Welcome to Asonye BEB Foundation
Promoting Academic Excellence And Community Development.
Background:
Promoting Academic Excellence And Community Development.
Asonye BEB Foundation is a special-purpose vehicle to coordinate interventions in the educational sector of Umuasonye Community. It is strategically positioned to drive talent development in Umuasonye, a community in Umuariam, Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State in Nigeria. The intended beneficiaries of this program are Umuasonye youth with bias towards those studying in higher institutions of learning in Nigeria.
The Foundation is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. It has a Board of Trustees and also a Management Council comprising key Umuasonye resources linked to the educational, IT, data & project management, and financial sectors.
Dr. Michael Nwonu is the BoT Chairman, Dr. Emenike Akwafuo is President of Management Council, while Emeritus Prof BEB Nwoke, an accomplished academician of international repute from the community, in whose initials the foundation was named, is the Grand Patron.
120+
Award Of Bursary
8
Years Of Supporting The Educational Pursuits Of Asonye Talented Youths.
The Goal
Vision Statement:
We aspire to be the foremost and sustainable community-based education and skills development fund East of the Niger; enabling talented Asonye youth to access learning, opportunity industrialization, and socioeconomically, be globally competitive.
Mission Statement:
To leverage partnerships with community stakeholders, government agencies, corporate entities, NGOs, and the general public to create a financially sustainable model and supportive environment that enables human capital development of talented sons and daughters of Umuasonye Community.
Objectives:
- Provide sustainable educational financial support to existing community students in higher institutions of learning in-country.
- Promote education excellence through the award of scholarships & research grants to talented full-time scholars, with bias towards the less privileged.
- Support vocational, internship, IT, and other development training to enhance entrepreneurship skills & future employability.
- Partner with stakeholders including private, corporate, and government entities (local, state, and federal) to promote, enhance, or support educational infrastructure development within Umuasonye & adjoining catchment areas.
- To foster partnership with relevant bodies to improve government and NGO presence and accessibility to drive educational advancement of Umuasonye Community.
- Encourage, promote, and support personal development of community youth through coaching & mentoring programs.
Supported Programs:
- Fee reimbursement for key milestone examinations for Primary & Secondary schools.
- Full sponsorship of highly gifted students in Secondary schools.
- Bursary for students in Post Secondary institutions.
- One-off take-off grants for entrants into higher institutions in Nigeria.
- Limited postgraduate scholarships in Nigerian universities.
- Travel assistance for students proceeding on overseas studies on other scholarship.
- Financial support for Internship, academic research, and vocational training.
- Educational infrastructure development for Umuasonye community.