“We must all see ourselves as the Blessings of Africa, a blessed people being empowered through skill development, community development, education, job creation, utilizing our talents to produce a surplus in our rich Continent. We are not helpless, we are not lazy, and we are not depending on others for handouts. Africa is Blessed, so are we!
Men, women, boys, girls, old, and young are all the Blessings of Africa. We are not to compete unwholesomely and unnecessarily to drag each other down. We are to come together, complement one another, unite, work together to transform our motherland because We Are Stronger Together!”
-Dr. Queen Blessing Itua (Founder)
About Us
We are the Blessings of Africa, determined to “Be A Blessing” and to “Dignify the Needy with Our Surplus” aimed at poverty prevention, reduction, intervention and eradication.
We provide Economic Enrichment for the Voiceless African People In Need (APIN), (Displaced by economic disadvantage), and Youths In Need (YIN) (At risk youths and children)
We are committed to be the voice of the weak and empower the voiceless women, mothers, girls, and youths who are impoverishment, abuse, abandonment, and bereavement are vulnerable to deception, exploitation, and/or plagued by the crimes of abuse, human trafficking, and forced prostitution in Africa – the motherland.
We recognize that self-development is not enough for real poverty eradication, we provide real support, including mentorship, talent incubator, and economic resources for the talent/skill development and deployment especially for the most vulnerable and underprivileged.
We partner with civil society, corporate, and the public to ensure travelling across various communities to tracking/monitoring compliance of the implementation process.
Our VMO

Vision
The BOA’s vision is to remind Africans of who they are as well as to promote Community and Economic Development and to strengthen our African nations.

Mission
BOA’s Mission is to be a center of empowerment, skill and community development

Our Ultimate Goal
Our ultimate goal is service that transforms lives, economy, and health of the individual and community
BOA’s Aims and Objectives
- Empowering the underprivileged, impoverished, voiceless, vulnerable African People In Need (APIN)
- Community Development advocacy
- Anti-human trafficking campaigns
- Promoting business forums and related networking, job creation, investment opportunities, cultural diversity, tourism, and food;
- Production of empowerment and educational movies and books
- Providing and community development by bringing investors to develop the community, for example, low-cost home construction projects, etc.
- Giving everyone the opportunity to focus on reaching their full potential
- To see the families’ burden of poverty, lack of resources, and the struggle to feed their children end and to empower them to provide necessities of life for their children.
- To provide microenterprise opportunity programs for success by equipping families in rural communities with practical, life skills training programs such as baking, jewelry-making, sewing, etc. as well as small business loans to establish the newly acquired skills
- To support the Single Mothers And Abandoned Children in Distress (SMACID)
- To advocate for victims of abuse and trafficking
- To provide microenterprise opportunity programs for success by equipping families in rural communities with practical, life skills training programs such as baking, jewelry-making, sewing, etc. as well as small business loans to establish the newly acquired skills
- To empower our youths to be the leaders of today because the future is now
Affiliation
Blessings of Africa works with United States Global Empowerment Movement (GEM) Corporation, a non-profit organization and a federal 501© (3) corporation whose mission is to unite Africans in the Diaspora with people of African Descent and Africans in the motherland as well as to bridge the gap.
Blessings of Africa, Empowerment Foundation works with the USA affiliate GEM to connect people, resources, and investment to Africa for the development of Africa.
In the News
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