The Foundation was started by twin brothers who came home to the Niger Delta and chose to help the next generation get a second chance.
The twin brothers were born in Ilesha, Osun State and spent their early years in Okrika, Rivers State, in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. Michael left Nigeria to train and practise medicine in the United States. At the same time, George attended post-graduate law studies in the United Kingdom and returned to Nigeria, where he practised law.
The brothers returned to the Niger Delta in the year 2000 following the death of their mother.
The abject poverty struck them as environmental neglect and hopelessness among the community’s youth that had not existed in their childhood. The experience inspired Michael and George to be catalysts in breaking the cycle of despair, poverty and crime in their homeland.
M & G Etomi Foundation was born with the hope that the youth and community would get a second chance in this region of the world that has already seen so much turmoil.
MGE Solutions was later incorporated as a company limited by guarantee to act as the Nigerian arm of the Foundation, to bring the work closer to home.
The idea of the Foundation was conceived by the twin brothers Michael and George Etomi.
The communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria suffer from severe poverty. Despite being situated within a large oil reserve, a number of the communities have been decimated by unemployment, pollution, crime and virtually no access to adequate healthcare.
As a leading organisation for facilitating development, M&G Etomi Foundation/MGE Solutions became partners in 2010 with the Wakirike Development Coalition, a non-governmental organisation whose vision is aimed at lifting the Okrika man and woman out of poverty on the road to prosperity, one family at a time.
In March 2015, the Foundation, in partnership with the Coalition, sponsored training for youths in various skills. Seventeen youths from the nine towns in Okrika benefited from the scheme. They were trained in Fashion & Design, Safety & Electrical Installation and Catering & Hotel Management.
If you would like to support the Foundation, partner with us, or learn more about our work, we would be glad to hear from you.
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