COMMUNITY & IMPACT
Rooted in Imesi-Ile.
Growing for Generations.
I invest in the education, land, and livelihoods of the people of Imesi-Ile, Nigeria, an ancient Yoruba city that shaped me, and a community whose future I am devoted to preserving and advancing for generations to come.
The Story
It began with a phone call from my father, Dr. Oluwasayo Ajiboye.
He told me about two girls he met in our family’s village during the school day. Their education had been interrupted because their families could not meet the cost of tuition. When I asked what it would take to keep a child in school, he shared how little it required to restore access.
In that moment, I understood how close a girl can be to her future, and how powerful it is to ensure she continues forward.
That conversation became the beginning of the Oojayo Scholarship Fund for Girls, and the start of a deeper, more intentional commitment to Imesi-Ile, my ancestral home, an ancient Yoruba city that shaped me, and a community whose future I am committed to protecting.
Today, I am building a portfolio of initiatives centered on education, land stewardship, and sustainable livelihoods. Each investment carries purpose: scholarships that keep girls in school, land preserved and stewarded for future generations, and space entrusted to women farmers, advancing food security, economic stability, and community leadership.
This work reflects responsibility in action, an ongoing commitment to invest in the people, the land, and the future of the place that made me.
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GIRLS SPONSORED
10
ACRES CONSERVED
$10
SENDS A CHILD TO SCHOOL
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ACTIVE INITATIVES
THE PLACE
Imesi-Ile: An Ancient Yoruba City
Imesi-Ile is an old ancient city,second only to the ancestral settlement of all Yoruba people, Ile-Ife. It is an enchanting and inspiring place covered by rolling hills, forests, streams, lakes, rivers, caves, and so much more.
Imesi-Ile has a historical agricultural sector. The people were farmers of diverse crops such as rice, cocoa, palm, and vibrant fruit orchards. The land and the people are inseparable. Protecting one means investing in the other.
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EDUCATION
The Oojayo Scholarship Fund for Girls
Because a girl’s future deserves to remain open and fully realized.
Founded in 2024, the Oojayo Scholarship fund began with a conversation with my father, who shared the story of two girls in our village whose education had been interrupted due to the cost of tuition. In that moment, I understood how close a child can be to continued learning, and how meaningful it is to ensure she remains on that path. The Oojayo Scholarship Fund, has helped support girls in continuing their education, keeping them in classrooms and connected to the opportunities that education makes possible.
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CONSERVATION
Imesi-Ile Land Conservation
Imesi-Ile holds a rich ecological and cultural inheritance, rolling hills, water systems, and ancestral land that carry the history and future of the community. As development continues to expand, preserving this land becomes an act of intentional stewardship. Through this initiative, I am acquiring and protecting undeveloped land to ensure the continuity of natural ecosystems, water resources, and cultural heritage for generations to come. A portion of this land is actively cultivated in partnership with the Progressive Women’s Farmers Association, supporting food security, economic opportunity, and women’s leadership within the community. Each acre preserved strengthens a legacy, one rooted in care for the land and responsibility to those who will inherit it.
Join in preserving this land for future generations. Invest in conservation. Steward legacy.
Safeguarding an ancient landscape for seven generations
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AGRICULTURE &
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP
Imesi-Ile carries a rich agricultural legacy, rooted in generations of farmers cultivating rice, cocoa, palm, and vibrant orchards. Today, that legacy continues through a collective of women farmers leading with skill, knowledge, and vision. The Progressive Women’s Farmers Association advances sustainable farming practices while strengthening economic opportunity within the community. Through training, shared resources, and financial support, these women cultivate both land and livelihood. A portion of the conserved land is dedicated to their work, supporting food security, expanding economic independence, and sustaining agricultural knowledge for future generations.
Join in preserving this land for future generations. Invest in conservation. Steward legacy.
Progressive Women’s Farmers Association
Sustaining livelihoods, empowering women, feeding communities
Make an Impact Today
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Sustains one girl’s education for a full academic term
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Extends access to education for five girls
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Advances training, seeds, and essential agricultural resources
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Strengthens the preservation of land, water, and cultural heritage
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Allocated with intention to the area of greatest impact
Become a steward of this work. Invest in education. Preserve the land. Sustain the future of Imesi-Ile for generations to come.
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ESSAY
Leadership After Violence: Witnessing the Human Cost of Militarized Action in Northern Nigeria
Dr. Adekunbi Ajiboye January 3, 2026
A reflection on the children who bear the greatest cost of decisions they had no part in making.
I serve as a board advisor and sponsor a school that serves children orphaned by the ongoing violence in Northern Nigeria. I have had the honor of meeting many of these children, listening to them, learning their stories, and getting to know them beyond the circumstances that displaced them.
When conversations about U.S. bombing on Christmas Day or counterterrorism efforts in Nigeria arise, I often struggle with how abstract the language becomes. For the children I know, the situation in Nigeria has translated into lost homes, disrupted childhoods, and lives permanently altered and deeply traumatized by extreme violence before they had a chance to truly begin.
This reflection is not an exercise in assigning retrospective blame after children and families have already been displaced by terror. But rather a call to acknowledge and not avert our gaze from the very real human cost of militarized solutions. Many of the children I spoke with expressed simple desires. They wanted the opportunity to learn, feel safe, and experience the ordinary joys of childhood.
It has been one of the greatest privileges of my life to work alongside leaders in Nigeria who remain committed to building schools, homes, and safe spaces for these children and who stay present long before and long after headlines move on from unimaginable violence.
I do not have easy solutions. I am still sitting with the horror of the violence inflicted. But I believe strongly in leadership responsibility to discuss, question, and evaluate these actions through human-centered accountability, especially when children bear the greatest cost of decisions they had no part in making.
I care deeply for these children, their safety, education, and right to experience the ordinary joys of childhood and grow into their futures. This year, I am committed to leadership that begins with care, with witness, and with the willingness to let human lives inform how power is exercised.
“Even in profound loss, these children are not statistics. They are students, dreamers, and survivors, and they deserve a world that prioritizes their safety and futures over geopolitical conflict.”