MNIA, Inc. are dedicated to a number of non profit/charity initiative, some of which are programs set up by the organization and others are in partnership with existing programs. The following are the five programs that are currently part of the MNIA, Inc. charity network. Some of them are in the developmental phase while others are already implemented. The winner of the pageant will choose of these programs as her main focus and support the others.

• The Raise Hope Program

  This program focuses on orphanages in Nigerian rural cities and will provide basic amenities to help sustain them.  It is a way to help Nigerians in America and friends of Nigerians to raise funds every year to donate products or money for orphans in rural areas and villages.  It is our goal to have Nigerians and or Nigerians in America commit to sending at least $10 a month through this organization to benefit a child in these orphanages.  We intend to have donors recognize a child, help sustain them, and raise the children’s hope.

  Project Health
  Because We Care – Diabetes Awareness

  It is estimated that over 1.5 million people in Nigeria have Diabetes.  In developed countries, most patients of diabetes are over sixty, but in developing countries, diabetes is found to affect people in their prime between (18 – 65).  Nigeria is not exempt from these figures.  This project deals with creating awareness about Diabetes among Nigerians in America and Nigerians in Nigeria.  The project will focus on activities that will increase awareness and raise needed funds to support programs that prevent and help fight diabetes.  These and other activities will help to improve the lives of all people.  These projects include but are not limited to:

  • Participating in diabetes races or volunteer work around the United States of America and Nigeria.
  • Seminars, Extensive blog articles, and coordinated events.

  Operation Get Tested – HIV/AIDS Awareness

  Operation Get Tested is The HIV/AIDS Initiative, organized by MNIA, Inc. (Miss Nigeria in America Organization) and addresses issues that relate to education and awareness of the HIV/AIDS virus.  In an effort to halt the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria, MNIA will commit to conducting sustained education, training and a community mobilization effort in close collaboration with Nigerian Partner Organizations. Over the duration of these activities, MNIA will work with Nigerian communities in the US to assist them in the design, development and implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention and education programs. In addition, the organization will work to enhance Nigerian communities in America and Nigeria in developing national HIV/AIDS plans and collaborate with Nigerian national commissions and business coalitions on HIV/AIDS issues. MNIA, Inc. will seek grants and funding to ensure that this program will reach its desired goals.

  We Can and We Will Fight – Cancer

  The “We Can & We Will Fight Cancer Program aims at achieving the following:

  • To provide educational materials through coherent advice and counsel from renowned oncologists, and to coordinate awareness programs that relate to prevention, early detection, and the cure of cancer.
  • To support the management and funding of training programs in Nigeria to educate Nigerian women on all forms of cancer.
  • To organize symposiums, workshops, meetings, and conferences in Nigeria and within Nigerian communities in America on the various forms of Cancer.
  • To assist in the formulation of cancer educational programs that are relevant in Africa in general and Nigeria in particular
  • To provide international collaboration in cancer awareness programs.
  • To arrange or sponsor periodic lectures by distinguished scholars on different forms of cancer that affect women

  Project Women’s Education (Project WE)
  “Education and Literacy among Nigerian women”

  Project Women’s Education (WE) – Education among Nigerian women is one of the key objectives of MNIA, Inc.  This program thus focuses on the advancement (Social, Financial and Sustainability) of the Nigerian woman through education.  This project aims to assist women in rural villages and cities with funds to cover education costs.  This will empower them through life’s struggles to forge on forward to attain the highest level of education with appropriate assistance.  This program will aim at achieving the following:

  • Provision of scholarships for the less fortunate women in Nigeria.
  • Assist in providing school uniforms for deserving primary/secondary school girls.
  • Promotion of Women's teacher training programs.
  • Non formal education programs for adult women.
  • Initiation of a campaign to encourage parents in remote areas to send their daughters to school.