IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATIONIn 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.
COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORT
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.
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
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The IDE DC ODENIGBO FOUNDATION for the less Priviledged To honor the memory of Ide Dominic Chinyelu Odenigbo and promotion of his legacy as an Education Icon.
RECENT CAUSES
Since 2016 till date, we have been paying the fees of primary and secondary school students at the St. Anthonys Comprehensive Secondary School Umudioka, Dunukofia. The number of beneficiaries of the 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 academic sessions are – 20, 17, 17 and 16 respectively. See break down below: –
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