Hello everyone, my name is Idris Ekungba and I am the founder and CEO of Project Sunshine, thank you for taking the time to check out our organization. Project Sunshine is a non-profit organization created out of love and necessity. 

From a young age my desire has always been to be a helping hand in my community. The same joy I remember feeling as a child volunteering in my community and the honor I felt as a young adult joining AIESEC; is the same joy I feel now when volunteering at my local food bank here in North Carolina. I am committed to building a resource-based organization that will aid in building a better infrastructure overall in Nigeria. 

Furthering my education and career in the United States exposed me to a different way of living and ultimately kept my desire to help my community back in Nigeria a priority. Knowing that Nigeria, a country with great wealth and a matching population to support commerce is amongst the “poorest countries in the world” according to an article written in Global Finance Magazine in 2019, saddens me. With approximately 70% of its population living below the national poverty level, multiple health disease outbreaks, and an unprecedented pandemic like COVID-19 has only made things worse. It is very important for me to do what I can in my immediate environment, as well as contribute my time and effort to raising funds and resources to alleviate some of the hardships the people of Nigeria face daily.