He learned to read in this classroom. He came back to rebuild it.
Ozo Engineer Emmanuel Chijioke Ozoeneh is a son of Nsude. He spent his early school years in these same walls. Decades later he walked back through the gate and found the building almost exactly as he left it, only older, weaker and more dangerous.
“Whatever you want to become, I will make sure you become it. Stay focused. Do not lose hope.”— Ozo Engineer Emmanuel Chijioke Ozoeneh, speaking to the pupils of Nsude Primary School
That promise became the Little Hands Big Dreams Foundation. The children answered with one word, over and over: Amen. Now we need partners to keep it.
Ozo Engineer Emmanuel Chijioke Ozoeneh
Executive Director, Little Hands Big Dreams Foundation · North Hills, Raleigh, NC 27609
A son of Nsude and a former pupil of Nsude Primary School, Ozo Engineer Ozoeneh built his career in the United States as a cybersecurity and information-security professional, serving as Chief Information AI Security Officer and working in threat intelligence and digital forensics, including work for the US federal government. He holds two Master of Science degrees — in Information Security Engineering, and in Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigations — and is currently a Ph.D. candidate.
Years later he walked back through his old school gate and found the classrooms of his childhood still standing — and still failing the children inside them. As Executive Director of the Little Hands Big Dreams Foundation he leads the rebuild personally, on the ground, alongside the Nsude community.
Every naira and dollar given goes to the rebuild: classrooms, desks, books, uniforms, meals, transport and security for more than 500 children.
