Organizations Filed Purposes:
GEANCOS MISSION IS TO SAVE AND IMPROVE THE LIVES IN AFRICA. THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION ARE TO RECEIVE AND/OR MAINTAIN FUNDS WHICH ARE USED FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL MISSIONS, MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS IN AFRICA.
In November 2019, the Foundation led a medical mission to Nigeria focused on complex hip and knee surgeries. Surgery training and instruction was provided to the local surgeons and the Foundation donated much-needed medical supplies and equipment. The surgical team performed 33 surgical procedures on 31 patients in five and a half days, including the first distal femur surgery and first bilateral anterior hip surgeries in the organizations history. Also in 2019, the Foundation oversaw the funding and renovation of a maternity Center in Enugu, Nigeria. The Foundation donated 2,638 safe delivery-maternal health kits to 46 rural clinics throughout southeast Nigeria. The kits are used to help ensure the safe and successful delivery of thousands of indigent, pregnant women. Further, the Foundation expanded its anemia program in Nigeria and screened 10,540 Nigerian women and children, along with covering the cost of treatment for 4,912 pregnant women.
Included in this total are other program service related expenses such as educational gifts and donations, leadership scholarships for young female victims of terrorism and gender inequality, and a portion of the salary of the foundations only employee.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Afam Onyema | CEO AND CO-FOUNDER | 60 | $191,306 |
| Dr Godwin Onyema | PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER | 25 | $97,502 |
| Sam Neswick | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Christopher Daniel | DIRECTOR EMERITUS | 0 | $0 |
| Tyrone Fahner | DIRECTOR EMERITUS | 0 | $0 |
| Ebele Onyema | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Mark Johnson | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Nche Onyema | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Gozie Onyema | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Steve Kirschner | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Dr Emmanuel Egbogah | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
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