Our Approach
Our Approach
AOOF is a grassroots community service nonprofit organization driven by a passion to make things better for those that are in most need. Our services are delivered by true volunteers locally and abroad, and supporters that share the vision to expand access to healthcare and education in remote locations of the world.
Our Story
We understand the terrain we support because we engage the citizens directly and have a 13 year history of outstanding success. We have built a relationship of trust with our supporters because no officer of AOOF derives any financial or material gains from the organization.
Our vision is to raise the overall standard of living in every remote/rural community we serve by significantly improving healthcare access for citizens through free heath fairs, and significantly improving the the path to progress and development by providing scholarships and other educational support for deserving students at all levels of the educational spectrum.
Our Story
Abel Ogundokun Odeleye - The Life & The Legacy
To dad, community service was a calling. His life was about lifting people up, and providing them with opportunities. At the peak of his professional career in 1976, he left a life of affluence to dedicate his life to this calling and live amongst his people. Testimonies by those he touched over a lifetime abound about his impactful influences in their lives.
Our Approach
Our Story
When he passed in 2003, his last will was to use all he had and would have in the service of the people of Ilora and the AFIJIO communities. He committed the proceeds of his last book to the establishment of a foundation dedicated to promoting the education of our youths and service to our community.
He did his part. He left us a legacy of living for a cause higher than ourselves. It is in this spirit that we ask like-minded people and organizations to join us in making a difference in a small corner of our world.
Meet the Team
Our team is comprised of individuals from all walks of life, with strong leadership from the business, education and healthcare fields and support from students and professionals alike.
An avid photographer, Stephen lives in the UK with his wife and children where he has a successful accountancy and audit practice.
Opeolu is an exceptional educationist with experience at all levels of the education profession. An amazing cook and tireless volunteer, she currently lives in Canada with her husband, children and several "adopted" young men and women.
A multi-talented multi-dimensional leader, Dr. Akinremi is retired from full-time medical practice but sews and trades for fun. After decades of meritorious medical practice in Nigeria, Titi now lives in the USA with her husband.
Reverend (Prof.) Odeleye gives AOOF a strong presence and standing in the communities we serve and, as resident, he is the face of AOOF in Nigeria. A faith leader and renowned educationist, he stands head and shoulder above the crowd in messaging and youth development.
Omolola is a banking expert and a financial genius at the core of AOOF's budgeting and controls. She anchors all of our outreach efforts with her ever-present warmth, and ensures all our volunteers and guests have the necessary provisions for a memorable experience.
Toyin has been at the heart of AOOF's Scholarship award process since it's inception. With her unparalleled sense of fairness and incredible passion for finding "diamonds in the rough", there could be no one better suited for leading the innovative team that selects awardees and mentors our leaders of tomorrow.
Meet Some of Our AOOF Scholars Alumni Group Leaders
Founded in 2016, the AOOF Scholars Alumni Group is a forum where former recipients of the AOOF Annual Scholarship Awards collaborate and network among each other while receiving ongoing support and mentoring from the AOOF Board of Directors.
Akinloye is the inaugural leader of an illustrious group of former AOOF Scholarship Awardees. A pharmacist by profession and a consummate community service leader by passion. These Alumni are now spread into various walks of life and professions including medical doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, scientists and many others. A role model leader, Akinloye effectively leads this group leveraging technology to manage their ongoing activities.
Lizzy's drive for results was a catalyst in the formation of the AOOF Scholars Alumni Group in 2016. With her contagious effervescent character, she captivates her audience with in ways that defy her youth. An avid fencer, she is passionate about all forms of communication media and capable of effectively communicating with children and aged folks and everyone in between.
A multi-year recipient of the Annual AOOF Scholarship Awards, now an attorney at law practicing in Nigeria. Eniayo is a leader on the AOOF Scholars Alumni Group and passionate about community service.
Akinloye is the inaugural leader of an illustrious group of former AOOF Scholarship Awardees. A pharmacist by profession and a consummate community service leader by passion. These Alumni are now spread into various walks of life and professions including medical doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, scientists and many others. A role model leader, Akinloye effectively leads this group leveraging technology to manage their ongoing activities.