Beyond Nigeria.
Book shipments to the Gambia and Tanzania, Rotary's first Peace Center in Africa, and public health work with The Carter Center.
What the programme does
The Foundation's international programmes extend its education and health work beyond Nigeria. Book shipments under the Books For Africa partnership have reached the Gambia and Tanzania, and forty thousand books were donated to Liberian youth with Visions in Action.
A 2019 leadership gift of USD $250,000 helped inspire Rotary's first Peace Center in Africa, at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, where Rotary Peace Fellows study peace and conflict resolution.
Public health work beyond Nigeria runs with The Carter Center, and the Foundation supports glaucoma research at the University of Mainz in Germany.
The record
Reported activity under this programme.
News from this programme
EducationJubilation As Books For Africa Celebrates 35th Anniversary, Honours SEOF
We are thrilled to have been part of the 35th anniversary celebration of Books For Africa and the launch of their incredible initiative, A Book For Every Child, that held in Minnesota, United States
InternationalSEOF Hosts Dinner in Honour of Ambassador Andrew Young
Sir Emeka Offor Foundation hosted a dinner in honour of Ambassador Andrew Jackson Young on 22nd of August 2019 at Jake's Restaurant and club Silverbird building Abuja.
HealthCDC Delegation meets with SEOF
SEOF received a delegation from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation and the CDC Center for Global Health, on July 17, 2019.
HealthPRESS RELEASE
ATLANTA…Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and businessman Sir Emeka Offor signed an agreement today for a partnership to eliminate river blindness (onchocerciasis) from seven states in Nigeria where The Carter Center works with the Federal Ministry…
EducationNigerian High Commissioner applauds Sir Emeka Offor Foundation’s education initiative
The Education Initiative by the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, a Nigerian based non-governmental, not for profit charity organization, to stamp out illiteracy and promote learning across the continent of Africa, particularly in the hard to reach…
Sir Emeka Offor Foundation and Books For Africa (BFA) Donate 20,000 Books to Tanzania Schools
Sir Emeka Offor Foundation and Books For Africa (BFA) Donate 20,000 Books to Tanzania Schools
EducationADVANCING LITERACY IN AFRICA THROUGH ACCESS TO BOOKS
Access to books is fundamental to the promotion of literacy. In Africa and other developing areas, the promotion of literacy through reading is hindered by the high cost of books and inadequate government spending on education, particularly in rural…
EmpowermentNIGERIAN PARALYMPIAN WINS GOLD AT IWAS, THANKS SIR EMEKA OFFOR
At the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports World Junior Games at Stoke Mandeville, UK, a 23-year-old Paralympian and Powerlifter from Ahmadu Bello University, Emmanuel Godwin, won a Gold medal to make its sole sponsor, Sir Emeka Offor, The Sir…
EmpowermentSir Emeka Offor Foundation Cheers on Nigerian Team at IWAS Junior Games
It's Day 1 at the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports (IWAS) Junior Games at Stoke Mandeville, UK, and like a typical English day, it drizzled and drizzled.
EmpowermentVideo: Disability is in the heart; Differently Able
#ImAble - The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Junior Games will once again take place this year from 1st to 8th August 2014.
EmpowermentSir Emeka Offor to send Nigerian Paralympians to IWAS Games
Barely weeks away from now, Sir Emeka Offor, Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, a businessman turned Philanthropist takes a team of Nigerian Paralympians to Stoke Mandeville Stadium, in Buckinghamshire, England, the venue for the…
HealthSir Emeka Offor Featured in British Fellowship Magazine
International action on Polio was top of the agenda recently, when representatives of The British Polio Fellowship attended a high level breakfast networking meeting with senior Polio delegates, at Rotary’s International Offices in London on the…
EmpowermentSEOF sponsors the Nigerian Paralympic Committee to the 2014 World Junior Games
The International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports (IWAS) Federation will be staging the 10th Under-23 World Junior Games at Stoke Mandeville Sport Stadium in the United Kingdom from the 3rd through the 8th of August 2014.
