MKO Foundation

This is a patient diagnosed with prolonged chronic kidney infection and in need of constant dialysis.. Due to delays in his periodic scheduled dialysis, fluid is now in his lungs.. he needs urgent and constant financial support

Meet our CEO, Michael Oluwakayode Lawal, Founder and brainchild of this magnificent cause. With his Bachelors in Public Administration From Olabisi Onabanjo University Ogun State it would seem that he has had a calling on public health since the beginning. In his early professional years he was Public Administrator Assistant to the Commissioner for Social Welfare, Culture, and Tourism Kwara State Nigeria under the Late Commissioner Helen Olabisi Popoola from 2007 - 2009. This Position first opened his eyes to the great need that plagued the community in his homeland and planted the seeds of philanthropy in his heart, mind, and spirit. This stint allowed him to see just how great the divide was between the privileged and the poor as he supplied handicapped with wheelchairs and other needs, and his heart grew for the underprivileged. Time passed and as it did Mr. Lawal continued in his entrepreneurial spirit with the establishment of Gemini De Crystal International Limited in 2010 , bringing contracts and jobs to Nigeria, and later Gemini De Crystal Enterprise here in the US.
Life and time soon brought Michael Oluwakayode Lawal to the shores of the United States where he is now a citizen. One day as he watched his children play he wondered what type of life they may be experiencing had they been born to a different family under different circumstances without the ability to travel and thrive as they do. “ How would my children be living had they been born under a different Surname?? Had they not had opportunities allowing them to come to the US where public school is free ??? How different would their reality be???” What a difference in the realities of so many children born into different circumstances all over Africa !! It was at that moment that the seed for MKO Foundation sprouted into a sapling. In that moment the middle Son of the late HRH Bello Lawal, engineer and Former State Chairman for SDP Party 1992 and the lovely mother Caroline Lawal Retired Chief of Nursing Officer, saw what his great contribution to this world would be. He longed to be a bridge to aid all communities of the diaspora in ushering in healing, help, and education assistance.