THE AKU PROJECT
Dr. John Edoga: Surgeon in America, Creator of Hope in Africa

In the African village of Aku, children walk three miles for water, have poor schools, and a bleak future.

Dr. John Edoga, a successful vascular surgeon in America, has a special outreach that brings medical care, hope and the opportunity for self-reliance to Aku, his home village in Nigeria. 

In a special pubic lecture on Monday, February 18 in the Martin Institute at 7 p.m., Dr. Edoga and his wife Delia will explain how their Aku Project impacts and improves life in villages across Africa. They will also discuss their philanthropic philosophy and approach.

John Edoga’s father, Bernard Oyigbo Edoga, a dedicated teacher in the village of Aku, Nigeria, died at the age of 45 of a problem easily treated in America -- appendicitis. 

In Aku, there were no doctors who could properly diagnose his father’s condition, and no hospital nearby where a doctor could perform the surgery. 

When he was 18, Dr. Edoga left Aku to attend Columbia University, becoming a vascular surgeon. With his wife, Delia Edoga, who arrived in the United States from Panama at age nine and became an accomplished attorney, they have started the Aku Project to equip young people in African villages with the power to organize and transform their world. 

To read more about the Aku Project, visit here.

To view a video clip of the Project, visit here.

Join the Martin Institute for a discussion with John and Delia Edoga about their lives and efforts to alleviate suffering in Aku. 

Discover how two people are changing lives in a remote village in NIgeria, and how Stonehill can be a part of this exciting endeavor.

02/15/08