About Us

Corporate Brief

Helpers Social Development Foundation is a duly registered nonprofit and nonpolitical organization in Nigeria with registration No: 131317 formed in 2016 but officially registered with Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission on 27th June 2019. The foundation was established out of patriotic spirit, to contribute to the welfare of underprivileged children, youth and women, with a focus on their healthy development. We established a school October 2021 offering free education to underprivilged children in Nigeria. Helpers Social Development Foundation Our primary goal is on education while our secondary goal is on program of economic empowerment and health awareness programs in Africa.

What lead to the establishment of Helpers Foundation

Helpers Social Development Foundation was established with a mission to reach out to millions of less privileged Africans who are facing the same problems Okeke Chidi faced while growing up as a child. Okeke Chidi Chinwendu was born and raised in a small village in Anambra State, Nigeria.

His father died when he was only 13 years old. His mother faced a lot of challenges in training us after the death of our father. His siblings and I did not have access to many basic needs such as - education, medication, food & nutrition to name a few. These problems at home, made me withdraw from school in order to earn a living and make ends meet for my family.

Despite being an apprentice, he still had a passion for learning and a desire to be well educated. He worked for six years for his boss in Lagos, Nigeria but when the time came, he could not fulfil our written agreement of settling my dues.

At that time he did not have anybody to advocate for me. His elder brother, who was living in Enugu state at that time, invited him to live with him. He introduced him to serve in a building construction firm and from there he learnt how to dig building foundations, block laying, house plastering etc.

Fueled with a passion to learn, every day after work he would go to the evening school through the money he raised through artisan work. He registered and wrote his secondary school examination certificate and got a credit pass.

How Okeke Chidi life transformed after helping others

In 2006, he met a stranger whose car got stranded on the road. After assisting her with her car, she asked him his occupation, which he told her that his is into building construction. Out of trust, she called Chidi one day and gave him a building contract job of N500,000 Naira. After fulfilling her job, she continued to refer clients to Chidi for new jobs.

Through the profits he got from his clients, he was able to be enrolled in a higher institution in 2008 to study marketing as a course and graduated. Okeke Chidi always remember the advice of his late father Mr. Okeke Eugene, who once said to children's that we should always think of that which will add value to people’s lives and nature will present a new life to us. He also told us to be mindful of the friends we kept, because success depends on the types of friends we have.

After working with several companies and further training, Okeke Chidi founded Host Link Global Services Limited, incorporated in the year 2013 and became the Group Managing Director of the company.

How the initiative continued

Chidi was lucky to meet a like-minded woman by the name of Okeke Amarachi Sophia. Amarachi had been providing free education to children who could not go to school through the support of her father since 2003.

Our goals in life were similar and we decided to get married and together make a difference in the lives of underprivileged Nigerians.

From here, we established a nonprofit organization that would offer free education, quality health care and economic empowerment to the less privileged. In a country like Nigeria, unemployment is very high and this has led to wide spread poverty among youth and women. The health care delivery system here is deplorable.

There is an urgent need for a well-rounded initiative that would ensure that youth and women engage in profitable ventures by aiding them to acquire needed skills for self-enhancement and development. Action needs to be taken swiftly to help these people living under the poverty line, make ends meet and have a prosperous tomorrow.

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Our Leaders

OKEKE CHIDI CHINWENDU - Co-founder/Chairman

Okeke Chidi is the Chairman of Helpers Social Development Foundation. He was born to late Pa. Okeke Eugene and Madam. Okeke Elizabeth in Umunobe Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. Okeke Chidi is the third child of the family. Chidi Had his primary education at umunobe Ogbunka primary school, Anambra State, thereafter he proceeded to Ogbunka boys school for his secondary school education. He completed his secondary education in Maryland secondary school in Enugu state where he obtains his SSCE Certificate in 2007. Okeke Chidi gained admission to the institute of management and technology (IMT) Enugu state in 2008. After 4 years of study, he obtained a Higher National Diploma in Marketing. Chidi is among the best-graduated students in the institution. Okeke Chidi is married to Mrs. Okeke Amarachi Sophia. Their marriage is blessed with children. FURTHER TRAINING. As a young man in guest for knowledge, Okeke Chidi enrolled for training on digital marketing at success attitudes development centre in Lagos state, Nigeria in 2011, he also trained on Web development and software development at City Computer Enugu state, Nigeria. Furthermore, Chidi trained on leadership principle in 2013. He also studied understanding and solving complex business problems at King David business institute in 2014. OKEKE CHIDI BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER. IN 2009 Okeke Chidi joined Simack & partners, as part-time where he worked as an assistant marketing officer in Enugu. He was later made, head of the marketing team while on the job, Okeke Chidi attracted so many success to the company during his tenure when made head of the marketing team. After working with Simack & Partners for 5 years, He joined Seg Associate Limited ( a construction firm) as ICT manager. HOST LINK GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED. After working with several companies, Okeke Chidi founded Host Link Global Services LTD. The company was registered with Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission in 2013 as general contracting and consulting firm. He was the group managing director of the company till date.

Okeke Chidi has acquired training in the following areas: 1. Understanding the United Nations sustainable goals (SDGs). 2. Cyber security. 3. Women in leadership. 4. Digital Citizenship. 5. Developing Emotional intelligence and other Ambassadors' roles to support other nonprofit organizations to raise funds.

Okeke Amarachi Sophia - Co-founder/Executive Director

Okeke Amarachi Sophia is a Co-founder/ Executive Director of Helpers Social Development Foundation (HSDF). She is a staff of Enugu State university of science and technology primary and secondary. I am a teacher, academia & journalist by profession. My humanitarian work as a career choice is to be able to assist others who are less privileged. As a humanitarian and selfless individual who hates suffering and abandonment, the number one thing I wish to achieve in life is to contribute my quota to the educational progress of my community. Living my “perfect life” would mean actualizing my dream of contributing my quota to encourage children, especially the girl child, to acquire education and progress in life.

Amarachi passion for change has led her to fundraise and become an Ambassadors in various nonprofit organizations including World Literacy Foundation.

Dr. Success

Success Kanayo Uchime is a career missionary-Journalist. He was commissioned as a missionary in 1994 and in 1995 started his missionary work among the Awori people in Ejila Awori, a small rural community in Ado-odo/Ota L.G.A of Ogun State, Nigeria. It was in 2007 that the Lord called him for foreign mission work in faraway Philippines, Southeast Asia. He had his undergraduate studies in mass communication at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogui State, Nigeria and also earn a master of Arts in Education (M.Ed) with major in English at the Foundation University, Dumaguete City, Philippines. He also holds a Master of Theology (M.th), from Pan African College of Ministerial Arts, Nigeria, Doctor of Christian Ministry (D.min), Go Ye Christian University, U.S.A, Nigeria Center, and Doctor of Mission (D.Miss), Mount Olives Bible Academy and Graduate School, Nigeria in affiliation with the faith University, Columbia, U.S.A. Currently, Uchime is the president, Kingdom Missions Outreach Inc, a mission agency based in Nigeria. He was formerly a senior lecturer at Gospel progress Theological College, Lagos, Nigeria. He was appointed into Helpers Social Development Foundation as Project Director in August 2019 till date due to his dedicated service to humanity.

Stacey Johnson - Board President

Stacey Johnson has 32-year track record of Innovative, results-driven senior management with a proven combination of business, financial and technical capabilities that lead to top-line and bottom-line growth. . Experienced in leading teams, change management & bringing skills in strategic planning and business forecasting. Stacey will use her expereince in different sectors including in nonprofit organizations to advance Helpers Social Development Foundation mission in Africa