About Us

Aging with Dignity

Kaleyewa House​

Kaleyewa House was founded in 2000 and registered as a not-for-profit non-governmental organization in 2001.

Our Focus

We, at Kaleyewa, are passionate about our work and are committed to making old age a time of activity, joy, hope and peace.

Vision & Mission

Our Mission
Facilitate activities that promote care and nurturing for Nigerian senior citizens

Our Vision
A society in which senior citizens lead dignified and respectable lives in their old age – making every house a Kaleywa House.

Dignified Aging

Growing old is not a disease, but a natural process. The unprecedented growth in the numbers and proportions older people and their situation call for attention. Poverty and exclusion have been documented as the greatest threats to the well-being of older people.

The Aging and Development Report: Poverty, Independence and the World’s Older People, published by Helpage International and the Earthscan in 1999 to mark the International Year of Older Persons, pointed out that many older people spend the later years of their lives in poverty, beyond the reach of even the most basic provision for social well-being and health. The majority of 

older people are women, often widows, who suffer multiple disadvantages on the basis of their gender, ranging from abandonment to failing health.

The above picture does not augur well for dignified ageing. There is evidence that older people are not only resourceful survivors, but are supporting the fabric and well-being of their families. Dignified ageing programs provide opportunities for older people improve their situation by getting involved, developing voluntary actions that not only free the elderly from poverty, discrimination and neglect, but enhance their independence, dignity, self-fulfillment and care.

Our Staff

Kaleyewa House currently employs one full-time staff member serving as the Program Officer. 

Kaleyewa House has only had one paid employee at different times since inception. Recent graduates served their one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the House until 2016/2017 when it became more difficult to get a graduate with computer literacy and knowledge of Yoruba, which is required to communicate with the elders.

The work is supervised by a loving couple, Mr & Mrs Dipe Adegboye, both retired teachers, in Iju who caught the vision for the project from inception and have been diligent in their service.