About

Our new name upholds the legacy of our founders, Mr. Bamidele and Mrs. Olufunmilayo Oladejo. Our power couple are visionary leaders and passionate humanitarians who committed their love, care, time and money to serving the people of Nigeria. Funmi established Project Hope Nigeria in 2021 with the mission of giving compassion, spreading love and hope, especially to the helpless. Helping others is not restricted to monetary values, building bridges to financial freedom, development of entrepreneurship skills, self-improvement workshops. When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. She believes that every Nigerian deserves a chance to live a dignified and fulfilling life, regardless of their background, religion, gender, or location.

Currently, we have a few of these programs already running in 10 states and it is our goal to eventually have all these programs spread across the 36 States in Nigeria. Over twelve thousand families and individuals have already benefited from these programs. From reflections and lessons of our past and present support programs in Nigeria, we will keep communicating the good news of spreading love and hope to all and sundry in Nigeria. Our project is structured around the principles of empowerment, self-actualization and solidarity.

The most important part to a viable society is human relationship and we strive to build on this since no man is an island. As FD Oladejo Foundation, we will continue to uphold our vision and values, and strive to make a positive difference in the lives of our beneficiaries. We will also continue to work with our donors, partners, and volunteers, who have been instrumental in our success and growth. We are grateful for your support and trust in our work, and we hope that you will join us in our journey as FD Oladejo Foundation.

FDO Foundation was founded by an amazing couple Mr. Bamidele Oladejo and Mrs. Olufunmilayo Adeleye-Oladejo. FDO Foundation was created in response to provide aid and relief to the June 12 protesters last year. The shock we all experienced as the rights of Nigerians were violated on Democracy Day and the Twitter ban happened at the same time. We launched into action; we had solidarity groups protesting in Lagos, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Kaduna, Abuja and Ekiti. We got lawyers that bailed out protesters for free, donated data for online protester and configured free VPN access points to trend the hashtag #keepiton.

Since Inception, we have received awesome and top-notch progress in management as regards operations as an NGO. Amazing success stories from beneficiaries of our programs, support funds ranging; Academic, Skill the Street, Business Grants to SMEs, Accomodation, Environment and Food Bank. With one human, family, school at a time, we have maxed our reach to over 12,000 beneficiaries in total from inception till date.

We take Academics very key, especially for the young ones, in September 2021, organized #BackToSchool program in providing essential materials required by students such as books, stationeries, and bags. Four different schools across Ibadan and environs were key beneficiaries with about 200 students benefiting. The following schools were beneficiaries:

• Community Basic Primary School, Elewura.
• Eyinni High School,Orita Challenge.
• Hephzibah Academic Nursery and Primary School, Odo-Oba.
• Elewura Community High School, Elewura.

Our team carried out the project efficiently, giving a short lecture on the importance of education and how FDO Foundation is helping, closing the gap, making sure no student has to stop school due to financial circumstances. The team had collective pictures with the students and coordinators at their respective schools. We look forward to doing more and more.

With the deteriorating state of the economy, we created measures to tackle the rising cost of food items and hunger in Lagos streets. In October, we established a food bank responsible for providing food items to the needy communities. Our first community operation was in the popular Agege Market, where we fed over 500 persons.

In February 2022, we reached another landmark in Makoko through the Malaria Prevention Drive organized by our diligent team at the Makoko Slums in Lagos. We did well to provide the community with Malaria check-up tests, prevention tips, medication and regular check-up for as many available in line with Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDGs 3), Good Health and Wellbeing. A very beautiful sight to behold as the team left the community with joy on their faces with over 1000 persons benefiting. We hosted our first Twitter Space Session tagged “The Unveiling” where we spread awareness about “who we are, what we do and what we have done?”. We also welcomed questions from the speakers.

In March, Our Plogging Outreach took off in the Ipaja area of Lagos state. Our committed pool of volunteers came together across different ends of the state to participate in this project. This project was organized in accordance with Sustainable Development Goals 13 (SDGs13): Climate Action. In bid to reduce climate change, webinars were held for the volunteers on proper handling and recycling of waste. The team swung right into action starting with the popular Owode market place, met with the Market Head, and enlightened the market men and women about handling and recycling of their market waste. After hours of service, the market women continued to show gratitude and prayed for the volunteers during and after the exercise. We also thanked the market women for their cooperation and proper handling of their market waste.

April being Autism Awareness Month, we hosted a space session themed “Let’s Talk Autism” where we had Founder, The Autism Awareness Foundation in person of Mrs Omotoke Ayo-Olugbode. The founder gave our listeners brilliant submissions about Autism, how to protect autistic persons and steps to take when one’s child exhibits autistic tendencies. We received important contributions from different autistic persons and health care practitioners, wide and near. Also received contributions from mothers with autistic children, their experience.

