The GEANCO Foundation
8556 S. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60620
Dr. Godwin Onyema
Chief Executive Officer
Afam Onyema
Chief Operating Officer
708-439-1462
aonyema@geanco.org
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Welcome!
The GEANCO Foundation has a simple yet incredibly challenging goal - to save and improve the lives of the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children, in the African country of Nigeria.
We will accomplish this goal through developing world-class medical, educational and athletic facilities. Our work will enrich lives and empower local communities.
Our first project is the development of a modern hospital - Augustine Memorial - in Anambra State.
Learn more about GEANCO on this website or through our electronic brochure. Please JOIN US in this mission to bring health and hope to those desperately in need of both!
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A powerful five-minute video from our September 2011 medical mission can be found HERE.
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GEANCO in major international media outlets:
National Public Radio (NPR)
Global Activism Series: Chicago doctor plans to build a hospital in his hometown in Nigeria
Forbes.com: Big Achievers Share The Greatest Risks They Ever Took
US News & World Report
"Onyema hoped to work for [GEANCO] full time after graduation in 2007 - though more than $100,000 in law school debt wouldn't make it easy. Or so he feared. In fact, Stanford is paying back 85 percent of Onyema's loans."
GEANCO completes a successful medical mission to orthopedic medical mission to Nigeria!
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Our 2009 Symposium on African women and children featured Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker
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Chinua Achebe, Africa's most esteemed and well-known writer, is GEANCO's Honorary Chairman.
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8-24-2011:
An air ambulance to India
Nigerian Health Watch
"As the years have progressed, more and more people are losing confidence in the services offered by our hospitals in Nigeria, and raise funds desperately to go to India for even minor aliments."
3-22-2010:
Out of Africa: Questions for Chinua Achebe
New York Times
Achebe: "If you were in Nigeria and had cause to go to a hospital or to see a doctor, you would then immediately understand why so many people are abroad."