As we advance in to the new year 2026, we’d like to reflect on Karim Adeyemi Foundation (KAF)’s calendar in the past year. Drawing upon the strength of which we advance into the new year with courage and hope.
2025 reflects on a year defined by intentionality, sustained commitment, and significant interventions across vital areas in Ibadan, Oyo State as well as Gberigbe, Ikorodu, Lagos. Under the singular vision and continuous funding of our Founder, Karim Adeyemi, KAF successfully executed 12 strategic projects spanning Health, Education, Youth Development, and Community Infrastructure.
This portfolio is not just a record of interventions, but a testament to a philosophy that demands tangible, consistent, and scalable results.
I Health and Safety Infrastructure
In 2025, KAF committed substantial resources to foundational infrastructure designed to save lives and improve public health standards.
1. Karim Adeyemi Emergency Paediatric Ward (Adeoyo Maternity State Teaching Hospital): This flagship project reached 95% completion this year. The ward is set to fill a critical gap in regional healthcare by providing a specialized facility dedicated to emergency pediatric care.
Prior to the commencement of this Intervention, the Hospital lacked a unit specialized and dedicated to mother and child emergencies. The commitment to building and equipping this resource represents a foundational piece of Karim Adeyemi’s continuous efforts. We published an article to the effect at the beginning of this project, which can be found here KARIM ADEYEMI BUILDS EMERGENCY CHILDREN WARD IN IBADAN .
2. The Safe School Initiative (SSI): Launched in May 2025 after months of consultation with the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB OYO) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Ibadan Branch, this intervention secured 50 primary schools in 6 Local Government in Ibadan Less Cities (Akinyele, Egbeda, Ona -Ara, Oluyole, Ido, and Lagelu) with standardized first aid supplies, as well equipping 150 students and Teachers with CPR/First Aid training. SSI established on-site emergency readiness for thousands of primary school children, drastically reducing safety risks in and outside of the classroom in those children.
Education and Academic Excellence
The core of KAF’s educational intervention is sustainability. We ensure this by committing to recurring projects, moving beyond one-off interventions to create a stable pathway for students.
3. IDSDP Essay Competition: 2025 marked the third consecutive year of this critical competition. Out of nearly 150 participants in the year’s edition, 10 outstanding public school students received dedicated financial and academic support toward their SSCE exams including WASSCE, JAMB and Post-UTME exams.
By supporting these students financially in paying for these crucial exams KAF have directly contributed immensely to a significant milestone in the educational journey of these young ones, which is a hurdle for most families, especially as the cost of these critical exam continue to skyrocket yearly.
Through IDSDP we have also committed to a long-term mentorship relationship with these bright minds, and continually encouraging the introduction of Practical (and not just theoretical and paper demonstrations) Information and Communication Technology among these young ones. We are proud to boldly add that more than 70% of our past beneficiaries aced their exams, and are in different higher institutions in Nigeria.
4. Gberigbe Ikorodu School Lunch Project: This commitment, now in its second year has guaranteed daily school lunch for indigent students at a community junior school, in Gberigbe Community, Ikorodu. Directly addressing the barrier of hunger that prevents regular attendance and academic focus. To learn more about the story of this intervention, kindly watch this video on our Youtube:KAF & THE GBERIGBE SCHOOL LUNCH PROJECT
5.Know Oyo State Book Donation: In July, KAF renewed its commitment to History Education by ensuring 1,000 public secondary schools across Ibadan received a free copy of the “Know Oyo State” book, an essential book dedicated towards strengthening local knowledge and civic pride among students in Oyo State. KAF published an article to this effect, kindly access KARIM ADEYEMI DONATES 1000 TEXTBOOKS TO IBADAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
6. The Kole Primary School Support:This project exemplifies KAF’s approach of support beyond simple donation. After a needs assessment revealed that 60 children were walking to school barefoot and without the neccesary school materials, KAF stepped in to fill the gap. Not only were 60 students equipped with full learning essentials (bags, sandals, socks, books, etc.), but KAF also empowered a local community woman to sew the durable knapsacks, ensuring the materials were locally sourced and the initiative supported the micro-economy.
The visit included mentorship talks, encouraging the children to see education as their pathway to success, just like our Founder, Karim Adeyemi. We published an article to this effect HERE, for a visual insight into this outreach, you can also watch the VIDEO.
7. Kent Home Monthly Food Supply:Beginning in January 2025, KAF committed to a need based monthly food supply program for Kent Home, a shelter facility housing 18 vulnerable children. This consistent, year-long humanitarian effort ensures reliable access to essential nutrition and supplies, marking the Foundation’s dedication to reliable social welfare. You can watch the Youtube Video detailing this effortHERE.