The most beautiful thing in the world is a child’s smile. This May, “Happy Kids” is a child centered outreach that will be putting smiles on every child, one at a time. We visited Little Saint Orphanage at Abulegba to mark Children’s Day, providing their urgent needs, food items and provisions. The world is going through a lot and children have been exposed to COVID-19, Violence, Crime, or Abuse in their homes, schools, and communities consciously and unconsciously. This has increased the stress level in children, affecting their emotional, psychological and even physical development.  Our team met with the director, the kids in care, and a brief introduction about the FDO Foundation to the kids and our plan for them. It was a pleasant sight as the team and kids took turns for snapshots. The kids had several engagements but we’re glad to put smiles on their faces. Thank you to our able trustees for making this happen.

June being International Drug Abuse Month, FDO Foundation organized a Social Campaign against Cultism, Drug Abuse and Alcohol. In line with target 3.5 of Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDGs 3), Good Health and Wellbeing: Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.We visited Labeo College, Gbagada – Lagos, to engage and enlighten the students about the damages caused by these vices. Substance abuse is the excessive use of psychoactive drugs such as alcohol, illegal drugs which can lead to physical, emotional harm. One of the problems that Nigeria languishes to solve is Drug abuse and she’s listed among countries that have not been able to solve this problem effectively.

The outreach team delivered an enlightening speech about drug abuse, prevention and treatment; their questions were also answered at the end of the lessons. We also engaged in street sensitization giving out informative flyers about drug abuse to the public. We partnered with Arogi Foundation in providing free online counseling and physical therapy to anyone struggling with an addiction.

July was a very eventful month in history, as we sponsored a 3-Day Free No-Code Tech Bootcamp for students who are currently held back due to ongoing #ASUUStrike in:

• Digital Marketing
• Web development without Coding (WordPress Training)
• Smartphone Graphic Designs

We provided training for students in over 10 Universities – University of Ilorin, University of Lagos, University of Jos, University of Ibadan, Ekiti State University, Federal University of Technology, Akure, University of Uyo, University of Nigeria and Kogi State University.

At the end of the bootcamp, the students were able to boast of skills learnt: web development: how to set up a no-code website for their businesses using wordpress; digital marketing: how to add their business to Google Business, creating google ads, use of keyword and social media optimization; smartphone graphics design: using canva mobile app to make attractive and illustrative designs and videos for personality/market visibility. In addition to the free tech training offered to students affected by the ASUU Strike, We also mobilized groceries stipends for students in these schools that met up with verification requirements to combat feeding stress in the ongoing ASUU strike.

Thank you to the instructors Codewise Tech Club Africa  and Denis Opalemo, thank you for coming along on this journey. We appreciate your efforts!

A very big thank you to Our Trustees for their continuous generosity and efforts to ensure that We Show Love, Spread Hope to Nigerian Students, one at a time! God bless you. The most active and performing students were given certificates of excellence.

In August, we supported Walk Against Bullying, Akure organized by Victoria Restored Minds (VRM), an NGO primarily into counseling and first aid therapy. Over 300 students engaged in this walk and in attendance was our Health Coordinator, Ms. Olamide who opened the conference session instilling in their hearts the need to go back into the world to not only spread love and kindness but to stand up in the face of injustice and not be bystanders.

We launched a social campaign – Community of Hope previously tagged as Hope for the street in September. This campaign was designed to provide financial aid to low-income earners, market traders and the elderly to cushion the effects of the ill economy. To bring joy to the people, to rekindle hope, to show that we care, to share the message of happiness in a fun way. The team visited Popular Oshodi under-bridge and Mushin Oloosha, where we gave out financial aid to traders and the elderly in these communities. We enjoyed showers of prayers from several traders and said amen on behalf of all our trustees who continue to choose this part of grace and kindness to others. September being Sickle Cell Awareness month, we lent our voice as an NGO by hosting Twitter Space tagged dealing with sickle cell disease and recognizing the strength of those living with SCD. We had two experienced professionals to enlighten us on the space: Dr. Kelechi Okoro, Founder, Heal for Africa Initiative and Ms. Damilola Ajibade, Founder, Damilola Sickle Cell Foundation. The session was characterized with several warriors and doctors sharing their experiences, questions answered from our listeners. The space was very educational, bits from the session were illustrated in flyers and publicized across our media.

