraka. April 2022. 2. NTA College, Jos. Donation of garbage bins made from tire. The bins have been placed all over the campus. Projected completed in conjunction with JCI NTA Jos. April 2022.…
IBWU Christmas Cheers Initiative
IBWU Christmas Cheers Initiative. IBWU Foundation, in collaboration with JCI Nigeria and CSR-In- Action, donated food and clothing to communities in Ajah, Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. IBWU Foundation, -It Begins With U-, Junior Chamber International, JCI Nigeria and CSR-In-Action, working in collaboration, put smiles on the faces of Ajah residents in Lagos…
Community Volleyball Event at Afijio Sports Centre
Here are some images from a community event hosted at the Afijio Sports Centre.
Hidden Treasures – Part 3
IBWU Hidden Treasures initiative July 17, 2021, Ontario Canada. Donation and collection of gently used clothing, books and toys, shipped to Nigeria and donated to orphanages and seniors. What you do not need is treasure to those who desperately need them. We honour and respect the dignity of our people. -It Begins With U-.
IBWU ONE TALENT INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE WOMEN – KADUNA
IBWU ONE TALENT INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE WOMEN – KADUNA Our “ONE TALENT” initiative in its simplest form is IBWU’s empowerment program, which supports the belief that you empower a community when you empower a woman. ONE TALENT seeks to train economically active women in the vocational trades of hairdressing and sewing. They will be awarded a…
IBWU ONE TALENT INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE WOMEN
IBWU ONE TALENT INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE WOMEN Our “ONE TALENT” initiative in its simplest form is IBWU’s empowerment program, which supports the belief that you empower a community when you empower a woman. ONE TALENT seeks to train economically active women in the vocational trades of hairdressing and sewing. They will be awarded a certificate and…
Hidden Treasures – Clothing Drive Part 2
Hidden Treasures – Clothing Drive Part 2 IBWU Foundation, -It Begins With U-, continues to be committed to collecting and providing gently used clothes, shoes, and other personal items to the needy in Nigeria and Canada. On October 10, 2020, -It Begins With U-, organized its 2nd Clothing Drive event in Caledon Ontario. The…
Donation of water filtration system to General Hospital, Idanre
Donation of water filtration system to General Hospital, Idanre, Ondo State, Nigeria, on behalf of IBWU Foundation and GELD Foundation, by JCI Ondo State, Nigeria.
Donation of water filtration system to Alakia Primary Health Care Centre, Ibadan
Donation of water filtration system to Alakia Primary Health Care Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, on behalf of IBWU Foundation and GELD Foundation, by JCI Elite, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Donation of lifestraw water filtration system to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Teaching Hospital
Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, August 1, 2020. IBWU Foundation Member, Anthony Nwafor, on behalf of IBWU Foundation, donating lifestraw water filtration system to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Teaching Hospital, Awka, Nigeria
Lifestraw Water filtration donation to St John’s Specialist Hospital
Nsugbe, Anambra State, Nigeria, August 1, 2020. IBWU Foundation Member, Anthony Nwafor, on behalf of IBWU Foundation, donating lifestraw water filtration system to St. John’s Specialist Hospital, Nsugbe, Anambra State, Nigeria
Hidden Treasures
The mystery and origin of clothes is quite intriguing. It almost seems like a journey from leaves to cotton. From time immemorial, clothes have offered us protection from nudity. Its hard to resist a chuckle at how the world would have looked today if the leaves were still in play coupled with the fact that…
Food Drive Initiative at Mushin Lagos in partnership with JCI Eko
Food Drive Initiative at Mushin Lagos in partnership with JCI Eko “I have learnt to give not because I have so much but because I know the feeling of having nothing” – Bernajoy Vaal. Today, at Olowo Street, Olateju community, Mushin Lagos; JCI Eko in Partnership with IBWU (It begins With U) Foundation truly went…
IBWU FOUNDATION COVID-19 FOOD RELIEF COLLABORATION
IBWU Foundation’s response to the COVID -19 pandemic included partnering with the Junior Chambers International Nigeria in Ibadan, Asaba, Anambra, Owerri, and Lagos, as well as Rotary Port Harcourt and Umuahia and the Young Achievers Entrepreneur in Ijebu Ode, Nigeria, and the SEYP (Society for the empowerment of young persons) in the Edo State to…
Community Sanitation & Water Project in the Takalafiya Community, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria
Community Sanitation & Water Project in the Takalafiya Community, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria IBWU in collaboration with a Community in Abuja called Takalafiya based in the rural district of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, and through IBWU’s initiative for Growth & Sustainability with a partner called Environmental Focus, sponsored a trigger assessment event on…
Interactive seminar organised by IBWU for South Eastern Nigerian Women
Interactive seminar organised by IBWU for South Eastern Nigerian Women Interactive seminar organised by IBWU for South Eastern Nigerian Women, March 12th 2020, at Royal Palace Hotel AGBANI Road Enugu, consisting of a Seminar/lecture on being the catalyst for the change we want in our community as well as a demonstration of basic CPR techniques.
Community Sanitation Project – An end to open defecation in Takalafiya Community, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria.
IBWU in collaboration with a Community – Based Initiative for Growth, Sustainability and Environmental Focus, participated and sponsored the community trigger assessment event on Saturday February 22, 2020. The planned construction and hand over of sanitary facilities which include a mechanized borehole that will provide clean water to cater for the Takalafiya Community and its people is…
IBWU organized the first Clothing Drive event!
Ibwu organized its first Clothing Drive event on 25st of January at the recreation centre in Brampton. The main goal of the event was to gather donations of gently used summer and winter clothes for people that desperately need it in Nigeria.
A Conversation on Health and Wellness – Heart health, individual and family well being
On the 30th of November 2019, IBWU Foundation Canada organised an event in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The event titled Alive was the first in the series of seminars and town halls by IBWU Foundation. Alive discussed topics related to health and wellness, focusing on individual and family well-being. Guest Speakers of the event were: Olumide Oyefeso;…