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UIUCares partners with organizations in Igboland to provide food, clothing, healthcare, education, and vocational preparation for the underprivileged. Join UIUCares in our mission to provide essential support to those in need. We are able to support our community and help those in need through your generous support. Consider donating to the today!

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Once again, this year UIUCares will provide scholarships in partnership with the Gwacham Five Foundation to Igbo students from Nigeria attending a U.S. based school. Ten (10) $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to Igbo students who have come from Nigeria to pursue either undergraduate (2-year or 4-year college) or graduate school (Masters, PHD, Professional school) education!!

All winners will get their UIU National convention registration costs FULLY reimbursed!!

2024 Application details coming soon.

Below are the 2023 UIUCares International Student Scholarship Winners

• Nicole Agu- Saint Peter's University
• Bethel Mbakaogu- University of Houston
• Chisom Nnajiofor- Suffolk University 
• Obiajuru Nwadiokwu- Edwards Waters University
• Chinanu Nwankwo- Western Illinois University
• Obiajurum Odili- Sam Houston State University
• Chinedu Okere- Texas Tech University
• Elsie Okoye- Hardin-Simmons University
• Ozioma Onuselogu- Eastern Illinois University
• Obianuju Victor- Onyeka - The University of Texas at Arlington

Transforming Sanitation in Trans Ekulu Girl Secondary School

Our current and urgent need is monetary support for our sanitation project. We recently committed to installing 10 toilets and stalls at Trans Ekulu Girl Secondary School. Students and teachers at the school do not currently have access to toilets that can be used throughout the school day.

Access to toilets is a basic and vital need for both the students and the teachers, and UIUCares is hoping to fill this gap. The project is estimated to cost about $20,000, and we have currently raised $13,000 towards it. Construction started on last month, and we hope to complete the project by the end of June of this year. Any contribution you can make will go a long way towards helping us accomplish this goal.

Donate now to the 2023 Sanitation Project and make a lasting impact on the lives of these students.

Supplying sanitary products to girls in secondary schools.

We were fortunate to have been awarded $900 through a grant from the Houston Global Health Collaborative, which enabled us to provide sanitary products to secondary school girls in a few schools in Enugu.

Providing Essential Supplies and Technology to Nigerian Students

As students are starting school in Nigeria this week, the UIU Enugu office is providing school supplies to help students in need. For the Students in Tech program, we have also been fortunate to receive a $3,500 donation from Mr. Chiedozie Okafor with the ‘From A Tither’ organization. The funds will be used to purchase five Chromebooks, school supplies, and to pay for school fees for students in Enugu. Our goal for the remainder of the year is to provide 30 Chromebooks in total and provide workshops to students interested in learning more about technology. This is where we need your help.

Would you like to join us to complete our goal? You can donate a chromebook or its monetary equivalent of $300. Please contact us directly at uiucares@umuigbounite.com

Amplify Your Impact, Join UIUCares Today!

Your donations have made, and continue to make, a positive impact and, with your continued support, we are hopeful that we can give more and do more in the future. Stay tuned for more updates on our ongoing projects in Nigeria as well as projects our growing chapters are doing here in the US! Please consider donating and let’s see what our resources can do together.  

We’re working really hard to ensure that the students back home in Nigeria receive adequate education, healthy food options and sanitation stations. Every dollar counts. Help up spread the word by sharing with your friends and families!

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