Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida Awards 32 Scholarships to 32 Students in UI and OAU

[adewale alonge]

Please join our president Mr. Akinremi, the executive board, and entire members of the Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida, Inc. (EOOI) in congratulating thirty-two final years students from the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife who recently became recipients of the third annual EOOI Scholarship award. 

 

I hope members of this forum will help pass on the news to respective authorities of the affected universities.  We had earlier on sent emails announcing the award.  Any assistance with the telephone numbers of the VCs and registrars of the two institutions will be extremely helpful to facilitate the disbursement of the fund to the affected students.  Please find the names of the awardees in the attached files.

 

Here is wishing every member of this forum a wonderful holiday.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Dr. Adewale Alonge

Chair, Scholarship Committee Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida

Miami. Florida 

786-556-5283 (Telephone)

 

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[KolaT]

Gentle people:
I wish to join with others in congratulating members of Egbe Omo Yoruba of South
Florida on this very worthy cause. May God continue to bless the pocket from where
the funds came out of. Oluwa a ran gbogbo yin naa lowo o. Aa je're gbogbo awon omo
wa o.

We in the San Francisco Oakland Bay area just had ours this past Saturday, where we
also awarded $1,000 each to four deserving students in Universities around the U.S.

This is really great and I urge other Yoruba organizations to emulate these great
examples so that collectively our children can be empowered. Oluwa a bu s'apo o.
Ase.

Congratulations once again.
-Kola Akintola-Thomas
President, Oduduwa Heritage Organization

[Dr. Samuel Olamijulo]

Respected Yoruba Compatriots, good morning.

 

We must heartily  congratulate Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida; Yoruba Heritage Organisation in the San Francisco Oakland Bay area and all who are already doing something tangible as individuals and in groups, to award scholarships to Yoruba students in Nigeria and worldwide.

 

Together, we can and should encourage, facilitate and simplify in every possible way, the process for many individuals and groups that wish to participate among Yoruba people worldwide.

 

Please suggest ideas on the best possible ways to proceed.

 

 It may , for example, be great to have a dedicated OmoYorubaScholarships website that can be hosted in a trusted institution that will be in existence for a long time to come. Such a website can facilitate helpful open ,speedy and effective communication. Advice on Approved, Secure , Efficient Donation Channels can be regularly  updated at the website. Donors list and Beneficiaries list can be regularly updated for all visitors to the website to see. Immediate contributions by any visitors to the website must be easily possible.

 

 Volunteers for the creation of such a dedicated website should please contact my e-mail address   samo...@yahoo.com

 

Olodumare a fun wa se o - Amin

 

Dr Samuel Olamijulo

 

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Date:	Tue, 26 Dec 2006 15:40:40 -0000 (GMT)
From:	biod...@oauife.edu.ng
To:	"Dr. Samuel Olamijulo" samo...@yahoo.com
Subject:	Re: Fwd: Yoruba Affairs - Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida Awards

 Egbon,
A ku ewu odun o! 2007 a ya abo fun gbogbo wa o. Pergun won o ku boro; oju amaa ri odun o. Igba odun odun kan.
I had honestly been waiting to bring to your notice the benevolence of the EOOI of Southern Florida. This will be the 3rd round of awards to OAU students. In the last 2 years, the Egbe had awarded 36 scholarships and a member who was at last year's award ceremony paid the fees of an indigent student on the spot. I wish to commend the efforts of the EOOI and plead that we could do with more of such gestures. This year at the close of the application exercise, I received about 220 applications from qualified
students; it was painful selecting just 40 of them for the consideration of the EOOI.
As little as $150 will keep a student in college here for a session!
Perhaps we could start a program "Keep a Student at OAU"...I am sure you
will accept the challenge and coordinate.

Oodua a gbe wa o.

Regards
Biodun

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KolaT <kolat...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Gentle people:
I wish to join with others in congratulating members of Egbe Omo Yoruba of South Florida on this very worthy cause. May God continue to bless the pocket from where
the funds came out of. Oluwa a ran gbogbo yin naa lowo o. Aa je're gbogbo awon omo wa o.

We in the San Francisco Oakland Bay area just had ours this past Saturday, where we also awarded $1,000 each to four deserving students in Universities around the U.S.

This is really great and I urge other Yoruba organizations to emulate these great examples so that collectively our children can be empowered. Oluwa a bu s'apo o.
Ase.

Congratulations once again.
-Kola Akintola-Thomas
President, Oduduwa Heritage Organization

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--- adewale alonge wrote:

> Please join our president Mr. Akinremi, the executive board, and entire members of  the Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida, Inc. (EOOI) in congratulating thirty-two

> final years students from the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife who recently became recipients of the third annual EOOI Scholarship award.

> I hope members of this forum will help pass on the news to respective authorities of the affected universities. We had earlier on sent emails announcing the award.
> Any assistance with the telephone numbers of the VCs and registrars of the two institutions will be extremely helpful to facilitate the disbursement of the fund
> to the affected students. Please find the names of the awardees in the attached files.
 Here is wishing every member of this forum a wonderful holiday.