Sir Emeka and RI Presidents "Lights up Rotary"
Sydney, Australia 2014- Polio Summit drew to a flamboyant and colorful end today, June 4th. The world and indeed Rotarians celebrated their friendship, their courage, and their determination to pull resources towards promoting peace and conflict…
HealthOffor, Carter Center to jointly fight River Blindness in Nigeria
The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation and the Carter Center have strengthened ties to wipe out onchocerciasis (river blindness) disease in Nigeria.
InternationalFormer President of Guinea Bissau thanks Sir Emeka
The Former President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, Manuel Serifo Nhamajo, had in his capacity applauded and commended Sir Emeka Offor, the Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria and the Executive Vice Chairman of Chrome Group for his…
EducationEducating Africa: Sir Emeka Offor Steps up to the Plate
A new business model is emerging in Africa and it has the potential to benefit millions of underserved people around the far reaches of the continent.
HealthThe River Blindness Elimination Commitment in Nigeria
It is not everyday individuals and groups of people come together to advance the cause of fighting diseases in Nigeria, especially those that affect millions of people.
HealthThe Carter Center Partners with SEOF to Combat River Blindness in Nigeria
On March 3rd 2014, The Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta Georgia was noticeably alive as the 18th River Blindness [Elimination] Program Review kicked off in full swing.
SEOF, Visions in Action Donate 40,000 Books to Liberian Youth
The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation of Nigeria has donated 48,000 books through Visions in Action for distribution to youth and children throughout Liberia with the full partnership of the Liberian Ministry of Education.
HealthSir Emeka Offor Honoured As Africa`s Highest Donor To Rotary Foundation; Donates Another $1 Million For Polio Eradication
For his outstanding donations to their causes, Sir Emeka Offor, the Founder of Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF), was honoured by Rotary Foundation at a convention which took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from the 22nd to the 26th of June, 2013.
InternationalChrome Group Sponsors Trinidad and Tobago Steel Orchestra to Abuja Carnival With 25 Million Naira
The Chrome Group through the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) is sponsoring the Steel Orchestra from Trinidad and Tobago to the Abuja carnival in November, 2013, and has donated the sum of Twenty Five Million Naira (₦25, 000, 000) to this course.
HealthSEOF Donates 250,000 USD to The Carter Center to Combat River Blindness
SEOF has donated the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand USD ($250,000) to The Carter Center/Nigeria to support its River Blindness Control Programme in the South East states of Nigeria.
EducationSEOF Donates 600,000 USD to BFA
SEOF has donated the sum of six hundred thousand USD ($600,000) to the Books For Africa (BFA) organization, the largest ever single donation made by any individual or group to the organization.
InternationalSir Emeka Offor Hosts Trinidad And Tobago Troupe
The contingent from Trinidad and Tobago to the just concluded Abuja carnival 2012 was hosted to a dinner by the Chairman of Chrome Group, Sir Emeka Offor, at the Rockview Hotel Royale Abuja on the 29th of November, 2012
Sir Emeka Offor: A Profile in Philanthropy
Smiles lit the faces of the young students. It was as if Christmas had managed to come in October. The youths had just received something their counterparts in other countries might take for granted but that was all too dear in Nigeria.
Sir Emeka Offor Foundation’s (SEOF) Widows Cooperative Societies Ltd Visit To India
A delegation of The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation Widows Cooperative Societies Limited visited the State of Karnataka, India in October, 2012.
Nigeria-based Sir Emeka Offor Foundation ships more than 100,000 books to The Gambia
This year, the Nigeria-based Sir Emeka Offor Foundation sponsored the shipment of five containers of books to The Gambia. That’s 110,000 books for school children as part of Books For Africa’s “Million Books to The Gambia” campaign.
Other programmes
Health Services
Rural medical consultations, hospital equipment, polio eradication with Rotary International, and glaucoma research.
Education
University scholarships, book distribution with Books For Africa, and model schools and classrooms.
Widows Cooperative
Cooperative societies, skills acquisition, housing and direct relief for widows in Anambra State.