In October, we continued our social campaign Community of Hope visiting the Community of Ikotun. The team gave out warm hugs and financial support to the public. October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we hosted a social campaign to enlighten our followers on the phenomenon, myths, signs, causes, prevention. We also covered the cost of skills acquisition for a few persons through our Skill the Streets program where selected beneficiaries are enrolled into skills of their choice training. We provide the training cost and tools needed to excel at each skill.

This December, FDO Foundation joined several organizations in the world on 16 Days of Activism to end Gender Based Violence global campaign. We collaborated with Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PLND) and Girls to Women Research & Development Center in organizing a Walk against Femicide in Akure city of Ondo State. Sensitisation and enlightenment of the public on GBV. We also held an HIV Awareness in Zamfara State – sensitization. We ended the year with Feed a Family this Christmas, where we gave financial support to 40 families to celebrate this season of love and giving.

FDO Foundation is now at work in about 10 states. Since inception, notable operations included accommodation, feeding, healthcare academic and mental health aid response in Nigeria, ongoing programs to address the educational crisis and to help tech skills facilitation and advocacy on behalf of students affected by the strike. We work with other NGOs, volunteers, communities and governmental agencies. We are open to the assistance of charitable partners and donors! Your generous donation will help get the work set out for us done and much faster. To ensure that our action plans are felt in the rural communities, FDO Foundation also engages multiple volunteers at different levels; and in different situations, who act as advocates/ facilitators. This makes the help and response we push out, rapid and effective.

FDO Foundation delivers a number of services, including Health Care, Education programs, Emergency Response, Youth Empowerment Programs, Community Outreach programs, Food Bank and Agriculture, Business Grants to SMEs, Political Education and Grassroot Sensitization.

Short-term accommodation, Legal-Aid, Educational grants, Job Placement, Emergency Relief (Relocation assistance, clothing allowance, feeding in the form grocery stipends, medical expenses and mental health services for trauma management).

PHN health programs assisted over 10000 persons in 9 States, focusing on primary health care, medical expenses and mental health services for trauma management.

In February 2022, we reached another landmark in Makoko through the Malaria Prevention Drive organized by our diligent team at the Makoko Slums in Lagos. We did well to provide the community with Malaria check-up tests, prevention tips, medication and regular check-up for as many available in line with Sustainable Development Goals 3 (SDGs 3), Good Health and Wellbeing. A very beautiful sight to behold as the team left the community with joy on their faces with over 1500 persons benefiting.

April being Autism Awareness Month, we hosted a space session themed “Let’s Talk Autism” where we had Founder, The Autism Awareness Foundation in person of Mrs Omotoke Ayo-Olugbode. The founder gave our listeners brilliant submissions about Autism, how to protect autistic persons and steps to take when one’s child exhibits autistic tendencies. We received important contributions from different autistic persons and health care practitioners, wide and near. Also received contributions from mothers with autistic children, their experience.

September being Sickle Cell Awareness month, we lent our voice as an NGO by hosting Twitter Space tagged dealing with sickle cell disease and recognizing the strength of those living with SCD. We had two experienced professionals to enlighten us on the space: Dr. Kelechi Okoro, Founder, Heal for Africa Initiative and Ms. Damilola Ajibade, Founder, Damilola Sickle Cell Foundation. The session was characterized with several warriors and doctors sharing their experiences, questions answered from our listeners. The space was very educational, bits from the session were illustrated in flyers and publicized across our media. October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we hosted a social campaign to enlighten our followers on the phenomenon, myths, signs, causes, prevention.

#ProjectHopeNigeria x #PloggingExercise

On Tuesday, Our Plogging Outreach took off at Ipaja area of Lagos state. Our committed pool of volunteers came together across different ends of the state to participate in this project. This project was organized in accordance with Social Development Goals 13 (SDGs13): Climate Action. In bid to reduce climate change, webinars were held for the volunteers on proper handling and recycling of waste. The team swung right into action starting with the popular Owode market place, met with the Market Head, and enlightened the market men and women about handling and recycling of their market waste. At first, some of the market women were reluctant to listen and allow our service to the market sphere. Same women attached our service to traditional myths about sweeping and kept asking about our Organization, FDO Foundation. Our Outreach Coordinator in person Mrs. Adebusola Adesanya brought the women to understanding after explaining in the Yoruba Dialect: who we are, what we do and what we have done.   Ipaja market is a very big market and after several turns with teamwork and efficiency, we cleaned the market place and ensured the waste was handled and disposed appropriately. After hours of service, the market women continued to show gratitude and prayed for the volunteers during and after the exercise. We also thanked the market women for their cooperation and proper handling of their market waste.

We take Academics very key, especially for the young ones, in September 2021, organized #BackToSchool program in providing essential materials required by students such as books, stationeries, and bags. Four different schools across Ibadan and environs were key beneficiaries with about 200 students benefiting. The following schools were beneficiaries:

Community Basic Primary School, Elewura.

