Resoring Health, Dignity and Hope to Mrs. Maria Igwilo

Mrs. Igwilo before Surgery (January 11, 2009)

Mrs. Igwilo B4 the Illness

Mrs. Igwilo today (January 11, 2010)

Mrs. Igwilo three months after the First Surgery at the MercyShips (June 2009)

I, Maria Chinyere Obiora, was born on the 6th of May, 1949 from Ndiogbuonyeoma Ndibuche in Arondizuogu in Okigwe Local Government Area in Imo state. I was the fourth daughter of late Mazi John Obiora Enekuwa and (Ezinne) Barbara Nwandu Enekuwa (still alive). We were all born in Aba.

I attended Holy Rosary Primary School, Ngwa road, Aba in Abia state and the Holy Rosary Secondary School, Diobu in Portharcourt, River state. I stoped at class two due to Nigerian civil war in 1967.

As a result of the war, we went back to the village, where I got married to late Mazi Felix Nwafor Igwilo in 1969 of Ndinjoku village in Arondizuogu, Aro- amuro Local Government Area, Imo State.

By the grace of God I am blessed with four children, three boys and one girl. I was a vibrant business woman before I was strucked down by this sickness. I traded on fairly used shoes which include male, female and children shoes coupled with fairly used bags. My areas of business included Awka, and Onitsha, Anambra state.

I give God the glory that I am alive today. If not for God, I would have been a forgotten human being. I thank God in Jesus name. Amen.

On the left are two of my pictures before the illness. On the right are my pictures with some staff members of the MercyShips, three months after the first surgery. I am scheduled for the second surgery, August 25, 2009.

Thank you very much for allowing God to use you to help me. He shall bless you beyond your expectation in Jesus name. Amen!

