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Meet the Woman Behind IYÁLÓDÉ

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Our 
Story

She is the woman behind the name.
The one who builds quietly, serves humbly, and gives relentlessly.

She doesn’t ask for spotlight. She asks, “What do the people need?”

Her name is known to many, but her work often goes unseen:

Feeding children across borders with no grant, no applause
Funding health insurance, education, and clean water with her own hands and resources
Training women and mothers to become entrepreneurs from home
Uplifting communities in Nigeria, Brazil, and the U.S.
Serving with no title but the one earned through integrity

Before IYÁLÓDÉ became a public name, she was already rebuilding communities.
As a former contract manager for one of the wealthiest tribal nations in America, she helped manage over 500 homes, healing projects, and economic development efforts.

But her truest work began before that with her grandmother,
a woman who built housing developments in Newark from the ground up
and raised generations on strength, faith, and service.

That is where the roots of IYÁLÓDÉ were planted.
Not in a logo. But in a lifestyle.

She is a mother to many.
A builder.
A leader.
And a bridge between the past and our future.

When you support IYÁLÓDÉ, you are not donating to a stranger.
You are joining a legacy that spans generations and continents.
You are standing beside a woman who has never waited for permission to do what is right.

And now, she invites you to walk with her.
Because real change doesn’t need perfection. It needs courage, truth, and unity.

This is the work.
This is the heart.
This is the woman behind IYÁLÓDÉ.

Legacy is not what we say.
It’s what we build.

IYÁLÓDÉ Foundation

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