The Jay-Jay Okocha Foundation is a non-governmental and non-profit making initiative of ex-international player Augustine Azuka Okocha , popularly known as Jay-Jay Okocha.
The primary objective of the foundation is to use football to raise awareness on the strategic importance of Education, Peace and Unity for the economic growth of Nigeria.
The foundation will actively work towards finding talented, young but disadvantaged footballers in different regions across Nigeria with the aim of providing a pedestal for these of children to be nurtured and well educated.
The foundation will actively work towards finding talented, young but disadvantaged footballers in different regions across Nigeria with the aim of providing a pedestal for these of children to be nurtured and well educated.
Talented footballers would be given an opportunity to participate in the annual Okocha Football for UNITY & PEACE competition which would kick off at the regional level and would involve teams compete against each other for the position of the national champions.
The UNITY & PEACE competition would also provide an opportunity for all participants of the competition to earn a spot as beneficiaries of the Jay-Jay Okocha Foundation regardless of their performance upon the completion of the foundation.
The foundation is aimed at creating platform for youngsters who ordinarily were unable to have access to a better education and an opportunity to become football stars to succeed in soccer while also getting an education.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FOR JAY-JAY OKOCHA’S FOUNDATION 2-DAY SUMMER CAMP
August 18, 2016
On the 5th of July, 2016 Nigerian Ex-International football players Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha and his brother Emmanuel Okocha launched the Jay-Jay Okocha foundation, a non-profit organisation aimed at using football to raise awareness on the strategic importance of Education, Peace and Unity for the economic growth of Nigeria
In bid to further achieve the objective of the foundation a 2-day summer camp was organised in partnership with I Am The Future Nigeria a non-profit organization known for their “Book A Shelf initiative” which is aimed at ensuring schools, communities, public libraries, less priviledged students etc have access to as many books as possible.
The initiative which is a binchild of Renee and Zara Okocha provided books as well as other educational kits for participants of the 2-day summer camp.
The 2-day summer camp which was organised for young and less privileged football players took place at the Internally Displayed People’s (IDP) Camp at Kuchigoro, Abuja.
Campers received tactical soccer training, self-development training and educational training during their time at the camp. The Jay-Jay Okocha Foundation alongside their partners also donated materials such as food items, educational kits and sports kits to the IDP Camp.
The 2-day event rounded off with Jay-Jay Okocha celebrating his 43rd birthday with children at the IDP camp. The former Nigerian Skipper on his birthday engaged in a soccer game with some of the children in the camp.
This summer camp however marks the beginning of the foundation’s numerous projects aimed at creating awareness for peace and unity as well a platform for under-privileged but talented soccer players to have access to a better life using football as tool to achieve this objective.