Mission and Purpose

Oraifite Community USA (OCUSA) is a non-profit 5O1(c)3 organization founded in 1997 and incorporated in the United States. OCUSA’s mission is to further enrich and enhance the lives of Oraifite Children, Citizens, Indigenes, and Others. Since its founding, OCUSA strives to bring quality projects and works to life in Oraifite by working with local community initiatives and the local government to assist in building up the town. 

OCUSA supports the Oraifite home community (in Nigeria) through education, infrastructure, and welfare projects.

Oraifite History

Oraifite is a town in southeastern Nigeria, specifically in Anambra State, with a rich cultural, historical, and socio-political identity. Oraifite is in Ekwusigo Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra State, Nigeria. It lies about 12–16 kilometers from Onitsha, along the Onitsha–Owerri Road. Oraifite is near Onitsha (a major economic hub), along a key road (Onitsha‑Owerri), which gives it importance for trade, transport, and development. Oraifite borders 

 

Oraifite is bordered by:

  • East by Nnewi 

  • West by Atani

  • North by Oba 

  • South by Ozubulu

Oraifite is made up of four (4) major quarters:

1.   Unodu (which itself includes Ibolo, Umuezopi, Isingwu)

2.   Ezumeri (includes Umuonyeagolu, Umuonuora, Umuezikem, Ogbe)

3.   Irefi (includes Umudisi, Nkalafa, Umueshi, Mbike, Agbu na Okeaji)

4.   Ifite (Awor, Uzudunu, Umunakwa, Amakom)

OCUSA History and Background

Founded in 1997, OCUSA  hasbeen a partnership between various Oraifite Town's members who lived in the United States to form OCUSA. The inaugural OCUSA convention was held in Houston Texas in 2001. Since 2001, OCUSA has strived to have biennial conventions in various regions of the organization. Below is a list of past conventions:

  • 2001: Houston, TX

  • 2003: Los Angeles, CA

  • 2005: New York/New Jersey 

  • 2008: Atlanta, GA

  • 2010: Washington, DC

  • 2013: Oklahoma City, OK

  • 2015: Chicago, IL

  • 2018: Boston, MA

  • 2022: New York/New Jersey

  • 2024: Houston, TX

  • 2026: Atlanta, GA (upcoming/scheduled)

 OCUSA has and will continue to try to work to better Oraifite and the surrounding areas where it can. OCUSA is also focused in on the local communities

OCUSA Regions (& States)

  • Northeast

  • Midwest 

  • Southeast

  • Southwest

  • West

Main Activities and Services 

In addition to conventions and educational support for town school children and skills acquisition programs, OCUS A periodically conducts medical missions back in Oraifite, Anambra State. These missions serve to help bridge the widening gap between those who have access to medical care and those who do not. OCUS calls on its various members and citizens to come back to the town to help assist and facilitate in providing checkups to Members for free. OCUSA partners with various organizations within the US where its members reside to help provide this service on occasion for those in Oraifite. Below is a list of past medical missions conducted by OCUSA. 

  • 2007: Medical Mission to Oraifite

  • 2011: Medical Mission 

  • 2015: Medical Mission 

  • 2018: Medical Mission 

  • 2021: Eye Clinic

  • 2026: TBD