Closing the gap in the Niger Delta creeks, one community at a time.
Two million barrels of oil are drawn from this land every day. The communities that bear its cost still live without clean water, healthcare or reliable schools. The Roli Mabo Foundation has spent five years changing that — almost entirely self-funded.
Five years of self-funded work, measured.
Named for a mother who never got the healthcare — or the education — she needed.
Mrs. Roli Mabo was misdiagnosed with malaria for six months while cancer quietly took its toll. She could not read or write, and she paid for it with her life. Her son Ade Mabo founded this foundation in her memory, so that no family in the Niger Delta creeks suffers the same fate.
For five years, roughly 95% of every naira spent came directly from Ade Mabo himself. This site documents what that funding has built — and what becomes possible with partners at the table.
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Healthcare, education, community, empowerment, agriculture and widows' welfare.
Free clinics reaching 30+ riverine communities
Three permanent centers, 19 medical outreaches and over 19,000 patients treated for TB, eye conditions and everyday illness.
Rebuilding schools, one creek community at a time
Renovated classrooms, funded teachers, school boats, libraries and 7 university scholarships.
Clean water, solar power and Starlink internet
Four clean water systems, solar electrification and the first internet connection many communities have ever had.
Certified skills and start-up grants for 100+ youth
Vocational training in welding, tailoring, ICT and more, each graduate backed with a launch grant.
A 1,885-acre estate built to outlast oil
An integrated farm and processing hub in Ugbolaja, projected to employ 2,000+ youths at full scale.
Dignity and income for 800 widows
Welfare packages and skills training, now extended from the Niger Delta creeks to Ajegunle, Lagos.
"He was moved with compassion. He returned. He never stopped returning. That encounter became the founding moment of the Roli Mabo Foundation."
Ade Mabo first travelled into the Niger Delta creeks during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and found the Jakpa community abandoned, invisible, and surviving on very little. He has been going back ever since.
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