Yours Sincerely,

Maria Igwilo

#s	Names	Donations	Total (BF)	Naira (Donations from Nigeria)
1	Prince Chief Ted Dike	$500.00	$500.00
2	Mazi Ignacius Okoro	$500.00	$1,000.00
3	Dr. Bedford Nwabueze Umez	$500.00	$1,500.00
4	Ms. Ijeoma N. Iwuorieh	$200.00	$1,700.00
5	Ms. Frances Pritchett	$50.00	$1,750.00
6	Dr. Charles Ume	$200.00	$1,950.00
7	Mr. Christian Emeka Ukachukwu	$50.00	$2,000.00
8	Ozo Charles Itanyi	$50.00	$2,050.0
9	Mr. Eric Umeh	$100.00	$2,150.00
10	Alice Jong	$50.00	$2,200.00
11	Wendy NG	$50.00	$2,250.00
12	Kasey Chow	$10.00	$2,260.00
13	Dr. & Mrs. Clem Anekwe	$100.00	$2,360.00
14	Mr. Jeff Madu	$20.00	$2,380.00
15	Chief Kachi Igbojionu	$50.00	$2,430.00
16	Mr. Emmanuel Okpara	$20.00	$2,450.00
17	Mr. Sylvester Iwotor	$80.00	$2,530.00
18	Mr. Ben Nwosu [Bendex]	Paid for Flyers	F.O.C.
19	Mr. Steve Nnake	$10.00	$2,540.00
20	Mr. Ike Obi	$50.00	$2,590.00
21	Mr. Chike Onyekwelu	$30.00	$2,620.00
22	Ebele Okoye	$50.00	$2,670.00
23	Kelechi Ejiogu	$50.00	$2,720.00
24	Mazi Edwin Ukegbu	$200.00	$2,920.00
25	Mr. Oliver Anam	$100.00	$3,020.00
26	Mr. Stephen Flaim	$20.00	$3,040.00
27	Pastor Bright Osigwe & Assemblies of God Church, Dallas	$106.00	$3,146.00
28	Mr. & Mrs. Victor Onyeujo	$150.00	$3,296.00
29	Anonymous (from Dallas)	$10.00	$3,306.00
30	**Mr. Chike Okwarah	$25.00	$3,331.00
31	Mr. Ugochukwu Charles Njoku	$50.00	$3,381.00
32	Igbo Women's Association of Connecticut	$100.00	$3,481.00
33	Mr. & Mrs. Onwuneme Ofoegbuna	$50.00	$3,531.00
34	Mr & Mrs Tony Nwedo	$30.00	$3,561.00
35	Mr & Mrs Tony Nwanne	$50.00	$3,611.00
36	Mr. and Mrs. Julius Anyaogu	$100.00	$3,711.00
37	Arondizuogu Patriotic Union (A.P.U), Women wing, Lagos			N100,000.00
38	Mazi Paul Ukaegbu, President, Ndi Njoku Town Union, Lagos			N50,000.00
39	Mazi Emmanuel Kanu	$50.00	$3,761.00
40	Mr. Douda Niang	$100.00	$3,861.00
41	Mr. Simon Iberosi	$100.00	$3,961.00
42	Mr. Godwin Dike	$20.00	$3,981.00
43	Ms Sally Okeke	$40.00	$4,021.00
44	Ms Tina Enin	$30.00	$4,051.00
45	Ms Cinthia Barrios	$20.00	$4,071.00
46	Mrs. Bridget Akazie	$100.00	$4,171.00
47	Joli Martelly Baynes	$50.00	$4,221.00
48	IBUKUNOLU Alao BABAJIDE	$100.00	$4,321.00
49	Ms Mina Hutchful	$50.00	$4,371.00
50	Ms Jeanne Perkins	$25.00	$4,396.00
51	Mr & Mrs. Joseph & Christiana Eneh	$50.00	$4,446.00
52	Ms Maria Lourdes	$30.00	$4,476.00
53	Mazi Sam Okere	$50.00	$4,526.00
54	Mr. Eugene Anyaegbu/Anonymous Donors in U-Save Mart	$71.00	$4,597.00
55	Sir Louis Okafor	$100.00	$4,697.00
56	Chief Sam Nwankwo, "Mmiri"	$100	$4,797.00
57	Mr. Eugene Anyaegbu/Anonymous Donors in U-Save Mart	$60.00	$4,857.00
58	Mr. and Mrs. Ejike Nwabuike	$40.00	$4,897.00
59	Mr. Sunny Okoye	$20.00	$4,917.00
60	Ambrose Ozoude	$50.00	$4,967.00
61	Mr. Eugene Anyaegbu/Anonymous Donors in U-Save Mart	$43.00	$5,010.00
62	Godwin Uchegbu/Anonymous Donors in Motherland Food	$103.00	$5,113.00
63	Benji Iheme/Anonymous Donors inRichland Mkt. Grocery	$327.00	$5,444.00
64	Mazi Obi Uche	$50.00	$5,490.00
65	Anonymous [via Teddy Dike & network for good ]	$78.67	$5568.67
66	**Chike Okwara [via Teddy Dike & network for good] (see #30)	$-1.18(s.c.)	$5567.49
67	Mazi Austin Enekwa	$50.00	$5617.49
68	Mr. Anthony Nwankwo	$50.00	$5667.49
69	Mazi Ukobasi Lewis	$50.00	$5717.49
70	Mr. Nnamdi Akamnonu	$50.00	$5767.49
71	National Holy Ghost Church (women)			N20,000.00
72	Ikechukwu Chime			N15,000.00
73	Mazi Michael Ojukwu			N3,000.00
74	Ugochukwu Ukwu			N2,000.00
75	Chinedu Akaniru			N3,000.00
76	Ngozi Obassi			N1,000.00
77	Ada Mazi Chibuzo			N1,000.00












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For questions about the sponsorship of Mrs. Maria Igwilo's Surgery, kindly contact any of us the Committee members below. Thanks for your support.

Dr. Bedford Nwabueze Umez**
President, Oji-River People's Forum, Houston, Texas
Nigerian Leadership Council, USA

Email: umez@umez.com
Phone: 832-731-7061 or 281-425-6368

High Chief Kennedy K. Okere, MD
President & Founder
Horizon International Medical Mission, Inc.
Website: WWW.HIMM.ORG
Email: kennedy@himm.org
Phone: 912-308-8799

Chief Prince Teddy Dike, MBA
Vice President
Morgan Stanley
New York, New York
Email: Teddy.Dike@Yahoo.com
Phone: 917-359-9679

Mazi Ignatius Okoro, M.A.**
President, Arondizuogu Patriotic Union
Houston, Texas, U.S.A
Educator; Board certified, Generic Special Education, The Principalship

Address to send your contribution: 14102 Imperial Wood Lane Rosharon,Texas,77583.

