IDE DC Odenigbo Foundation
In memory of a great education icon
About IDE DC ODENIGBO
Ide Dominic Chinyelu Odenigbo (fondly addressed as D.C.) February 4, 1929 – November 20, 2006
Ide Dominic Chinyelu Odenigbo was born on February 4, 1929 to the family of Mr John Okafor Odenigbo and Mrs Christiana Nwodu Odenigbo, of Uruagu Village, Umudioka, Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. He was the only child of his parents. Ide was a man of brilliance, compassion, and humility.
These qualities of his were identified at a very tender age by the Catholic Missionaries. Due to his brilliance, he was sponsored by the Catholic Church to attend the St. Charles Teachers’ College in Onitsha where he trained as a Teacher. Following his graduation, his teaching career started, where he rose fast to the rank of a School Principal.
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The IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION
Ide D.C. Odenigbo Foundation. The Ide D.C. Odenigbo Foundation was created:
1. To honor the memory of Ide Dominic Chinyelu Odenigbo and promotion of his legacy as an Education Icon.
2. To honor the spirit of giving and support to the less privileged in accessing education which he and countless other people of his generation exemplified.
3. To provide a forum where other people that share Ide D.C. Odenigbo’s vision can join forces to support a learning culture for the less fortunate people of our community
4. To recognize and encourage disadvantaged but brilliant young people to have quality education hence engage in the struggle to build a more humane and just society.
Scholarship Beneficiaries
2023/2024 Session
Latest Projects
Recent Causes
UMUDIOKA Town Hall Renovation
IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION supported the Umudioka town hall renovation with the sum of ₦500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand) Naira
on the 27th of July, 2020
Covid 19 Relief Refund
IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION for the Less Privileged donated 140 bags rice (10kg bags) to the UIU as palliative for the vulnerable ones in Umudioka during this period of COVID-19 pandemic.
on the 23rd of April, 2020
Priest’s House Renovation
IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION made a donation of ₦1,000,000 (1 million naira) towards the construction of the new parish priest’s house at the village church (St Anthoney’s Catholic Church, Umudioka) on the 7th of February, 2022
UMUDIOKA Town Hall Renovation
IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION Donated ₦1,000,000 (1 million naira) to Umudioka Improvement Union for Town Hall Renovation on July 26th 2022
Installation of Solar Powered Street Lights on Ide Dom Odenigbo Avenue
14 lights were installed. The project costs ₦1,889,000 (1million, Eight Hundred and Eighty Nine Thousand Naira) on October 23rd 2023
Installation of Solar Powered Street Lights on Ide Dom Odenigbo Avenue
14 lights were installed. The project costs ₦1,889,000 (1million, Eight Hundred and Eighty Nine Thousand Naira) on October 23rd 2023
IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION EMPOWERS 15 WOMEN FROM UMUDIOKA COMMUNITY.
It was a joyful thing today January 4, 2024 as IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION EMPOWERS 15 WOMEN from Umudioka with the sum of one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) for each person.
The women who were carefully selected across all villages in Umudioka based on conditions given by the foundation were very happy and promised to invest the money in their various businesses.
*They promised never to misappropriate the money meant to support their busineses or start up a new one. *
The women were seen shedding tears of joy as they received the cash.
In an interview with Chief (Hon) Uchenna Malobi, PhD, the president general of Umudioka Improvement Union, the PG was full of gratitude to the Odenigbo foundation and listed some of the projects they executed in Umudioka in recent time, ranging from but not limited to scholarship grants to students of St. Anthony’s group of Schools, Umudioka, installation of utra modern solar powered street lights from Umudioka Townhall and stretched to Uruagu through mandodge road and now, a business grant to 15 women. The PG prayed that God will continue to bless and uplift the Odenigbo family abundantly.
As witnessed by
Okafor Pius ( Royalpius )
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Chairman of the foundation making a welcoming speech 
Hon Uche Malobi giving stipends to parents of beneficiaries at the meeting courtesy of the foundation. 
IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION FOR LESS PRIVILEGED PUTS PARENTS OF ST ANTHONY GROUP OF SCHOOLS UMUDIOKA IN A CELEBRATION MODE AS THEY ISSUE 3 TERMS SCHOOL FEES RECEIPTS FOR 20 PARENTS. 
Receipts of school fees payment for the year(scholarship) being handed out to the parents of beneficiaries by Dr. Odenigbo courtesy of the foundation. 
Receipts of school fees payment for the year(scholarship) being handed out to the parents of beneficiaries by Dr. Odenigbo courtesy of the foundation. 
Scholarship committee and foundation board members gathered to meet with parents of beneficiaries for 2021/22 school year.