The world’s top sports and entertainment personalities will gather on Tuesday, July 10 in Hollywoood for Impact Africa, a special event to support GEANCO’s work in Nigeria.
The event will be hosted by Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, NFL Hall of Fame legends Ronnie Lott and Warren Moon, Arizona Cardinals star Calais Campbell, American Idol Finalist and Broadway actress Syesha Mercado, and ESPN personality Marcellus Wiley.
The GEANCO Foundation has a simple yet incredibly challenging goal – to save and transform the lives of poor and vulnerable women and children in the African country of Nigeria.
ABOUT GEANCO
G- Godwin
E- Ebele
A- Afam
N- Nche and Nma (Mom and GEANCO’s Matron)
C- Chukwugozie
O- Onyema
The GEANCO Foundation was established in 2005 by Dr. Godwin Onyema, MD and his family. Godwin received his medical degree in Nigeria, and has been practicing as an obstetrician/gynecologist in Chicago, Illinois since he immigrated to the United States in 1974.
Since he left his native land to start his career in medicine, Godwin has dreamed of returning to build a world-class hospital in Anambra, his home state.
Much of the work he carried out toward this goal in the 1980s and 1990s was informal. He held discussions with fellow physicians and medical professionals, analyzed the state of health and healthcare in Nigeria, and monitored the country’s volatile political situation- all while praying for a lasting calm to settle upon the land of his fathers.
A transition in 1999 back to democracy brought greater stability to Nigeria, allowing Godwin to begin his efforts in earnest. Together with his four children, Gozie, Afam, Ebele and Ncheta, Godwin formally initiated a plan of action and recruited a team of passionate and brilliant individuals wholly dedicated to making his dream a wonderful, life-saving reality.
Our hospital will be named in memory of Godwin’s father, Augustine, who made countless sacrifices for the sake of his beloved children. Augustine showed his son the power of possibility and instilled in him the desire to give back to those most in need.
The good work Godwin does now, the good work we join him in doing, honors those who came before us and will lighten the burdens of those who will come after us.