Email: okoroi@springbranchisd.com
Phone: 832-282-2104 cell; 713-365-4190 wk; 281-431-7597 hm

Ms. Ijeoma N. Iwuorieh, MS
CEO, SDJ Medical Center, California

Email: ijay1@msn.com
Phone: (909) 636-8678

Eric Umeh, MS
Zennith Realty & Associates
Dallas, Texas
Email: erikumeh@yahoo.com
Phone: 469-878-2555

Mazi Uzochukwu Edwin Ukegbu, MBA
National President, Imo State Congress of America
Presiding Officer- Council of Igbo States in America (CISA)

Email: UkegbuE@detroitmi.gov
Phone: 313-506-2448

** For the Sponsors, click here.

January 23, 2009

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

How I Met Mrs. Maria Igwilo

I visited home, Nigeria, on the 13th December 2008, and came back January 15, 2009. On my way back to US, I stopped at a friend's house in Lagos for some days. On January 11, he asked whether I could attend his church with him. I agreed. By 11 am, we drove to his church, National Holy Ghost Church of Christ, located at 9b Adeyinka Allen Street, Mafoluku Oshodi, Lagos.

During the offering, I saw a lady, who appeared to be in TREMENDOUS distress. Her name, I learned later, is Mrs. Igwilo. With sympathetic tears in my eyes, and a sense of helplessness, it occurred to me that this lady might receive some medical help abroad. Indeed, I remembered seeing on TV people in her medical situation receiving medical assistance in this country, USA.

After the service, I met with the pastor of the Church, Rev. Uche, who introduced me to the lady. During the meeting, I told them that I would bring Mrs. Igwilo's medical condition to the attention of some organizations and individuals when I got back to the US, with the hope that help could be found. At the end of our meeting, I requested that her picture be emailed to me. Attached are Mrs. Igwilo's pictures, sent to me three days ago, January 20, 2009. [If the picture does not open, kindly click on these links: http://www.umez.com/igwilo-1.jpg and http://www.umez.com/igwilo-2.jpg .] I already sent her pictures to Ms Oprah Winfrey on January 21, 2009, through her website.

My brothers and sisters, I appeal to you, on behalf of Mrs. Igwilo and her family, for some assistance. If you have any suggestion or know any individual or organization or foundation that assist people in similar medical circumstances, kindly send the information to me: umez@umez.com. Let us help this lady; let us help bring her life back. Let us be her Angel!

Thank you very much for giving this appeal your immediate attention, and may God continue to bless you.

[PS: Mrs. Igwilo has received the surgery on March 10, 2009. The surgery went well. A second surgery, essentially for facial reconstruction is scheduled on August 25, 2009. Read the ANNOUNCEMENT below, for details.]

Sincerely,

Bedford N. Umez, Ph.D.,
Department of Government
Lee College, Baytown, Texas 77522
Websites www.Umez.Com or www.lee.edu/~bumez
Phones: 281-425-6368 or 832-731-7061
Email: umez@umez.com

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February 5, 2009

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Medical Treatment Found for Mrs. Igwilo -- Appeal for Funds

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kennedy K. Okere of Horizon International Medical Mission, Inc., WWW.HIMM.ORG , has successfully arranged for Mrs. Igwilo to receive the much needed medical surgical procedure with a humanitairan organization, the MercyShips (www.mercyships.org).

The procedure is expected to be performed by a team of American/European doctors, working with the MercyShips. MercyShips is currently stationed in Cotonou, Benin Republic. We are expecting the surgery to take place around the end of February, once Mrs. Igwilo provides some requested medical information (which we don't believe will be a problem). The entire surgical procedure will be a two-stage process -- i.e, two surgeries, each procedure will take about 3 weeks stay in Benin Republic.

We will need to provide transportation, accommodation, food, and miscellaneous funds for Mrs. Igwilo and her son whom we expect to accompany her for the treatment. Accordingly, we are asking for your generous donation.

To donate, kindly make a check/money order/bank draft payable to: "Arondizuogu Patriotic Union, Houston, Texas," with a note indicating that Mrs. Maria Igwilo is the beneficiary. [Note: Arondizuogu Patriotic Union, Houston, Texas is a nonprofit organization and has 501c status. As such, your donation is tax deductible. Here is the address to send your contribution: Attn: Mazi Ignacius Okoro, 14102 Imperial Wood Lane, Rosharon,Texas,77583.]

