Projects

Flagship Projects

Building Sustainable Signs of Mercy

Beyond one-time interventions, Divesima Charity Foundation is committed to long-term, sustainable projects that leave a lasting footprint of mercy in communities. These projects are carefully discerned, planned, and executed with accountability and consultation with local leaders.

Construction and renovation of basic learning centers and parish halls in rural or underserved communities.
Water, hygiene, and sanitation initiatives that improve living conditions and reduce disease.
Parish-based Divine Mercy centers that integrate prayer, formation, and charity outreach.
Support facilities for widows, orphans, and vulnerable families, providing training and livelihood skills.
Logistical support for mission travels, rural evangelization, and medical outreaches.

Over the years, Divesima Charity Foundation has undertaken numerous projects that have made tangible differences in the lives of individuals and communities. Our outreach programs have provided monthly sustenance to vulnerable groups, including disabled children and elderly persons. We have supported numerous indigent patients by paying their hospital bills and offering emotional and spiritual care through visitations.

The Foundation has also played a significant role in educational support, ensuring that many children remain in school despite financial challenges. Additionally, our interventions have extended to physically challenged individuals and underserved communities, bringing relief and renewed hope. These projects reflect not just charity, but a deep commitment to human dignity and the sanctity of life. Each intervention is a testimony to the power of mercy in action.

Community project supported by Divesima Charity Foundation

Sponsor a Mercy Project

You or your organization can fully or partially sponsor a specific project — a classroom block, a water borehole, a parish center, or a livelihood training hub — and accompany it from vision to completion.

Partner on a Project

Humanitarian Services & Impact

Real People, Real Stories of Mercy

DIVES IN MISERICORDIA APOSTOLATE (DIVESIMA)

We thank God for the growth and impacts of this great apostolate in the lives of the needy. The geographical scope of our corporal works of mercy has covered these dioceses Onitsha, Nnewi, Aguleri, Nsukka, Enugu, Ekwulobia, Awka, Abakaliki and Awgu.

Our Humanitarian Services So Far

Monthly support to the Disabled and motherless children
Monthly tokens to the elderly sick persons
School fees to indigent children
Paying of hospital bills to some certified poor patients
Hospital visitations
Supports to physically challenged: blind, lame, crippled, et cetera
Missionary supports to mission parishes
Children apostolate
Giving hope to the hopeless
Encouraging life

From crowded displacement camps to silent hospital wards and struggling rural parishes, Divesima Charity Foundation has become a familiar presence of mercy. Our humanitarian services are tailored to each context, but always anchored in dignity, listening, and respect.

Food distributions for families affected by conflict, flooding, and economic hardship.
Emergency assistance for internally displaced persons and refugees in collaboration with Church structures.
Medical and hospital bill support for patients who would otherwise be turned away.
Targeted support for widows, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities with little or no family care.
Seasonal outreach programs during Easter, Christmas, Divine Mercy Sunday, and Marian feasts.

We document our activities through reports, photographs, and testimonies, and we remain accountable to our board, our partners, and our donors for every intervention we carry out.

Our Sources of Income

Fridays humble appeals for financial supports
Supports through sacrificial generous giving (Tithes)
Donations from, NGOs, Societies, Organisations, Benefactors and Benefactresses
Personal money received from Friends
Members of this great movement

Currently, we lack funds to carry out our activities and achieve our set objectives and goals but we trust God. Kindly offer the little you have for the progress of our good works. Your supports could be:
1. Weekly every Friday
2. Monthly every First Friday
3. Quarterly as the spirit directs you
4. Yearly as the spirit directs you

Our Spirituality

The centrality of our spirituality is on Propagation of God’s mercy via corporal works of mercy. We also engage in occasional prayer sessions in order to build up our spiritual lives and commitments. Our spiritual director is always available to assist our spiritual life. Our patron saints are St. Faustina, St Anthony of Padua, St. Pope JohnPaul II and St. Martin de Porres.

Our Needs

Divesima Clinic to be situated in Ayamelum LGA of Anambra State
A bus/Hilux for the Apostolate’s smooth running
Land in Ayamelum for her permanent site
Financial supports, et cetera

Kindly support us with your time, prayers and financial resources.

God bless you.

FR FERDINAND OKIGBO
(FOUNDER)

Impact at a Glance

1,500+ households reached with food and basic relief.
300+ students supported through school-related assistance.
50+ parishes and communities served through outreach programs.
Countless souls encouraged, healed, and drawn closer to God’s Merciful Heart.

Divesima Charity Foundation delivers sustainable, well-planned projects that create lasting impact through accountability, community collaboration, and the enduring expression of God’s mercy.