UBA Foundation Outreach Supports Over 100,000 Vulnerable People Across 20 African Countries
Between November 2025 and January 2026, the UBA Foundation carried out a major humanitarian outreach that reached more than 100,000 vulnerable people across Nigeria and 19 other African countries. The outreach included food items, school supplies, cash support, and in-person engagement that focused on restoring dignity and reducing hardship during the year-end and new year period.
The UBA Foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. According to the report, the foundation’s effort stretched across busy cities and remote rural communities, delivering support in practical ways, one meal, one notebook, and one conversation at a time.
The outreach program was positioned as more than seasonal giving. It was described as an act of solidarity, meant to ease both emotional and financial stress for people living on the margins, especially during a period that can be extremely expensive for struggling families.
Support Across Nigeria
In the war-torn country of Nigeria, the program was widely spread among diverse locations and different people. The UBA Foundation not only supported the orphanages of Abia and Lagos but also supplied food and other necessities to the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps located in Niger and Borno and provided assistance to the elderly in the states of Oyo, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Kogi, Taraba, Kebbi and Jigawa.
The donations were made up of food, reading and writing materials, and support through money. The report has pointed out how these assets can meet both the urgent needs and the needs of the future. For instance, food feeds the families during the day but school materials serve the children’s education and future chances.
Impact Across Africa
Beyond Nigeria, the report said the outreach extended across the continent, bringing similar support to vulnerable communities in countries including Benin Republic, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda, along with others. The help provided was designed to offer short-term relief while also giving people hope and a sense of stability.
Leadership and Message Behind the Initiative
The outreach effort was also linked to the leadership of Bola Atta, Managing Director and CEO of UBA Foundation. She personally visited some beneficiary sites, including the Destitute Home in Okobaba, Lagos, where she met adults and children who received support.
In the report, Atta emphasized the idea that true development begins when compassion is paired with real action. She said the foundation’s work is focused on restoring hope and creating pathways for children and families to learn, grow, and thrive.
More Than a One-Time Donation
The report also tied the outreach into UBA Foundation’s broader work across Africa, describing programs that go beyond emergency relief. These include initiatives connected to food support, education, economic empowerment, and environmental sustainability. The idea, according to the story, is to create transformation that lasts rather than temporary support that ends when the season changes.
Connecting these efforts across the different areas, the foundation not only considers it very important, but also feasible to build a long-term community strength that the support of corporations meets the daily resilience of people. The report through human moments as a child getting a schoolbook and an aged beneficiary telling how grateful he is showed the impact a person receives can change a hard season into a lighter one in its own way.
The article ended with a great message: Africa’s strength is not only in its markets and resources but also in the ability of communities and institutions to provide care for people during their most critical moments.