Meet Our Founder
At the heart of Ashake Foundation is Mayowa Adegbile—a humanitarian with over 12 years of dedicated service to widows, women, and children.
Her journey began in 2012, when she saw the struggles of widows and the growing number of children forced out of school. What started as a simple effort to provide food, clothing, and school supplies has grown into a full-fledged movement of hope and empowerment. Interestingly, Ashake Foundation’s earliest idea was born even earlier, out of Mayowa’s concern for malaria outbreaks among young mothers and children in Ijagemo, Lagos State.
Mayowa holds a degree in Educational Foundations and Counseling Psychology, with a minor in English Language, from Lagos State University. She has always stood out for her dedication and excellence—earning the award of Best Student Teacher during her teaching practice in 2009.
Her leadership and commitment to social change have earned her national and international recognition. In 2017, she was honored as one of the JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Nigeria in the Humanitarian and Voluntary Leadership category. She is also an alumna of the Lagos Business School Enterprise Development Centre and the LEAP Africa SIPA Program for Social Innovators.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayowa led Ashake Foundation to donate food relief, masks, and hand wash kits to more than 2,000 people across 14 communities in Abuja, an effort that earned her the Outstanding Citizen Award from a women’s faith-based group.
Beyond her professional achievements, Mayowa is a wife, mother, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a strong voice for widows and vulnerable children. She continues to inspire as a role model for girls and an advocate for compulsory education for every child.
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About the founder
With over 12 years as a humanitarian, Mayowa Adegbile is the founder of Ashake Foundation. In 2012, the Foundation was primarily set up to put a smile on the faces of widows and their children by providing food, clothing and schooling materials for their children. Ashake Foundation is established as a not for profit organization, it was initially conceived out of concern at the rate of malaria outbreak among young married women and children in Ijagemo area of Lagos State.
She is a graduate of Educational foundations and Counseling psychology with a Minor in English Language from the Lagos state university. In 2009, she was made the best student teacher during her teaching practice for her excellence service and hard work. She is an alumni of the prestigious Lagos Business school, Enterprise Development centre.
In 2017, she was the 2017 JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons (JCI TOYP) of Nigeria Award in the Humanitarian and Voluntary Leadership category.
She is also an alumnus of the LEAP Africa, SIPA Program for Social Innovators in Nigeria.
In 2020, She received a prestigious award as an outstanding citizen providing solutions via Ashake Foundation for their donations of food palliatives, nose masks and hand wash to over 2000 people around 14 communities in Abuja. It was award by the Women group of a faith-based organization.
She is a wife, mother, entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Girl role model and advocate for the welfare of widows and compulsory Education for every child.