Creating a more equitable world by cultivating and empowering means of self-sustainability and sufficiency by fostering transformational relationships between people from diverse communities. Through Education, Healthcare, Drinking Water, and Entrepreneurial Development, we nurture the building of bridges of love and compassion that transcend National, Religious, Ethnic, and Political boundaries.
ImaBridge Africa (IBA) is a faith-based charity dedicated to fostering transformative relationships between diverse communities and peoples, the privileged and the underprivileged. Our focus is on uplifting the most vulnerable, particularly, but not exclusively, the African rural poor, by developing the essential skills, knowledge, attitudes, and experiences that nurture self-reliance and collaborative solutions to their most pressing problems.
ImaBridge Africa (IBA) is a faith-based charity dedicated to fostering transformative relationships between diverse communities and peoples, the privileged and the underprivileged. Our focus is on uplifting the most vulnerable, particularly, but not exclusively, the African rural poor, by developing the essential skills, knowledge, attitudes, and experiences that nurture self-reliance and collaborative solutions to their most pressing problems.
Since 2008 ImaBridge Africa (IBA) has built bridges of love in confrontation of extreme poverty in Africa through the provision of Drinking Water, Healthcare, Education and Microfinance. Simultaneously IBA builds here in the USA, and around the world, bridges of friendship and a caring community of people who seek to make the world a better place.
It started with the sharing of home-cooked native Nigerian cuisine with one hungry student while I worked at the Newman Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. This student’s advertisement led to the birth of an annual communal event where at one point over 300 people enjoyed diverse cuisines from Nigeria and learned about her rich and unique culture. Unexpectedly people made freewill donations that prompted a trip to Nigeria with five volunteers. The donations sponsored 32 students in universities. Our events later gave birth to IBA as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charity. Still in awe, I realize that “It is not the magnitude of our actions that matters, but the love that we put into them… and that our successes do not depend on doing great things, but in doing little things with great love.” – Mother Teresa.
IBA’s goal is to build bridges of love beyond the limitations of national, religious and political boundaries espousing the message of Jesus as he told us, “I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, sick and in prison and you visited me” and you ministered to my needs. (Matt 25: 31ff). With your support we are dedicated to building transformational relationships between people from dissimilar communities, the privileged and the underprivileged not by giving fish, but by giving nets so they can fish for themselves. I am convinced that when we commit to building bridges of love, nothing will surmount the indomitable resilience of our collective goodwill in ensuring that there can never be room for poverty that denies anyone what is needed for a dignified life. Please look at our website in order to see how you can be part of building bridges of love with ImaBridge Africa.
God bless you.
Fr. Godwin N. Asuquo – Ubom
Founding Director
Between 2005 and 2010, our founder, Father Godwin Asuquo, was an Associate Pastor of the Newman Catholic Student Center at Northern Illinois University. He loves sharing his native Nigerian stories, food and culture.
In 2008, at the request of one of the college students to whom he ministered, he cooked an authentic Nigerian dish for his parishioners. This little dinner generated funds that inspired five people to travel with him to Nigeria to distribute about $6000 in donations that were raised for scholarships.
Upon their return, they founded ImaBridge Africa. Ima, in Father Godwin’s native dialect, means love. ImaBridge Africa is building a bridge of love to those less fortunate.
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ImaBridge Africa is also helping to foster small businesses and entrepreneurial opportunities so that native Nigerians can support themselves. The organization does not only focuses on teaching leadership and vocational skills, in 2016 it opened a factory that processes palm oil and cassava flour to sell in the market. they also provide tools and funds for the the projects
IBA is a nonprofit 501© (3) charity founded in 2008 at the Newman Center of Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, by Rev. Fr. Godwin N. Asuquo-Ubom, a Nigerian-born, US citizen and a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, USA.
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