Our Mission
We create opportunity for underserved Nigerians to reach their potential, through skills, education, and care.
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Chiggy Foundation for Opportunity was born from one simple belief: potential is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Where you start in life should never determine where you end up. We exist to close that gap, one skill, one community, one opportunity at a time.
Our Story
Chiggy Foundation for Opportunity began in 2024 as the Chiggy Nsofor Foundation, born out of a deep conviction that every underserved Nigerian deserves action. It started as a heartfelt response to the growing needs of individuals and communities across Nigeria, beginning with food relief to families in Plateau State. What started as a personal mission quickly grew into a structured foundation, built on the belief that lasting change is possible when driven by purpose, integrity, and selfless service. From our very first outreach, we set out to do more than provide temporary assistance; We set out to transform lives.
A new name, the same mission. In 2026, as the work grew, the name grew with it. The Chiggy Nsofor Foundation became Chiggy Foundation for Opportunity, putting the mission itself in the name. The registration, the team, and the purpose remain exactly the same. Only the name now says out loud what we have believed from the first outreach: potential is everywhere, but opportunity is not.
Today, CFO reaches communities across Nigeria through our three pillars: Economic Empowerment, Education, and Humanitarian Aid. We have trained young people into real income through our Skill Scale-Up programme, enrolled out of school children back into education, covered exam fees for students in hardship, offset medical bills for mothers and children, and delivered food relief to families in crisis. With our headquarters in Abuja and a growing network of partners across the country, CFO has reached more than 7,000 people across four states, and we are only getting started.
Every decision we make, every programme we run, every partner we choose, flows from these core commitments.
We create opportunity for underserved Nigerians to reach their potential, through skills, education, and care.
A Nigeria where no one is held back by where they started.
What We Stand For
Six values that define how we work, who we are, and what every beneficiary, partner, and team member can always expect from CFO.
We hold ourselves to the highest standard in everything we deliver, because the people we serve deserve nothing less.
We believe no circumstance is permanent. We bring creative, forward-thinking solutions to challenges others have accepted as fixed.
We are stronger together, our team, our communities, our beneficiaries. No one is left behind; no one works alone.
We don't just serve, we build. Every programme is designed to leave people more capable, more confident, and more independent than we found them.
Every program we run must change something real. We measure ourselves not by completed activities but by lives transformed.
We do the right thing, always, with our resources, our people, and our beneficiaries, especially in how we report results.
Governance
CFO is governed by a dedicated board that brings together expertise in technology, finance, and organisational development to ensure accountability and strategic oversight.
Founder & CEO
Founder and executive lead. Responsible for CFO's strategic direction, partnerships, and programme development.
FounderTrustee, Technology & Innovation
Founder of Kora Technologies. Provides strategic oversight on CFO's digital infrastructure and technology programmes.
TechnologyTrustee, Finance & Governance
Director of Finance & Accounts at NEITI. Fellow ICAN, Fellow CCSA, Associate ACCA. Provides rigorous financial oversight and governance leadership.
FinanceMeet the Founder
Chiggy Nsofor is the Founder and CEO of Chiggy Foundation for Opportunity.
She holds degrees from Covenant University, Nigeria and the University of Sunderland, England, completed a leadership programme at Harvard University, and completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at Stanford University.
What Chiggy brings to CFO is not just her academic credentials, but an unwillingness to accept that youth unemployment, educational exclusion, and poverty are simply facts of Nigerian life. Under her leadership, CFO has grown from a personal conviction into a structured, data driven organisation that has reached more than 7,000 lives.
“I believe something can be given by everyone to make other people’s lives better.
That's Impact!”
Our People
CFO is powered by a small, dedicated team of professionals committed to delivering high-quality programmes at the community level every single day.
Partnerships & Programs
Pamela drives CFO's partnership development and programme coordination, building the relationships and operational structures that keep every pillar running effectively.
Operations & Finance
Oversees CFO's day-to-day operations and financial management, ensuring every naira is tracked, every process is sound, and every programme is delivered on time and on budget.
Communications
Tells CFO's story across platforms, from impact reports and social media to partner communications, making sure the world knows what is being built in Nigeria.
Programmes
Dorothy ensures the Programme and community outreaches are delivered with consistency, care, and quality for every beneficiary.
Marho I
Teaching Assistant
An SSU graduate who joined with no income. She is now on paid staff, training the next cohort. She is the pathway working, in person.
Accountability & Transparency
Full programme results, financials, and impact data, published openly for every partner, funder, and community we serve.