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The Okaja Foundation

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit org. providing support to children who are orphaned or experiencing poverty.

09/02/2026

Tickets to our 8th Annual Gala are available now!

Proceeds from our dinner and our gala's campaign will provide direct aid to the children of Nigeria by awarding grants to:

1. Divine Providence Home for orphaned and vulnerable children to cover the home's expenses.

2. Restored Destiny Orphanage to furnish their new home and provide additional assistance.

3. Ancilla Hospital to purchase incubators and other essentials for their maternity and children's ward.

4. Our Food and Formula Program to help feed malnourished babies in the greater-Ogoja area, where Divine Providence Home is also located.

5. Our St. Gerard Maternity Patient Release Fund to free mothers and newborns who are under hospital detainment due to an inability to pay their bill.

Can’t attend our dinner? You can still be a part of this life-changing event by donating to the campaign.

Tickets can be purchased and contributions to our campaign can be made using the following link:

https://secure.givelively.org/event/okaja-foundation/the-okaja-foundation-s-8th-annual-gala/the-okaja-foundation-s-8th-annual-gala?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9g_C9cC7U2MiMKmzd-_YdoxZEhd19GR7PoTJ276p9JxbuyZWPfZCK-QY_hZApkI0hQ5oZSTuodGKjSk2oQ6nnp--c_fQ&_hsmi=36640831&utm_content=36640831&utm_source=hs_email

Thank you for supporting the orphaned and vulnerable children who rely on our aid.

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08/08/2026

We would like to wish a very happy 88th birthday to my aunt Sr. Mary Rita who founded Divine Providence Home 19 years ago, saving over 200 children who would otherwise be homeless.

May God bless her and grant her many more years in His service! 🙏🏿

08/05/2026

Divine Providence Home relies on our financial assistance in order to remain operational.

Donations to our foundation have kept the doors open since 2017. This is only possible through your support and we thank you.

Partner with us to support the sisters of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus in their life-saving ministry by donating at theokajafoundation.org.

08/01/2026

I just wrapped up a beautiful trip to Divine Providence Home in Ogoja, Nigeria and can’t wait to share all the stunning footage with you all.

The children are doing really well and are so full of joy. God’s graces are certainly upon them.

The sisters are doing a wonderful job in caring them and their spiritual motherhood is beautiful to witness.

The home’s farm has grown beyond my wildest imagination and is producing so much food for the children and those in their community - praise God!

Thank you to everyone who prayed for Mary and I during our travels and for the success of this trip. I am so grateful.

More footage and updates to come.

07/10/2026

Dear friends, mark your calendars! Our 8th Annual Gala will be held on Saturday, November 14th at the Museum of Ventura County.

Proceeds from our dinner will benefit Divine Providence Home, Restored Destiny Orphanage and our St. Gerard Maternity Patient Release Fund.

Discounted, early-bird tickets go on Sale in August.

Join us for a beautiful evening, all for a very good cause - aiding the orphaned, vulnerable and impoverished children of Nigeria.

05/14/2026

Meet Divine Providence Home’s newest addition, three-week-old Joshua. 🥰

Joshua was taking in by Divine Providence Home after his mother disappeared suddenly. His father is very poor and unable to care for Joshua on his own. Police are investigating to figure out what happened to Joshua’s mother.

We are saddened by their separation, but thank God that Joshua will be well-cared for at Divine Providence Home and will aid them in caring for them.

Please keep Joshua and his mother in your prayers. 🙏🏿

05/13/2026

Immaculate was born ten days ago and diagnosed with hydrocephalus. Extremely impoverished, his family was unable to pay for the cost of his cesarean delivery, yet alone the treatments needed to treat his condition. Through the generosity of a private donor, we were able to pay Immaculate’s delivery bill and will continue to assist them in covering the costs of his treatments, including the MRI and x-rays that he received today.

Please keep Immaculate in your prayers on this feast of Our Lady of Fatima - that Mary may keep him in her immaculate heart, interceding in his recovery.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us. 🙏🏿

05/05/2026

Please pray for this baby boy who was delivered at Catholic Maternity Hospital last week and has hydrocephalus.

His mother was unable to pay their bill, so one of our generous donors covered the cost of his delivery through our St. Gerard Fund. He has been transferred to another hospital for treatment, and we will help him in any way possible.

This little one certainly has a long road to recovery ahead, but God is in control and your prayers will no doubt be efficacious. Updates to come. 🙏🏿

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04/30/2026

Earlier today, Catholic Maternity Hospital’s newly-renovated NICU was unveiled, with a visit and blessing from the archbishop!

We are so grateful to our generous partners who donated to make this renovation possible. Because of you all, we were able to provide the hospital with new supplies and equipment, such as an ultrasound machine, incubator and radiant warmer.

However, all of this equipment is of little use without the electricity to power it, and Ogoja unfortunately suffers frequent, intermittent power outages. To remedy this, we equipped the entire maternity ward with solar panels!

Thanks be to God, and thank you for your continued support, which enables us to improve the lives of Nigeria’s children.

To partner with us, visit theokajafoundation.org to make a tax-deductible charitable donation.

04/17/2026

This morning, we paid to have Blessing and her newborn daughter, Alesia, freed after a week of hospital detainment.

Blessing’s family was able to pay a portion of their medical bill but ran out of money. Donations to our St. Gerard Maternity Patient Release Fund were used to pay the remInder of their N300,600 ($262) bill, an amount which may not seem like much to us but would take a very long time to Blessing’s family to raise.

Thank you for supporting our organization, enabling us to change the lives of Nigeria’s children and mothers for the better.

To donate to our St. Gerard Fund, please visit theokajafoundation.org.

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Cleveland, OH

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+12162127722

Website

http://theokajafoundation.org/

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