About Us
Our Story
In 2008, our founder, along with a dedicated group of volunteers, invested their holiday time in a collaborative effort with NGOs and orphanages. This selfless undertaking stemmed from a profound desire to extend assistance and empathy to those facing adversity. Over the course of a decade, this meaningful endeavor revealed a notable gap in the lives of the less privileged—a lack of motivation and aspiration for a brighter future. This realization ignited a deep determination within the team to contribute to the improvement of the lives of the disadvantaged; therefore leading to the establishment of the Awesome and Beautiful Initiative (A&B). In 2018, the organization received formal recognition with its Certificate of Incorporation from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), marking the initiation of full-fledged operations.
Awesome and Beautiful (A&B) is a faith-based nonprofit organization fervently dedicated to cultivating a mindset of possibilities among all marginalized groups, including children, young adults, orphanages, and families. We are committed to instilling the courage to pursue aspirations and serve as a supportive partner, offering care and guidance on the journey to self-sufficiency.
At the core of our efforts is a commitment to addressing fundamental needs such as food and a sense of belonging in society, enabling individuals to provide for themselves and their families. Embracing a holistic approach, we design and implement sustainable programs to make a lasting impact. Each program commences with the distribution of food packages designed to sustain recipients for at least a month. Subsequently, we extend either educational support to enhance learning and drive success or health support, providing essential supplies to maintain well-being and support their families.
Our overarching goal is to empower individuals to lead balanced lives and make positive contributions to society. The initiative focuses primarily on young people and the physically challenged, striving to achieve our objectives through three primary divisions: Education/Transformation Programs, Welfare and Health Support, and Research and Global Partnerships.
Our Mandate
Our objective and name as an organization comes from the need to pass a message across to both the deprived and everyone else. Our message being “Our origin, our advantages (or lack thereof) and our external presentation should not unilaterally dictate the trajectory of our lives. We all emanate from the divine image and likeness of God. Urging us to consistently uphold our inherent identity as fearfully and wonderfully created beings”.
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To show the power of love through God’s perspective by addressing the needs (realistic & quantifiable) of the deprived and disadvantaged. -
To raise individuals who will creatively walk in confidence and find the good in every challenge life throws at them by nurturing and encouraging them to keep dreaming, believing and start acting. -
To create fresh, exciting and memorable experiences for the disadvantaged.
2022
Winners of our essay writing from our inaugural Educational Development mentoring program in partnership with Students Meet Graduate and Dara Awe.
2020
Volunteers at a community support outreach during the COVID19 pandemic.
We launched the “Springboard Club” under the Education & Transformation programs. Springboard is fashioned to construct extra-curricular activities for the less privilege.
We collaborated with Save the Deaf and Endangered Language Initiative (S-DELI) to mark International week of the deaf and International Literacy day.
2019
In 2019, Awesome and Beautifu launched “A Christmas Surprise” under our Welfare / Health programs targeted at supporting individuals in welfare & health needs.
2018
An array of participants at our community workshop in Delta State; targeted at teenagers, tackling youthful exuberances and igniting their desire to aspire for a better life through education and vocation.
Some of our Awesome & Beautiful volunteers from the early days.
2018
Full company registration and induction of all board members. Official work commenced under the name “Awesome and Beautiful”
2015
2015
Just like the first projects started in orphanages, Aghogho and her family learned about more people who needed basic amenities and sought to reach out to select groups in ways to create lifetime memories. Also, awesome and Beautiful was born.
2010
2010
She became the Head of Orphanages and Special Events Coordinator of the NGO, Smile Care Initiative (where she still participates in).
2008
2008
Aghogho started volunteering and working with organisations in her hometown to improve the lives of the deprived and disadvantaged focusing more on orphanages.