Each year the Future Africa Leaders Foundation (FALF) identifies young leaders who are positively impacting their communities, society, and Africa. The program seeks to recognize and reward young men and women whose exemplary leadership skills have been utilized in developing solutions…
Globally, winds of intolerance are blowing strongly, fanned by such things as racial prejudice, religious extremism and the global socio-economic pandemic of COVID-19. Today, Chris Oyakhilome together with the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International (COFI) unite together to combat the darkness in…
Literacy is most commonly defined as the ability to read and write. It gives people access to information and plays a significant role in reducing gender, race, nationality, and religious inequality that favors one group over another in access to education, property, employment,…
“Every Child is Your Child”, is a profound statement made by our founder Chris Oyakhilome in 2004. This statement is the foundation that birthed the InnerCity Mission (ICM) for Children. This statement is our driving force as we believe that…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in 2015 embody a roadmap for progress that is sustainable and leaves no one behind. Today, education is at the heart of…
World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe. Eighteen months into the COVID-19 crisis and global pandemic, the #WorldTeachersDay2021 will focus on the support teachers need to fully contribute to the recovery…
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed on 21 September around the world. The theme this year is: “Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world”. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the underprivileged and marginalized groups the…
On the 8th of September, the world celebrated International Literacy Day (ILD). We commemorated this day to remind the international community of the importance of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies. We at the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International (COFI), put a…
The theme of International Youth Day August 12, 2021, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”, highlights the fact that the success of such a global effort will not be achieved without the meaningful participation of the…
International days are opportunities to educate the public on issues of concern, address global problems, and celebrate and reinforce the achievements of humanity. The United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the strategic importance…