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IA-Foundation is a UK and Nigerian registered educational charity set up to transform lives through education in Nigeria and Africa.
IA-Foundation was founded on the 30th of January 2019 by Ibironke Adeagbo, a renowned chartered accountant to celebrate her 50th birthday, because she has a passion for education and removing any barrier that could prevent a child from accessing good education. Ibironke is an accounting graduate and has three accountancy qualifications herself. She has risen to the top of her profession and career. However, when she told her father she wanted to study accountancy, her father was apprehensive and said it was too difficult a course for a woman and it was a man’s profession. Ibironke was absolutely determined to prove her father wrong. Now that she has realized her potential, she wants to put a torch in the path of others to lighten their pathways too and remove any barrier that could prevent them from achieving their potential and aspirations. She believes education drives the economy and educational institutions are the engine room where this happens. Therefore, she believes everyone must have access to good education. She believes if anyone develops a passion for learning, such a person will not cease to grow. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Our Vision
Build a fair and equal society where every child can excel and realise their potentials.
Our Mission
To remove any obstacle that prevents access to good education.
Young Girls Educated
02
Projects
Ongoing
1
Supportive Sponsors
20
Amazing Volunteers
48
Empowering the girl child
350+
Sponsored children across Nigeria
100+
Distributed learning materials to underserved students
5000+
Provided clean water to students in Makoko via borehole installation
4000
Achievement Recognition Award
350+
Hosted
Educational
Summits
2
Held Charity Galas in the UK & Nigeria to raise funds and awareness
5
Led Awareness Walks, advocating for education reforms
7
Empowerment
We support children and our people to develop the skills and knowledge to accomplish their goals
Integrity
Our word is our bond. We are professional and transparent in our conduct. We hold ourselves accountable in all our actions and efforts.
Inclusivity
We respect and value individuality and engage diverse voices to achieve our mission
Our Programmes
- Education and Bursary Scholarship
- Sponsor a Child
- Street to School Project
- IA-Foundation Child Mentorship and Capacity Development
- Advocacy and Education Awareness Campaigns
- Education Impact Summits and Conferences
Our Impacts
- 100+ Children back to School.
- Over 5,000 learning materials and school supplies distributed.
- Donated borehole to Makoko community service over 7,000 students in cluster schools.
- 100+ households reached
Why Work For Us
People who work at IA-Foundation are motivated by wanting to create a fairer society. We value every individual who works here. We all play an active role in achieving our mission to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds to access basic education.
At IA-Foundation, we are collaborative, supportive and inclusive. We regularly have opportunities for people to share their ideas in a collegiate manner, generating strong teamwork across the organisation.
Our people strategy vision is to enable and inspire all staff to achieve, grow,succeed and thrive.
WHO WE ARE
Ibironke Adeagbo Foundation is a Nigerian and UK-registered charity that is working to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. In alignment with Sustainable Development Goal 4 which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all, IA-Foundation has continued to increase access to formal education for children from indigent backgrounds in low-income communities, orphans, physically challenged children and the girl-child across Nigeria.
IA-Foundation is driven by the underlying philosophy that education can be used as a tool to curb various social issues confronting Nigeria and other developing countries. As an organization, we are committed to our mission to remove barriers to accessing quality education including financial and non-financial impediments. Our goal is to enable, empower, equip, and enhance people’s lives through strategic exposure to quality education.
The Foundation was established on January 30th, 2019, by Mrs. Ibironke Adeagbo, a chartered account and passionate education advocate who had insights into the impending threats to the future of Nigeria, and the African continent at large if the number of out-of-school kept increasing, with no urgent and strategic efforts to curb it. The activities and programmes of the Foundation are developed around key thematic areas as shown in the diagram below.
“I am proud to work at IA-Foundation as the Programme Support Officer to support the Foundation in reducing the number of out of school children in the country and thereby given the opportunity to experience working in the real world of work and apply the knowledge gained. IA-Foundation is a supportive NGO that gives room for training and development and a positive atmosphere amongst a group of individuals that work towards a common goal.”
Opeyemi, Grace Adedara
Programme Support Officer
