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| The Isaac Moghalu Foundation |
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| The Isaac Moghalu Foundation was established in 2005 in memory of Isaac C. Moghalu (1925-1998), one of Nigerias pioneer diplomats. The Foundation was inspired by a desire to sustain Isaac Moghalus legacy, while simultaneously contributing to national development, through institutionalized philanthropy. This approach offers the alternative of education and the model of the positive values that Isaac Moghalu practiced in his lifetime to vulnerable youth in rural communities. This inspiration, combined with the reality of Africas socio-economic condition, led to the establishment of the Isaac Moghalu Foundation by Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu as a concrete and sustainable response. IMoF was established with a small seed endowment. The Foundation will work to establish partnerships and attract additional support to achieve its goals. |
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| Isaac Moghalu, Justice of the Peace, was born in 1925 in Nnewi in Eastern Nigeria to Mr. Jonathan Moghalu, a carpenter, and Madame Cecilia Moghalu, the first woman to become a professional painter in the region. He was educated at the Dennis Memorial Grammer School, Onitsha, the University of Exeter, UK where he obtained a Diploma in Public Administration, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, where he obtained the Diploma in International Law and Diplomacy with distinction. Isaac began his career in 1950 as a tutor at the Okongwu Memorial Grammar School, Nnewi. In 1961 he joined Nigerias Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lagos as a Foreign Service Officer and served as a diplomat in Geneva (1963-1964) and Washington, D.C. (1964-1967). After the Nigerian civil war of 1967-1970 he served in the Cabinet Office in Enugu, East Central State and in various other ministries as a Senior Administrative Officer. Isaac retired from the civil service in 1984 as a Permanent Secretary in the Anambra State Education Commission and returned to his community in Nnewi, where he lived until his death in 1998. He left a legacy of integrity, humility and social action for the benefit of the various communities with which he was associated in his lifetime. Isaac Moghalu devoted much of his retirement years to Christian evangelism and community service, and was an active member of the Full Gospel Businessmens International Fellowship. He was married to Lady Vidah Moghalu for 36 years and they had five children. |
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