Legacies – Peter & Margaret Nwomeh Foundation (PNF)

Patron

Peter Ani Nwomeh

Trailblazing scholar, teacher, family man.

Teacher, community leader, and mentor who made it his mission to see every boy and girl in his community educated — taking many in his extended family under his wing and supporting them, financially and personally, to get there.

            In Memoriam
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            1930 – 1970
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            Okorouba-Ozalla, Nkanu West, Enugu State
          

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Matron

Margaret Nebechi Nwomeh

Ezinne — a virtuous mother, a steadfast widow, a midwife to her people.

Matriarch and quiet patron of every household in need. Widowed young, she answered her husband's dying question — "Who will educate our children?" — for the rest of her life.

            In Memoriam
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            1947 – 2024
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            Umuonovo-Onyia, Umuaniegu, Obeagwu-Ozalla
          

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Honoree · Educator, journalist & historian

Francis Onyia

Headmaster, journalist, historian — a man of considered words.

A lifelong educator and friend of the family — headmaster, journalist, and historian whose considered words helped a community remember itself.

            In Memoriam
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            1930 – 2020
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            Umuohanee, Umuanee–Ozalla, Nkanu
          

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Honoree · Entrepreneur & Community Leader

Chief Okorienta (Jr.) Nwachukwuowoh

Entrepreneur, community leader, and philanthropist.

A community elder whose counsel shaped a generation — to many an Iroko tree: strong, dependable, deeply rooted, and a source of shelter for countless others.

            In Memoriam
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            1912 – 1986
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            Umuenenta Village, Obe, Nkanu West LGA, Enugu State
          

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Honoree · Ezeoha I of Amofia-Amagu

HRH Igwe Thomas Okeke Egbo

Businessman, farmer, politician, philanthropist, traditional ruler.

Businessman, traditional ruler, and the quiet patron whose 1980 scholarship — given on the conviction that no gifted student should be denied an education — set this work in motion.

            In Memoriam
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            30 May 1950 – 4 May 2024
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            Amofia-Amagu Community, Nara-Unateze
          

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