Nnewi Advancement Charity UK was enunciated by a few Nnewi indigenes resident in UK namely Mr Lotanna Aranotu, Dr Wilson Onyeka, Ms Chy Akamelu-Nsoedo, Dr Emeka Agbasi and Mrs Amaka Ojukwu with the support of late Prince Belonwu Iwuchukwu and Captain Uzo Orizu both of who provided the initial registration application funding. The Charity has the lofty goals of helping the less “well off” people in Nnewi and its environs in the areas of health and education promotion. Nnewi Advancement Charity UK was incorporated in 2002 and formally registered by the Charity Commission of England and Wales in 2003. Subsequently, the founding members recruited more philanthropic volunteers and inaugurated NAC UK with a membership of twenty in the summer of 2003.

We started our mission with visiting and making donations to some public institutions at Nnewi namely:

• Motherless babies home Nnewi – April 2004
• Leprosy Colony Amichi – December 2004
• Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital – September 2005

With a view to maintaining daily local presence and in fulfilment of our major aim and objective, we commissioned a Health and Information Advisory Centre in December 2007 at Nkwo Nnewi in a rented flat adjacent to the Youth League Hall at a considerable expense, funded solely by generous donation of our members and well wishers. The health centre manned by nurses and a part time doctor has remained operational ever since; opening Monday to Saturday from 9.00am to 6.00pm to all comers entirely free of charge. The health centre focuses primarily on health promotion and disease prevention as well as managing the “silent killers”, diabetes and high blood pressure. In the 12 years since the opening of our health centre, we are glad that several thousands have been seen and treated by our dedicated staff with the result that several lives have been saved. This outcome is very inspiring and encouraging to us in working hard for the sustainability of this unique project, hence during our 10^th anniversary celebration event in January 2018, we asked for a piece of land from Nnewi authorities for a permanent site.

Happily, our request was granted speedily with the allocation of a piece of land at Nnewi North Local Government Headquarters officially on 23^rd March 2018. We acknowledge the positive roles of noble Nnewi sons like Obi George Onyekaba, Obidiugwu, Obi Nnewi ichi; Chief Ugochukwu Udemezue, PG Nnewi; Chief Ajulu Uzodike and of course the current Nnewi North Local Government care-taker chairman, Honourable Prince Chukwudi Orizu in making it a reality.

With the allocation of this piece of land came the big challenge of funding this project from scratch which our members took up with courage, optimism and tenacity. Our members dug deep and tasked ourselves financially and with the help our generous supporters, the project has become a reality within 18 months of the foundation laying ceremony on 19^th July 2018, our purpose built health centre was commissioned on 4^th January 2020, thanks largely to the major funders each donating at least one million Naira as well as the exemplary oversight and dedication of our health centre manager, the indomitable Mrs Ebele Okoli and our Nnewi coordinator, the dependable, Sir Moses Ezukwo.
Nnewi Advancement Charity will heartily welcome any support from volunteers and donors in aiding our efforts in expanding and sustaining this laudable project for the benefit of the needy at Nnewi and beyond.