Our Mission Igbo Union Essex and Suffolk

Collaborative Efforts for Collective Good

Aims and Objectives Overview

The aim of the Association is to facilitate contacts and to promote cultural interaction and understanding among members.The objective of the Association is to work for the peace and progress of Igbos and their families in Essex and Suffolk, UK.

Detailed Aims & Objectives

This is to be accomplished through:

Promoting the spirit of togetherness and brotherhood among Igbos and their families through social/cultural interactions.

Promoting the teaching of the Igbo language and culture to our children and to other interested people (e.g., British).

Serving as the umbrella organization under which Igbo men, women, and children may come together in achieving the common goal of understanding and self-help.

Discouraging acrimony between Igbos and their families by outsiders.

Keeping alive Igbo traditions and customs as celebrated in our rich festivals and cultural institutions.

Fostering cultural understanding between Igbos and people from other nationalities through the promotion of cultural exchange.

Encouraging and, when possible, assisting Igbos in legitimate business or in promoting cultural activities.

Joining with world Igbo organizations in promoting the Igbo cause.

To achieve these aims and objectives, the Union shall organize cultural happenings, meetings, lectures, discussions, information exchanges, and excursions. It shall also provide useful and practical advice or information to the British people and to Igbos in their interactions. The Union shall be an independent, non-political, non-profit-seeking organization.In seeking to support its activities, the Union may receive donations and legacies on different types of social occasions (happenings).