III.Comprehensive Community Transformation: The Temidire Model
KAF’s work in the Temidire Community (Oje) is a potential case study in holistic community development, addressing health, sanitation, and environmental stability simultaneously.
8.Flood and Sanitation Infrastructure: Building on the successful commissioning of an electric borehole in December 2024, KAF’s 2025 work focused on sanitation and disaster mitigation:
- River Dredging and Excavation (August): KAF responded directly to the community’s cries for help by executing the critical dredging of the Temidire River, neglected by the government for over a decade, thus protecting numerous homes from devastating seasonal flooding. A mini docu-visual linking our effort to direct impact on Child and Maternal Health, Water and Airborne Diseases Prevention can be seen here: INSIGHT INTO KARIM ADEYEMI OJE RIVER INTERVENTION (1)
We also published a blog article TEMIDIRE RIVER INTERVENTION: OUR MOST PERSONAL PROJECT YET on the same story.
9. Toilet and Bathroom Construction (Ongoing): The construction of 6 public Biogas Toilets and 6 bathrooms began in April 2025, aiming to dramatically improve public health and hygiene standards in the area; this will be commissioned in 2026.
- Unlike traditional public toilets, the six biogas toilets being built by KAF in Temidire Community are designed as a sustainable sanitation system.
- The facilities will safely convert human waste into organic fertilizer, transforming a public health challenge into a resource.
- This initiative is a first of its kind in Oyo State, just like the Pediatric Ward being built at the State Maternity Teaching Hospital, Yemetu, Demonstrating how thoughtful infrastructure can simultaneously improve hygiene, environmental sustainability, and community well-being.
IV.Equipping the Next Generation: Youth Development
The Foundation’s 2025 youth initiatives focused on fostering a supportive ecosystem for talent development and engagement.
10. Awotan Araromi Community High School Interhouse Sport: For decades, school sports played a central role in youth development and early talent discovery in Nigeria, with many athletes who later became professionals first identified during secondary-school inter-house competitions.
Over time, however, this pathway has steadily declined especially across public schools in Oyo State, constrained by limited funding, extremely tight academic schedule, weak prioritization, and declining infrastructure thereby limiting opportunities for young people to develop confidence, discipline, teamwork, and athletic talent. For the past three years, Karim Adeyemi Foundation has consistently highlighted this gap through its IDSDP Essay Competition: School Consultations and, Policy Document Preparation, emphasizing that educational development must include structured sporting opportunities alongside academics.
In 2025, the Foundation chose to move from advocacy to action by fully sponsoring and executing the Awotan Araromi Community High School Inter-House Sports Competition. This decision shines through the lived experience of our Founder, Karim Adeyemi, whose professional football journey began with early exposure to organised youth football and structured talent development. By restoring school-level sporting opportunities, KAF is reaffirming its belief that talent thrives when opportunity is present, and that investing in sports at the secondary-school level remains a powerful tool for shaping confident, disciplined, and future-ready youth.
11.Edu Tutors Partnership: Starting in August, Karim Adeyemi Foundation deepened its investment in education by partnering with Edu Tutors to provide monthly, specialised tutoring for science students from public secondary schools. This initiative responds to a clear and longstanding challenge within Oyo State’s educational outcomes: performance in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC) has often lagged behind, especially among public schools.
According to a National Bureau of Statistics analysis of WAEC public-school performance, Oyo State’s pass rate (students with at least five credits including English and Mathematics) was 54.8 % in 2021, placing it among the lower-ranking states nationwide despite the state’s size and resources. This intensive program supports their WAEC, NECO, and JAMB preparation, with an ambitious vision to also support them for international exams (GRE, SAT) for the high-achieving students.
12. Ecologue 1.0 Youth Network: Commemorating International Youth Day in August, KAF gathered young leaders for Ecologue 1.0, facilitating discussions on Youth Ecosystems for Development, thus fostering networking and shared purpose among future leaders. We published a post event article here HERE. Through thought-provoking sessions led by industry experts on topics such as creativity for social impact, digital self-development, and market-relevant strategies in Oyo State, participants were equipped practical tools to expand their influence.
Ecologue 1.0 was intentionally designed as a youth ecosystem builder, a place where dialogue can transform into partnerships and collective action. The foundation reaffirmed its commitment to empowering young people to design, lead, and scale solutions that contribute to community resilience and sustainable development in Ibadan and beyond.
Conclusion: The Vision Continues
The scale of KAF’s 2025 work—12 vital projects is a powerful testament to the impact that sustained, focused efforts can generate.
These initiatives would not be possible without the generous and consistent support of our Founder, Karim Adeyemi.
In 2026, KAF remains committed to the principle of action plus advocacy, leveraging the success of these programs and interventions to ensure a greater number of Nigerian children, youths, and people in our immediate communities, receive the opportunity they deserve to thrive.
See you in 2026.