To ensure that all we do is transparent, the list of the donors and the total raised will be available at this website created for Mrs. Igwilo (see the list of the donors above). In addition, proper accounting will be rendered.

Our Gratitude

We would like to thank Dr. Okere who arranged for this procedure with MercyShips, www.mercyships.org, as well as Teddy Dike and Leo Ejiogu who took the case to Dr. Okere. We also thank those who have been referring this case to several doctors and charitable organizations. Needless to say, our collective efforts have produced the desired outcome, The MercyShips, whose team of doctors will do the surgery.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

Committee on Restoring Health, Dignity and Hope to Mrs. Igwilo:

(1)Dr. Bedford Nwabueze Umez, President, Oji-River People's Forum, Houston, Texas, USA, Websites: www.umez.com , www.NigerianLeadershipCouncil.org ,Email: umez@umez.com, Phone: 832-731-7061
(2)High Chief Kennedy K. Okere, MD, President & Founder, Horizon International Medical Mission, Inc., Website: WWW.HIMM.ORG , Email: kennedy@himm.org ,
Phone: 912-308-8799
(3)Chief PrinceTeddy Dike, Vice President, Morgan Stanley, New York, New York, Email: Teddy.Dike@Yahoo.com, Phone: 917-359-9679
(4)Mazi Ignatius Okoro, M.A., President, Arondizuogu Patriotic Union, Houston, Texas, U.S.A, Educator; Board certified, Generic Special Education, Email: okoroi@springbranchisd.com ,Phone: 832-282-2104 cell; 713-365-4190 wk
(5)Ms. Ijeoma N. Iwuorieh, MS, CEO, SDJ Medical Center, California, Email: ijay1@msn.com , Phone: (909) 636-8678
(6)Eric Umeh, MS, Zennith Realty & Associates, Dallas, Texas, Email: erikumeh@yahoo.com ,Phone: 469-878-2555
(7)Mazi Uzochukwu Edwin Ukegbu, MBA, National President, Imo State Congress of America, Presiding Officer- Council of Igbo States in America (CISA), Email: UkegbuE@detroitmi.gov ,Phone: 313-506-448

Mrs. Igwilo three months after Surgery (June 2009)

June 13, 2009

Dear Friends,

Here is an update on Mrs. Maria Igwilo's Surgery & Second Surgery

Mrs. Igwilo is now recovering from the first phase of the surgery, done on March 10, 2009. The surgery was successful, and she is recovery quite well (see her pictures, taken first week of June, 2009, on the right). She has been scheduled for the second phase of the surgery, which will take place by the end of August. As such, your prayers and donation, no matter how small, will be appreciated.

To donate, kindly click on the "Donate" link above. All donations are tax deductible and will be featured here (see, Sponsors' link above) unless one decides otherwise.

On behalf of Mrs. Igwilo's family, and our Committee (on Restoring Life, Dignity and Hope to Mrs. Igwilo), thank you very much for all your prayers and support.

Sincerely,

Dr. Bedford Nwabueze Umez
--
Professor, Government
Leadership is action, not a position.
Web sites:
www.Umez.Com
www.LiberateAfrica. Org
www.NigerianLeaders hipCouncil. org
Email: umez@umez.com
Phone: 832-731-7061

Mrs. Igwilo's surgical procedure is a two-stage process. The first stage took place on March 10, 2009. The second one will take place on August 25, 2009.There are several options for donation: personal checks, money order, bank draft, credit card or through PayPal.

To donate, kindly make a check/money order/bank draft payable to: "Arondizuogu Patriotic Union, Houston, Texas," with a note indicating that Mrs. Maria Igwilo is the beneficiary. If you prefer, you can print the form below and mail it with your check. [Note: Arondizuogu Patriotic Union, Houston, Texas is a nonprofit organization and has 501(c)(3) status. As such, your donation is tax deductible. Here is the mailing address to send your contribution: Attn: Mazi Ignacius Okoro, 14102 Imperial Wood Lane, Rosharon,Texas,77583].

Or, pay through PayPal or Credit card. To pay through Paypal/Credit card, click here .

** Sponsors will be made public through this website (click on " Sponosors" link above).

Thanks for your contribution & may God bless you!

Mrs. Igwilo

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