About GOGI

In 2002, Evelyn Otaigbe (nee Ikuenobe) started an e-mail trail of old girls in the Diaspora. The first informal meeting was held in Atlanta in 2002 and was attended by Owen Imachukwu (nee Aghahowa) Mediatrix Osayi (nee Idada), Odegua Oboh and Evelyn Otaigbe. In 2007, St Maria Goretti Old Girls International was founded by Evelyn Otaigbe and incorporated as a non-profit organization by Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Mediatrix Osayi, Owen Imachukwu and Evelyn Otaigbe. This group and Nosayaba Adadevoh (nee Enobakhare) formed the “CORE TEAM” and planned the 1^st Goretti Old Girls international reunion in Atlanta. The current executives were elected during the 2^nd reunion in Detroit, Michigan in May 2009. GOGI’s sister organization based in Nigeria (SMAGOGA, St. Maria Goretti Old Girls Association) was founded in 1975.

 

GOGI is committed to:

• Encouraging St. Maria Goretti alumni and friends to invest their money/time/talents in the communities where they reside and make it a priority to empower women, men and children to achieve sustainable economic stability.

• Support and promote various charitable organizations by participating in or contributing to their activities, especially those promoting the interest of women.

• Encourage and support the educational, professional and legitimate business aspirations of Saint Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School alumni, provided those aspirations are consistent with the best interest of women and human race.

• Promote the economic, educational, cultural, scientific and social progress of St. Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School and its students, and to liaise with the government, charitable foundations, companies and other non-governmental organizations to achieve this aim.