A non-governmental organization that wishes to reduce as much as practicable the number of children growing up in institutional care by providing a shelter which is like a transit point from where every child who comes to the shelter is located into happy loving family under the care of God fearing parents. A home in which they will find purpose and fulfill destiny.

REV'D TT MENSAH - (CHAIRMAN)



Reverend Tetteh Mensah is the chairman of the Olive Blooms Orphanage Board of Trustees. He is a Christian minister of God and a spiritual mentor and father to many men and women within the Christian faith.

He was ordained in Christ Chapel before moving later to The Redeemed Christian Church of God.

Reverend Mensah is gifted in the Word and musically; he is an accomplished organist. Reverend ''T.T.'', as he is fondly called, is married to Pastor (Mrs) Adeola Mensah and they have two lovely children.

NGOZI KEN UDO - (EXECUTIVE SECRETARY)



Ngozi is a legal practitioner. She obtained her bachelors of Law Degree from the University of Lagos and LLB from the Nigerian Law School. She had the ambition of rising to the pinnacle of the legal profession but God had His own plans. God instructed Ngozi to lay down her ambition and take care of babies abandoned in the street and put them in homes.

It was an instruction very difficult to answer. With the encouragement of family and loved ones, she’s given up all to serve God and humanity.

The vision is unique with a clear mandate to put every child that comes into Olive Blooms Orphanage in a home. This makes Olive Blooms a transit point for every child. The duty is completed when a child is adopted into a home.

BEN OWUAPU’ WILLIE - (BOARD MEMBER)



Ben Willie is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School. He graduated from the University of Port Harcourt with a degree in Political & Administrative Studies in 1987. He started his career as an Administrative Manager of a Lagos based Italian trading firm – ATTC Limited in 1989.

In 1991 he set up Afrital Ltd as an import and marketing support vehicle for FT Export s.r.l. Torino-Italy.

Backed by his international contacts and his entrepreneurial zeal Ben Willie developed Afrital Ltd to a world class import, retail and distribution organisation with the setting up of BUCKLES - menswear outlets and ITALFIT - the building & finishing fittings showrooms in Port Harcourt and Lagos.

MRS JOSEPHINE AKINWUNMI - (BOARD MEMEBER)



Josephine Omokhele Akinwunmi was born November 7, 1963 and was educated at the Idia College Benin, Federal School of Arts and Science Lagos and the University of Lagos, where she graduated with a BA Degree in Russian Languages and as the best graduating student in the Faculty of Arts.

She is also a lawyer, having also graduated from the University of Lagos with an LLB and the Nigerian Law School, Lagos with a BL. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Training and Development and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is married to ‘Lolu Akinwunmi and they have two children.

LANRE OKE - (TREASURER)



Mr. Lanre Oke is a fully ordained Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and currently serves in the Lekki-Epe axis of Lagos State, Nigeria.

His 29+ years of management experience include being a Regional International Manager, for a global FMCG company across six GCC (Middle East) countries. He was Chief Commercial Officer for a Broadband Telecommunications Group, across thirteen African countries. He was also Chief Operating Officer for the fastest growing Satellite Media Group in sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently Group Chief Operating Officer for an Identity Management Solutions Company providing services in 21 African countries

Mr. Oke is a Director of Redeemer's International Leadership Academy (RILA), Independent Non-Executive Director of Realty Point Limited and Chairman, Advisory Board of Audeo Clothing Limited.

He is married with three wonderful children.