The Abor Nwunekaihe Foundation. What we are.
Abor Nwunekaihe Development Foundation (ANKDF) is an organisation set up to harness various capacities, resources, influence, knowledge and abilities of sons, daughters and friends of Abor both at home and in diaspora towards meaningful and effective development of Abor Town.
It has come to our realization that everyone should be encouraged to be ready to pull resources together and progressively pursue the development of ABOR Town. In this way, the Town will begin to position itself and its Citizens into an enviable height; and within a short span of time be reckoned among the notable Towns in Enugu State.
The Foundation shall be operated exclusively as a non-profit, tax exempt organization dedicated for the upliftment and development of Abor.
In the past few years, there has been conversations amongst some of us on how best to organize ourselves better to advance the unity and development of our town. The discussion gathered steam mid 2019 which culminated to our meeting of December 2019 when it was convenient for most of us.
To the glory of God, Abor Nwunekaihe has successfully brought together great men and women of Abor to discuss and interact on issues towards moving the community along the path of Growth and Development and the credit goes to every member of Abor Nwunekaihe.
Our Vision
The vision of Abor Nwunekaihe is to place Abor in the topmost echelon of the most functional, developed and empowered communities in Enugu State.
Our Objectives
Our objectives are primarily hinged on three cardinal points.
- Infrastructural development.
- Human Capital Development.
- To promote Peace, Unity and Justice.
These objectives shall be realized through promoting and encouraging the following:
- Harmonious living and progressive development of the town.
- Peaceful relationships of the various villages/groups/people in diaspora with the town and beyond;
- Support the performance of the statutory duties and responsibilities of the traditional ruler ( Igwe )and other elected or appointed persons
- Fund raising and intervention activities in the town.
- Democracy and gender equality at the grassroots community by mobilizing and building capacity of rural women and youth to participate in politics and socioeconomic development of the town
- Mobilization of communities, societies, Organizations and other stakeholders at the community level against corruption, insecurity and other unethical conduct.
- Environmental sustainability, health and development through capacity building and empowerment of our people.
- Build a virile brand and a band of men and women who will wedge together to drive the visions and missions of the Foundations selflessly;
- Mentorship and counselling for up and coming children of Abor
- Funding project and group management for the purposes and activities of the Foundation;
- Projects, programmes, products etc in various sectors and committees in line with the objectives, visions and missions of the Foundation
- Galvanize local and/or international supports for the object of the Foundation
- Entrepreneurship, skills training, youth empowerment, culture and tradition, peace and justice
Our Journey so far as a group.
We began by choosing an indigenous name, “Nwunne-kaihe” through a selective and voting process. A name we felt has mass appeal and would resonate with our people.
We identified different areas of development and constituted committees for same. Each committee was tasked to research, evaluate and assess every aspect of our developmental needs, group them under short, medium and long term bases with its attendant cost of execution.
Consequently, these committees have rigorously brainstormed and came up with a landmark report in areas of Health, Education, Infrastructure & Security, Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship, Legal/Conflict Resolution, Sports and Culture, Information & Mobilization and Finance.
Note that projects go through an Evaluation before execution by the Monitoring & Implementation Committee and Due Process Board. As a rule, all projects to be executed must be presented to the Assembly by the Implementation Committee. Public spirited Individuals, families, organizations, groups are encouraged to pick and sponsor these projects, and as well invite their friends to sponsor and contribute to the projects which can be named after them.
We integrate our Diaspora children towards knowing themselves so as to identify with us and begin to give back to our community. On the other hand, we equally organize the youths in Nigeria so that they can begin to interact and gradually imbibe the ideals of Nwunneki’he and community Development. These are part of our succession plans and the design to groom them for successive leadership
We are also strategizing on how best to involve and strengthen our women towards being part of our development processes.
The organization has so far delivered the following activities, programmes and projects in the 2020 fiscal year:
- Commenced the extra mural classes / evening classes for SS1 – SS3 students
- Constructed 3 Nos Security Barriers
- Constructed 3 Nos Security Posts
- Held skill acquisition and youth empowerment programmes in Abor
- Organised community sports activities among Villages in the Abor
- Organised community cultural activities in Abor
- Donated education materials to Afor Abor Primary School
- Delivered Security Management Framework Guideline Report to Abor Town Union.