About – Aunafunds

Where Rivers Meet

Awo-Omamma is a town with nature knitted into its fabric. Located in Oru-East Local Government Area, it stands as the largest and most populous community in the former Oru Local Government. It stretches between two critical points: Onitsha to the west and Owerri to the east, making it a vital crossroads for commerce, travel, and communication.

AUNA is an American based nonprofit organization that is comprised of Americans of Nigerian descent. Its mission is to embark on projects that will benefit the Awo-Omamma community as well as enable the uplifting of the health and economic social status of Awo-Omamma.

This parent organization, AUNA (Awo-Omamma United, North America), seeks to promote cultural, charitable, educational, and scientific welfare of citizens in the Awo-Omamma region. Specifically, AUNA strives to:

Unify Awo-Omamma sons and daughters everywhere.
Promote, protect and advance Awo-Omamma culture and civilization.
Support the general improvement and development programs that will improve the living standards of Awo-Omamma citizens in Nigeria.
Promote and cultivate cultural awareness and civic responsibility among Awo-Omamma sons and daughters.
Promote harmony and peaceful co-existence with others.
Solicit, receive, disburse funds, and hold property for the purpose of enhancing the welfare and longevity of Awo-Omamma citizens.
Promote education and professional advancement, also geared toward enhancement of the welfare and longevity of Awo-Omamma citizens.
Encourage and support the formation of such organizations in other parts of the world.
Encourage and promote the exchange of ideas and information among members and among Nigerian community at large.
Lawfully conduct other activities necessary and appropriate to carry out the foregoing purposes.

What Will We Build?

This funding effort is needed, because in the rural areas, there is a great shortage of qualified nurses and midwives. The scholarship program is planned to achieve the following: bridge the gap between financial limitations and educational opportunities, enable deserving students to pursue their academic aspirations and unlock their potential, provide financial assistance to talented students from low-income families, ensuring they have equal access to quality education, promote academic excellence and talent development among underprivileged students, empower students from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their educational and career goals, thereby breaking the cycle of poverty.

95%

Education

Web Designer 60%

Hospitality

Web Designer 70%

Supporting Nursing Careers with a Commitment to Community

This scholarship will enable the students to obtain their nursing degrees and secure their livelihoods. In return the nursing students participate in community service, mentoring, tutoring, and shall commit to giving one year of tuition back into the Scholarship Fund. This scholarship fund is scheduled to start in September 2025.