 Sincerely,
> Dr. Adewale Alonge
> Chair, Scholarship Committee Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida
> Miami. Florida
> 786-556-5283 (Telephone)

[adewale alonge]

Respected Yoruba Compatriots,

 

I thought you all will be encouraged by this message from Dr. Olamijulo (see below).  In the 21st century which has aptly been described as the human capital century, we as a people cannot make any greater investment than in the education of our youth.  I am therefore in agreement with Dr. Olamijulo that perhaps we need to develop an appropriate framework to expand our investment in that area.  What we have done here in South Florida for the past three years, was to establish institutional partnerships with the three premier universities in the Southwest (OAUIle Ife, UI, and Unilag).  We have also developed a rigorous and transparent application process.  We ran into a snag with the authority at Unilag last year, otherwise the procedure has worked well.  We will be glad to share our institutional experience with whatever institutional arrangement emerges from on-going debate started by Dr. Olamijulo.

 

However, a cautionary note is probably warranted here.  Fund raising, at least within the US environment are regulated under the US IRS 501 (c) 3 code for tax-exempt charitable organizations.  The benchmarks are rather high, especially post 911.  It is perhaps better to work within an already established 501 (3) tax-except organization such as the Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South Florida or any other comparable institutional frameworks.

 

Words of encouragement.

 

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

--Margaret Mead

Respectfully,

 

Adewale Alonge

[Dr. Samuel Olamijulo]

Respected Yoruba Compatriots, good morning.

 

We appreciate all who have given us the benefit of their thoughts on this subject so far.

 

1. Mr. Akinremi and "Dr. Adewale Alonge" <alon...@yahoo.com  in Florida ; Prof. Kola Thomas kolat...@yahoo.com  in the San Francisco Oakland Bay area and others from anywhere , already experienced are encouraged to please continue to advise Yoruba individuals and groups in USA and other countries in the world on operational details for effective, legal , beneficial ways of raising  funds for Omo-Yoruba  Scholarships.

 

2. Collectors of all funds shall continue to link up directly with educational institutions

of their choice for actual disbursement of scholarship funds to beneficiaries.

 

3 .Indvidual and Institution  Volunteers ,still needed to collaborate to create the best possible dedicated Omo-Yoruba Scholarships website should please contact

 

Dr. Samuel Olamijulo e-mail address  samo...@yahoo.com

 

. Such a website shall in future  continue to facilitate
 helpful , open , speedy and effective communication

on Omo-Yoruba Scholarships.

 Advice on Approved, Secure , Efficient Donation
 Channels can be regularly updated at the website.

Donors list and Beneficiaries list can be regularly
 updated for all visitors to the website to see.

Encouraging and Facilitating contributions by any visitors to the website directly

 to recipients in institutions of the donor's choice must be easily possible.

 

Thank you for your interest in this very important issue.

Olodumare a ran wa se o - Amin

 

Dr. Samuel Kayode Olamijulo

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Al Mayungbe <al_ma...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Fellow Members,

I agree with Dr. Alonge that it is probably better to
work with other 501(c)3 organization, such as ours
because such a move tends to give some credibility to
the process; especially because an agency of the US
Government has classified certified organization as a
legitimate charitable organization.

In actuality, each state is responsible for
registering charitable associations, raising money
from the public within its state. The 501(c)3
certification merely allows donors to deduct donations
to this type of association from their federal income
tax. In addition, certification by the IRS imposes
restriction on how the fund raised is spent and what
type of activities certified association can engage
in.

In spite of this comments, I still believe all
association planning to engage in any scholarship
program should ensure that they are either certified
as 501(c)3 organization or work with another
organization that has such designation.

Regards,
Al

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Dr. Adewale Alonge wrote:

 Dear Members,

I thought you all will be encouraged by this message

from Dr. Olamijulo (see below). In the 21st  century, which has aptly been described as the human capital century, we as a people cannot make any
greater investment than in the education of our youth. I am therefore in agreement with Dr.Olamijulo' that perhaps we need to develop an

appropriate framework to expand our investment in that area. What we have done here in South Florida for the past three years, was to establish

 institutional partnerships with the three premier universities in the Southwest (OAU, UI and Unilag).

We have also developed a rigorous and transparent
application process. We ran into a snag with the
authority at Unilag last year, otherwise the procedure has worked well. We will be glad to share our institutional experience with whatever
institutional arrangement emerges from on-going
 debate started by Dr. Olamijulo.

However, a cautionary note is probably warranted
 here. Fund raising, at least within the US
environment are regulated under the US IRS 501 (c) 3
code for tax-exempt charitable organizations. The

 benchmarks are rather high. It is perhaps better to
work with an already established 501 (3) tax-except

organization such as the Egbe Omo Oduduwa of South
Florida or any other comparable institutional frameworks.

 Words of encouragement.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,  committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

 --Margaret Mead

 Respectfully,

Adewale Alonge

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From Prof. Biodun Adediran, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, OAU Ile-Ife