NFL Star Amobi Okoye’s 2nd Annual Trip to Nigeria

“Throughout my life, I have had opportunities that many children around the globe don’t have…It grips my heart knowing that most of the children within the United States and around the globe don’t have these same blessings…I made an early decision to establish a vehicle to use this greater voice that was given me to make a real difference. Thus, I founded the Amobi Okoye Foundation with the belief that all youth have the basic human right of hope for a brighter future. “

NFL star Amobi Okoye, a few other mighty-mighty-good men and one woman, are ready to embark upon the 2nd Annual ‘Athletes in the Diaspora’ trip to Nigeria.

Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of Sudanese players in the NBA who haven’t forgotten their roots. Now, we’re seeing a similar ‘happening’ in the NFL with the leagues Nigerian hotties. Last year, a group of NFL players with direct family ties to Nigeria made a little publicized journey ‘home’ as part of the ‘Athletes in the Diaspora’ Community Interventions program (ADCI).

And they’re ready to do it again. Established by Sports Marketing & Entertainment Group, Invictus91, the mission of the ADCI is to provide an avenue for professional athletes to give back to their local and global communities. Working collaboratively with professional athletes, they strive to help provide an opportunity for a better future for the underprivileged.

Today, the group left the US and headed to Nigeria for an 8-day journey to spread the love. En route to make sustainable and positive differences in Nigeria, Africa, and globally are: Houston Texan Amobi Okeye (L); Oakland Raider Nnamdi Asomugha; New York Giant Osi Umenyiora®; Cincinnati Bengal Chinedum Ndukwe; Miami Dolphin Ike Ndukwe; Chicago Bear Tommie Harris; and Kasia Muoto-one of Nigeria’s most famous female soccer stars and the founder of We Play to Win.

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