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About Us

Blessing Ayogu

Blessing is humbled to be elected the treasurer of Igbo Women Association Glasgow (IWA) after serving as its vice-president. She is inspired by the trust and confidence reposed in her by the members of this association. IWA espouses cultural inclusion, economic empowerment and social justice. Blessing is passionately committed to these values. In her capacity as a Board of Trustee member and one of the principal officers she has worked with stakeholders within and outside the Association to further the objectives of this association. Blessing also serves as the Financial Secretary of the broader Igbo cultural body- The Igbo Welfare Union Glasgow since 2016.

Blessing is one of the founders of CAIG (Cultural Awareness and Integration Group). CAIG is a charity that aims to promote racial harmony, cultural integration and increased participation of minority communities in Scottish society. It focuses on creating awareness about family life in Scotland including what constitutes child abuse, neglect, domestic violence and good parenting in the context of Scottish law. CAIG serves as platform for and facilitates discussions around socio-cultural issues that are peculiar to ethnic minority communities particularly of the African background. From her vantage position as a member and leader of minority ethnic groups and cultural association Blessing has gained useful insights into social issues that disproportionately affect ethnic minority families and is working assiduously with others to create awareness of these issues and to facilitate their mainstreaming in public policy discourse.

Blessing is an accountant and professional tax adviser with 5 years post certification experience.

ANNE NWANKWO

Ann Nwankwo is a community project worker who has been involved in various project including poverty alleviation, integration, capacity building and social inclusion. Ann works with varying people in the community including children and their families, adult and women from diverse ethnic groups; providing varing services and activities aims at empowering people to fulfill their true potential, manage independently and enjoy a valued life. Ann has served as a secretary to the organisation for some years now.

Chinwe Nnaji

Chinwe is honoured to serve as the publicity secretary of Igbo Women Association Glasgow. Chinwe is the founder of Afro-Scot, a social enterprise which works with communities in Glasgow to improve the lives of women and youths through equipping them with entrepreneurial skills and youth engagement activities that are designed to build their confidence, academic ability, creativity, public speaking, leadership /active citizenship skills. Chinwe’s passion for community development and ending social inequality has led her to work with a number of third sector organizations in Scotland in the area of youth and women development over the past 5 years.
Having worked with youths and women from ethnic minority communities in her previous job positions, Chinwe understands the difficulties which they face in integrating into the Scottish society and the impact this has had in their ability to participate fully in their local communities and the society at large. These include their ability to participate fully in politics and other community related activities, securing decent jobs, establish and run their own businesses and cope at school. Chinwe thus felt that more needed to be done to advance proper cultural and community integration to achieve that Chinwe established Afro-Scot Foundation.
Chinwe has a B.Sc. degree in Estate Management, Master’s degrees in International project management and Business administration and is currently studying for an MSc in Policy Analysis and Global Governance at the University of the West of Scotland. She hopes to acquire further skills to enable her to run Afro-Scot effectively and be able to contribute towards the development of policies which will help solve the problems experienced by Africans and other ethnic minority people living in Scotland.