Mordi Ibe Foundation (MiF)

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Mordi Ibe Foundation (MiF): MiF "Attacks Poverty"

Abuja, NigeriaAsaba, Nigeria
Year Founded:
2013
Organization type: 
nonprofit/ngo/citizen sector
Project Stage:
Growth
Budget: 
$100,000 - $250,000
Website:
http://www.mifnigeria.org
Twitter: 
http://twitter.com/mif_nigeria
Facebook: 
http://fecebook.com/mifnigeria
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Project Summary
Elevator Pitch

Concise Summary: Help us pitch this solution! Provide an explanation within 3-4 short sentences.

MiF Attacks Poverty Seek to provide a substitute way for a better living for families living below the poverty line and in turn eradicate the monster called hunger, child labor and other socio-economic issues alike; as well as improve water/sanitation and access to health care.

WHAT IF - Inspiration: Write one sentence that describes a way that your project dares to ask, "WHAT IF?"

"What if we dare to create our own utopia, changing our mentality as individuals and looking beyond ethnicity,religion or gender uniting to achieve "Zero" poverty, hunger and child labor?'"
About Project

Problem: What problem is this project trying to address?

Nigeria has a population of over 170 million people and at least 100 million people are compelled to live below poverty line which inspires several social issues take for instance "child Labor" children are used as artisans in factories thereby dropping out of school. more than 15 million Nigerian children under the age of 14 are working under intense labor. from MiF outreaches and questionniares most children said they were forced into labor.

Solution: What is the proposed solution? Please be specific!

*Economic Security: MIF believes in strengthening communities through empowerment.when we invest in "ONE" we not only lift them but OTHERS as well, in fact THE COMMITMENT TO ONE IMPACTS THE WHOLE. *Quality Education: At MiF we make learning fun because literacy is prime and is the basic means of ending poverty. our goal is that every child is in school. we stock already existing libraries to encourage reading culture amongst children. *Water and Sanitation: Sinking boreholes, building school latrines and setting up maintenance committees to ensure continued management of these facilities. *Access to healthcare *Child Participation *Intensifying international corporation for poverty eradication. *Addressing effects of poverty on women

Awards

Shorty Awards Honouring the best use of social media for Social Advocacy (2013) Times Building Manhattan New York.
Impact: How does it Work

Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.

Meet Emmanuel he is 11 years old, he farms with his dad and sells yam tubers for his mother in a remote village.he is the first of four children,MiF got to meet emmanuel and other children alike after their village was displaced by flood resulting from excessive rainfall not to mention their proximity to the niger river. The MiF team after taking permission from the government recruited about 300 men, women and children to the Stadium as our IDPs camp.not long we noticed something spectacular about Emmanuel' zeal to learn and his striking leadership qualities which prompted us to register him in a school almost immediately.Now he not only teaches his parents and siblings,but also gathers children to teach them what he had learnt in school.

Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Also describe the projected future impact for the coming years.

MiF have served as a source of hope to several communities of need from the inception of our "Friends Initiative" we love bringing together communities of resource with communities of need we have spanned several states delivering books to schools and libraries and also relief materials to internally displaced persons.MiF believes in the 17th SDG (partnership to achieve the SDGs) our future plan is to strengthen our work force in line with our "friends initiatives" which are long term partnerships with local churches,mosques,nonprofits and stakeholders who are committed to community transformation to further our goals we intend to build our "Hope Centres" across the 36 states in Nigeria and Africa where we teach especially young adults on vocational skills also include in-school student support,after school programs,job readiness training , home/school/library/hospital repairs.

Spread Strategies: Moving forward, what are the main strategies for scaling impact?

MiF will embark on a massive campaign to get less privileged children into school through partnerships and encourage industries to donate to our "Food Bank Programme" to feed the hungry and also provide amenities that will help people live a healthy and happy life thereby creating an enabling environment for especially children and youths to act as positive change agents to not just their immediate families but also to their communities and the world at large.we also set new records for charity."lets create the future we seek by nurturing the younger generation and bringing poverty to ZERO"
Sustainability

Financial Sustainability Plan: What is this solution’s plan to ensure financial sustainability?

