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United
for Kids Foundation (UKF) is a charitable organization
established exclusively for charitable and educational
activities aimed principally at less privileged children
in Nigeria. Our aim is to create a bridge between fortunate
Nigerians and the less fortunate sick and orphaned children.
Since UKF was founded in 2002, we have selected 1 teaching
hospital and 4 orphanages as beneficiaries of our activities,
we have partnered with them to upgrade facilities, provide
financial assistance for prescription drugs/medical
tests, educational materials, food, beverages and household
supplies in order to alleviate the suffering and discomfort
encountered by the children.
The UKF dream began in 1999 and became a reality in
April 2002 when a group of friends/colleagues visited
the Lagos State Motherless Babies Home, LMBH (then at
Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island Lagos) as “friends
of the home”. That visit exposed the need for
us, Nigerians to invest in nation building by reaching
out to the voiceless and almost helpless orphaned and
sick Nigerian children. The state of the facility at
the time showed the extreme neglect these children,
who hold an important key to a better Nigeria, and indeed
the World were being subjected to. None of the friends
could walk away from what they had seen at the orphanage
that day, hence informal plans and discussions commenced
in order to find a lasting means of assisting the children
at LMBH and other like facilities in the country. United
for Kids Foundation was therefore ‘born’
in October 2002, the group has experienced tremendous
growth due to the satisfaction derived from bringing
joy into the lives of the needy; “Satisfied customers”
have continued to spread the word and invited others
to join the mission to heal Nigeria and indeed the World,
One Child, One Heart and One Smile at a time.
UKF acts as a bridge between the fortunate Nigerians
and the less fortunate sick and orphaned children, we
receive and make donations to needy children in state-owned
hospitals, state and privately owned orphanages, public
schools and other facilities in need. UKF has experienced
significant growth in financial and human resources;
annual donations have increased from $100 in 2002 to
more than $18,000 in 2006; membership has grown from
less than 10 individuals in 2002 to 300 members in Nigeria,
Canada, United Kingdom and the United States of America
in 2006. In the short period we have being in existence,
we have learnt that the power to heal Nigeria and indeed
the World lies in the hands of dedicated and kind hearted
people like YOU.
Click to see –
Profile of Trustees
Click to see –
Profile of Project Governors
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