Who we are

"The J & A Oben Foundation was created to fulfill the wish of its founders, Mrs. Anne Oben and her husband, Professor Julius Oben, To Help:

• Children (distressed or abandoned boys and girls)
  
• Elderly people who need a better quality of life;
  
• Malnourished and /or disabled persons (young and old) such as those found in hospitals, prisons, retirement homes, refugee camps and even internally displaced persons.
  

The founders and the members consider the J & A Oben Foundation as a means to facilitating initiatives, as well as facilitate meeting with other stakeholders interested in: Sharing complete well-being for the poor. The development of dietetics and the fight against malnutrition; as it is common knowledge that there is no better medicine for the body than adequate nutrition.

Our Objectives

• Help malnourished children by providing them with a balanced diet made up of local food products.
  
• Provide essential health care and nutrition to the elderly, the disabled, abandoned and socially disadvantaged families.
  
• Help young boys and girls in distress by providing them with training enabling them to meet their breadwinning needs.
  
• Offer scholarships to orphans and children of the very poor who excel in their fields of study.
  
• Initiate, encourage or participate (through its branches) in the training of dietetics and nutrition professionals.
  
• Improve (through its specialized branches) the teaching of dietetics and nutrition in universities and vocational schools by offering scholarships to the best learners.
  
• Build a modern agricultural project to produce fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants to encourage research.
  
• Leadership