Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
The Oribamise Foundation backs children and young people wherever they are, including autistic and neurodivergent kids, with the education, health, and capital they need to build lives of their own design. It funds the people already doing that work well.
The gap is rarely talent
A student wins admission and loses the place over fees. An autistic child sits on an assessment waiting list for two years while the window that mattered closes. A mother skips antenatal care because the transport costs more than the visit. A farmer with good land runs poor genetics because nobody ever showed her the difference. None of these are failures of ability. They are failures of money and attention arriving at the right moment.
The Oribamise Foundation was built by a couple who watched that pattern from both sides of the Atlantic, and it now funds children in five countries. It pays for the specific, unglamorous thing that unlocks a kid, whether that is a tuition bill, a communication device, or a classroom aide, then it stays in touch long enough to find out whether it worked.
Where the money goes
Every pillar carries a published goal and a number attached to it.
Oribamise Scholars
Full tuition, a laptop, a stipend, and a working mentor for students who earned their place and cannot afford to keep it.
Room to Learn
Assessments, classroom aides, assistive technology, and sensory adapted rooms for autistic and neurodivergent children whose families are waiting or paying out of pocket.
Girls Who Build
A two year computing track for secondary school girls, taught after school, ending in a portfolio and a paid internship.
What that has produced so far
Updated each quarter. The misses get published alongside the wins.
Scholars funded through graduation
Across 11 institutions in four countries.Neurodivergent kids supported
Assessments, aides, and communication devices funded in full.Girls in the computing track
Six partner schools, three cities.Mothers and infants reached
Through nine primary health centers.I had the admission letter for eight months and no way to use it. The award came with a mentor who calls every month, and that turned out to matter as much as the fees.First cohort scholar, Computer engineering, year two
Who signs off on the work
Two founders, one board, and a rule that every grant carries a name against it.
Mopelola Oribamise
Cofounder and Chairperson
Mopelola chairs the board of the Oribamise Foundation and sets the standard the work is held to. She leads on program design, community partnerships, and the health and family portfolio, and she signs off on...
Victor Oribamise
Cofounder and Board Member
Victor is cofounder of the Oribamise Foundation and serves on its board, where he leads the education and technology portfolio and chairs the investment committee. He is the CEO of Kquika, an aviation...
From the field
Notes from the work, written by the people doing it.
Our grant terms, in plain language
What partners can expect from us, what we expect back, and what we will never ask for.
Field note: six schools, one working laptop
We visited every candidate school before committing to the computing track. What we found changed the budget.
Why we started with scholarships
The first decision a new foundation makes tells you what it believes. Here is ours, and the reasoning behind it.
Next in the diary
October 6, 2026 . Virtual
Scholars intake briefing
An open session for prospective applicants and their families, covering eligibility, the assessment, and the timeline.