At MiF we love setting standards, breaking new grounds, attaining new highs is our thing we have fun Raising funds for charity through; *Art Exhibition *Auction *Dinner & cabaret *Book Sale *Car wash *Charity Ball *Children's Party *Football Tournament *Garage Sale *Karaoke *Marathon/walkathon *Pledges *Puppet Show *Windscreen Wash *Variety Show *Stage Play *Street Entertaining *Bus Pull *Board Games *Head Shave *Book Drives.

Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?

The World Bank and UNICEF; our method differs because we live amongst the people and we are aware of the issue and its origins,hence we know the necessary approach to bridge the gap from where the people are and where they want to be.Needless to say there are 2 types of poverty *situational poverty and *generational,we are especially focused on breaking the cycles of generational poverty while assisting caring and empowering people affected by situational poverty.
Team

Founding Story

Joel Mordi is the founder of Mordi Ibe Foundation(MIF Nigeria).He discovered his passion at a young age which is to be tirelessly selfless.He volunteered with various charity organisations in the united states and Canada which fuelled his passion to empower.At age 16 he had already visited countless old peoples homes,homeless shelters sharing clothes and lunch with the less fortunate a trend that inspired his family,friends and MiFs "Friends Initiative".Joel decided that strengthening under-resourced communities through education,revitalisation and basic need was prime to ending poverty in all its forms.MiF is on a mission to inspire a paradigm shift as to what "true charity" is in the world

Team

MiFs board members consist of the the president/Founder, a head teacher, a constituency representative, a skill acquisition expert and a secretary in the Nigerian National assembly complex (Senate wing) taking on various roles as Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer,publicity secretary, Auditor. MiF presently have over 100 off-line volunteers ranging from Health experts, education consultants, media executives, photographers/documentary personnels and several thousands of growing online volunteers.
Background
Please confirm how you heard about the Unilever Awards:

Twitter

Please confirm your role in the initiative (eg Founder/co-Founder) and your organisational title:

Founder: Mordi Ibe Foundation (MiF)

Which of the 8 UN Global Goals (Sustainable Development Goals) pre-selected for this competition does your solution relate most closely to? [select all that apply]

No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Leadership and the Unilever Awards
Please provide examples of any previous entrepreneurial initiatives you have pioneered.

MiF works with several Key strategies including "Redemptive Lift" (empowerment), in 2014 we carried out our first ever empowerment programme to empower people.our target was women in rural communities with the help of some friends who are skill acquisition experts we where able to empower 7 women with fashion designing, 3 women with bead making and cosmetics (local soaps & makeover) and 16 women with catering.these women are well established and are in turn empowering others as well and once again the ripples effect was achieved.
MiFs Community Development program (*engage *learn *grow) every 4 months MiF has open positions to participate in the community development leadership program and become a community partner where community partners receive a #20,000(Naira) stipend upon completion of a 10 week long community development leadership program, in addition to the stipend, interns are provided with dinner every Monday-friday and provided with MiF t-shirts, wrist bands e.t.c although housing is not provided by MiF.

Beyond your existing team, who else are you working with to achieve your objectives, eg partners, advisors, mentors?

Besides having over 7 years experience with the nonprofit sector and haven championed several awareness campaigns using my immense followership via social media (@mordiofficial on twitter and Instagram). i am associated with several nonprofits, including pink pearl foundation (breast cancer and cervical cancer awareness and prevention), sickle cell aid foundation (Breaking the sickle cycle), starlight hope (health care in rural areas), malaria no more(ending malaria), project end poverty, project end hunger, and project pink blue amongst several others. i am also a member of several youth organisations including the prestigious Young Africa Leadership Initiative YALI, regional leadership centre in Ghana and the World Youth Movement for Democracy(YMD), Conference of Youths(COY) and is presently being considered as the United Nations Youth Delegate to Nigeria.

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