About Us
Ozoya Football Foundation is a non-profit football organization based in Nigeria. Our primary focus is grassroots football development, aiming to provide opportunities for young athletes to display their talents. We organize leagues, local football tournaments, youth football competitions, and football coaching and referees programs to ensure the holistic development of young players.
We believe in the power of sports to bring communities together and foster positive change. Through donations of football kits and equipment, and community sports development projects, we support underprivileged youth in Nigeria, giving them a platform to excel.
At Ozoya Football Foundation, we are dedicated to grassroots football development in Nigeria. We aim to nurture young talent through grassroots football leagues, youth tournaments, competitions, and comprehensive referees and coaches’ programs. By donating football kits and equipment and organizing fundraising for grassroots football, we strive to make a significant social impact in the local communities. Explore our initiatives, get involved, and support our cause to elevate grassroots football in Nigeria.
Aims and Objectives
- To use football to promote all sustainable development goals (SDG) as we believe that children are affected by all the SDGs whether poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, and violence against children.
- To use football to advocate for the convention of the right of a child (CRC).
- Become one of the fastest responders to provide psycho-social support to children during and after emergencies in a humanitarian situation.
- To help children gain resilience from the impact of disasters and /or conflict through football.
- To strengthen community-based child protection mechanisms to become more responsive to the protection of children in their communities through intense child protection-related awareness creation through football.
- To help children actualize their dream to become prominent people in different works of life including sports (football).
- To provide empirical and pragmatic data through well-informed research, dialogues, and conferences in line with children, football and other trends that support or affect the development of children.
- To promote grassroots football in developing countries.
To provide space for children affected by the humanitarian situations to compete in football globally.
“Our aspiration is to create a world where no child or young person experiences isolation and receives prompt and comprehensive assistance whenever required.”
We provide psycho-social support for children (girls and boys) affected by humanitarian situations including natural disasters and/or conflict through football.
We desire to create meaning in life for these children by identifying their interest in football as we believe that football stimulates a positive and protective environment for children; subsequently improving their life skills, cognition, health, confidence, and emotion and keeping them away from all form of negative coping activities that emanate from the consequences of a broken society.
Our Process
We Find & Fund
We are in search of opportunities to help as many youth as possible. We approach and fund all those who are in need.
We Provide Care
Today’s youth need a helpful hand and the right guidance at every stage. Here’s where we take care of them like our own.
We Educate
We run small-scale schools for the underprivileged children and youth of daily wage workers for a better future.
The Goal
Our Mission
To identify the most vulnerable children affected by natural disasters or conflict whose lives and support systems are disrupted. We desire to create a meaning to life for these children by identifying their interest in football as we believe that football stimulates a positive and protective environment for children; subsequently improving their life skills, cognition, health, confidence, emotion and keeping them away from all form of negative coping activities that emanate from the consequences of a broken society. “Our goal is to ensure that every child and young individual receives the support they require, precisely when they require it, regardless of the nature of that support.”
The Outlook
Our Vission
To provide psycho-social support for children affected by crises through football. “Our dedicated team envisions a world where every young person facing challenges feels empowered to seek assistance, knowing there are individuals ready to support them in education, employment, and beyond. We aim to expand our presence into every region to ensure accessibility for all.”
WHAT WE DO
We Inspire, Develop & Support
Our mission is to inspire vulnerable children by instilling these powerful beliefs in them: ‘Believe in yourself. You are stronger than you know. Keep dreaming and never give up. Your future is bright. You matter.’ We are dedicated to nurturing their potential, providing hope, and helping them build a brighter future. We develop belief. We develop strength. We develop dreams. We develop resilience. We develop futures. We develop significance. Our mission is to empower vulnerable children through development, guiding them to believe in themselves, discover their inner strength, pursue their dreams, and forge resilient futures where they matter.
“We support belief. We support strength. We support dreams. We support resilience. We support bright futures. We support significance. Our mission is to uplift vulnerable children through unwavering support, nurturing their belief in themselves, bolstering their inner strength, fostering their dreams, and empowering them to embrace resilient, meaningful futures where they truly matter.”
Our Projects
At Ozoya Football Foundation, our projects are designed to promote youth football and coach development in Nigeria. Here are some of our key initiatives:
- Youth Football Tournaments: We organize youth football tournaments across Nigeria, providing a competitive platform for young players to showcase their skills.
- Grassroots Football Competitions: Our grassroots football competitions aim to identify and nurture young talent at the community level.
- Football Coaching and Referees Programs: We conduct football coaching and referees’ programs to develop the skills of local coaches and referees. To ensure they can provide high-quality training and refereeing to young athletes.
- Donations and Support: We donate football kits and equipment to underprivileged communities, helping them participate in our programs.
- Fundraising Initiatives: Our fundraising events support grassroots football projects, ensuring sustainability and growth.