About Us

A coordinated ecosystem, one built for real, lasting development in Nigeria.

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization led by the diaspora, built for Nigeria, and rooted in the belief that when hearts agree, lasting change follows.

Across the diaspora, giving often looks the same. A fundraiser here, a small program there, money sent home for a cousin's business or a family emergency. Each act is real and meaningful, but rarely connected to anything beyond itself. The result is enormous generosity that struggles to add up to lasting change.

The diaspora doesn't need another small, disconnected program. Hearts Agree builds that infrastructure, connecting resources, people, and programs so that giving adds up to something bigger than any one effort could achieve alone.

Mission
Hearts Agree Foundation builds community care programs alongside the ecosystem that sustains them, bringing together the people, funding, and collaboration that turn diaspora giving into lasting impact.
Vision
A unified diaspora that moves beyond one-off giving to build things at a systemic level. One ecosystem where founders, funders, and advisors know what each other are building, trust the work, and move together.
Philosophy

The resources already exist. Money is flowing home through remittances. People are giving to their villages. Initiatives and nonprofits are doing real work across Nigeria. The problem is not that these things don't exist, it is that they are not coordinated, and without coordination, impact is limited and trust is hard to build.

Hearts Agree Foundation is the connective tissue. One place that brings minds, resources, and efforts together so we know what each part is contributing, so the work compounds, and so we remember that we are one Nigeria regardless of tribe or city.

Our Board

Founding Board of Directors

Maya Nneka Obiekwe

President / Chair

Founder and strategic lead. Community builder, advocate, and strategist with 15+ years of experience building infrastructure for women across nonprofit, civic, and corporate sectors.

Antoinette Nwabunnia

Secretary

Law student and gender studies subject matter expert with extensive experience researching and developing programming around gender-based inequities and violence against women.

Saheed Badmus

Treasurer

Global infrastructure and development entrepreneur with extensive experience building infrastructure across West Africa.

Now you know who's building this.

See how our strategic initiatives and programs turn memory into action.