Eyinni High School,Orita Challenge.

Hephzibah Academic Nursery and Primary School, Odo-Oba.

Elewura Community High School, Elewura.

Our team carried out the project efficiently, giving a short lecture on the importance of education and how FDO Foundation is helping, closing the gap, making sure no student has to stop school due to financial circumstances. The team had collective pictures with the students and coordinators at their respective schools. We look forward to doing more and more.

July was a very eventful month in history, as we sponsored a 3-Day Free No-Code Tech Bootcamp for students who are currently held back due to ongoing #ASUUStrike in:

• Digital Marketing
• Web development without Coding (WordPress Training)
• Smartphone Graphic Designs

We provided training for students in over 10 Universities – University of Ilorin, University of Lagos, University of Jos, University of Ibadan, Ekiti State University, Federal University of Technology, Akure, University of Uyo, University of Nigeria and Kogi State University.

At the end of the bootcamp, the students were able to boast of skills learnt: web development: how to set up a no-code website for their businesses using wordpress; digital marketing: how to add their business to Google Business, creating google ads, use of keyword and social media optimization; smartphone graphics design: using canva mobile app to make attractive and illustrative designs and videos for personality/market visibility. In addition to the free tech training offered to students affected by the ASUU Strike, We also mobilized groceries stipends for students in these schools that met up with verification requirements to combat feeding stress in the ongoing ASUU strike.

Thank you to the instructors @CTCAfrica @DOpalemo, thank you for coming along on this journey. We appreciate your efforts!

A very big thank you to Our Trustees for their continuous generosity and efforts to ensure that We Show Love, Spread Hope to Nigerian Students, one at a time! God bless you. The most active and performing students were given certificates of excellence.

The most beautiful thing in the world is a child’s smile and this May our outreach program was themed “Happy Kids”. We visited Little Saint Orphanage at Abulegba to mark Children’s Day. We provided provision, food and sanitary items for the children and it was a beautiful experience seeing the huge smiles on the faces of the children.The world is going through a lot and children have been exposed to COVID-19, Violence, Crime, or Abuse in their homes, schools, and communities consciously and unconsciously. These have increased the stress level in children, affecting their emotional, psychological,and even physical development.  Our team met with the director and the children in care. We did a brief introduction about the FDO Foundation to the kids and our plan for them. It was a pleasant sight as the team and kids took turns for snapshots.

In August, we supported Walk Against Bullying, Akure organized by Victoria Restored Minds (VRM), an NGO primarily into counseling and first aid therapy. Over 300 students engaged in this walk and in attendance was our Health Coordinator, Ms. Olamide who opened the conference session instilled in their hearts the need to go back into the world to not only spread love and kindness but to stand up in the face of injustice and not be bystanders.

We launched a social campaign – Community of Hope previously tagged as Hope for the street in September. This campaign was designed to provide financial aid to low-income earners, market traders and the elderly to cushion the effects of the ill economy. To bring joy to the people, to rekindle hope, to show that we care, to share the message of happiness in a fun way. The team visited Popular Oshodi under-bridge and Mushin Oloosha, where we gave out financial aid to traders and the elderly in these communities. We enjoyed showers of prayers from several traders and said amen on behalf of all our trustees who continue to choose this part of grace and kindness to others. September being Sickle Cell Awareness month, we lent our voice as an NGO by hosting Twitter Space tagged dealing with sickle cell disease and recognizing the strength of those living with SCD. We had two experienced professionals to enlighten us on the space: Dr. Kelechi Okoro, Founder, Heal for Africa Initiative and Ms. Damilola Ajibade, Founder, Damilola Sickle Cell Foundation. The session was characterized with several warriors and doctors sharing their experiences, questions answered from our listeners. The space was very educational, bits from the session were illustrated in flyers and publicized across our media.

In October, we continued our social campaign Community of Hope visiting the Community of Ikotun. The team gave out warm hugs and financial support to the public. October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we hosted a social campaign to enlighten our followers on the phenomenon, myths, signs, causes, prevention. We also covered the cost of skills acquisition for a few persons through our Skill the Streets program where selected beneficiaries are enrolled into skills of their choice training. We provide the training cost and tools needed to excel at each skill.

This December, FDO Foundation joined several organizations in the world on 16 Days of Activism to end Gender Based Violence global campaign. We collaborated with Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PLND) and Girls to Women Research & Development Center in organizing a Walk against Femicide in Akure city of Ondo State. Sensitisation and enlightenment of the public on GBV. We also held an HIV Awareness in Zamfara State – sensitization.