One family, one home for its giving
Achebe Trust was founded by Tochii and Qaisha Achebe as the umbrella for their family’s charitable work.
Tochii and Qaisha Achebe
Founders
Tochii and Qaisha set up the Trust so that the work they do for others as a family has a lasting home, a clear name and a shared standard of care.
The foundersWho they are
Tochii and Qaisha
- Tochii Achebe
- Tochii Achebe, formally Tochukwu Achebe, is a co-founder of Achebe Trust and the founder ofThe Nwa Amaka Achebe Empowerment Foundation, which he created in honour of his mother. He is Founder and CEO of Amakora and is based in London. After studying Computer Science he joined his family’s business, and has said that free training in project management and early career skills was the turning point in his own career. Tochii’s personal site
- Qaisha Achebe
- Qaisha Achebe is a co-founder of Achebe Trust, with her husband Tochii.
PurposeWhy the Trust exists
What the Trust is for
The Trust gives the family’s charitable work one identity. It begins with education: helping people gain the skills, guidance and opportunity to take their lives into their own hands.
That work started in Nigeria, through the foundation Tochii created in honour of his mother. The Trust now sits above it, so that new initiatives can grow from the same root.
StructureWhich name means what
The Trust and the Foundation
- Achebe Trust
- The umbrella identity for the family’s charitable work, founded by Tochii and Qaisha Achebe in the United Kingdom.
- The Nwa Amaka Achebe Empowerment Foundation
- The Trust’s founding initiative, based in Nigeria. It runs the scholarship fund and the education, digital skills and mentoring work. About the Foundation
Earlier pages and scholar stories refer to “The Nwa-Amaka Achebe Trust”. That was the original name for the work the Foundation now carries.
Two branches. One root.
- The two branches
- Tochii and Qaisha each have a branch. They grow from the same stem to express a shared commitment to stewardship.
- The new growth
- Leaves and buds suggest the opportunities that care can open for people today and for generations to come.
- The colour
- Oxblood and antique gold give the identity the quiet formality of engraved stationery.
NextWhere to go from here
See the work
The Foundation’s story begins with one woman and one free training course. Its scholars’ stories show what followed.