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Itsekiri National CongressUSA
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● Urgent? Call or message your Regional PresidentReviewed quickly · always confidential
Home›Our Work›Emergency & Bereavement Fund
● REVIEWING 2 APPLICATIONS§ PROGRAM · MUTUAL AID · SINCE 2017

Hardship
without shame.

A house fire. A sudden hospitalization. A funeral in Warri and a plane ticket that costs more than a month's rent. This is the Congress at its most important — no one asks why; we ask how we help, and we move within 72 hours.

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president@itsekirinationalcongress.orgIf it is urgent, also call or message your Regional President
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$74K
FY25 disbursed
47
Grants last year
100%
Approval (eligible)
28hrs
Avg. turnaround
$428K
Total since 2017
§ 01 · What the fund covers

Three categories. One fund.

Submitted through the same form.
Reviewed by the same panel.
Emergency
$5kmax

Sudden crisis & hardship

A medical bill you did not see coming. A fire. An eviction notice. A car that kept you in work and will not start. If it cannot wait, we do not make it wait.

  • Medical · uninsured or catastrophic
  • Eviction / rent arrears
  • Fire, theft, natural disaster
  • Sudden unemployment · first-month bridge
● DECIDED SAME DAY · FUNDED IN 72H
Bereavement
$3.5kmax

Funerals & final rites

Travel to Warri for the burial. Local funeral costs. Widow's first year. We also send Congress members — two will travel with the family if asked, no questions.

  • Airfare to Nigeria for burial
  • U.S. casket & burial costs
  • Widow's first-year fund
  • Traditional rites & Congress presence
● PASTORAL TEAM NOTIFIED · DELEGATION OFFERED
Family back home
$2.5kmax

Urgent need in Nigeria

A parent in Warri who needs surgery tomorrow. A cousin in Lagos whose rent is due. The emergencies that cross the Atlantic and land in your lap.

  • Medical emergency in Nigeria
  • Rent / eviction back home
  • Flight to attend a dying parent
  • Immigration / legal emergency
● DECIDED IN 24H · WIRED IN 72H
§ 02 · How to apply

Four steps. Zero paperwork.

One panel reviews.
One person writes the check.
01

Call or apply

Dial the 24/7 line or submit the form below. A named member — your Regional president or an on-call panel member — will pick up or reply within three hours.

Any hour · real person
02

Brief conversation

A 15-minute call. What happened, what you need, how soon. No receipts, no income proof, no documentation of grief. The Congress does not audit hardship.

Confidential · no file kept
03

Rotating panel review

A three-person panel (rotates quarterly, no Regional overlap with the applicant) decides within 72 hours. Ties break to the National President on duty.

72-hour turnaround
04

Funds released

Zelle, Venmo, ACH, wire, or cashier's check — whichever reaches you fastest. If you have no bank account, we deliver cash in person with a Regional witness.

Same day as decision
§ 03 · Decision criteria

Three questions. That's the whole audit.

The panel does not read your bank statements.
It reads the urgency in your words.
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Urgency

How fast do you need it? Decisions are triaged by timeline — anything under 72 hours is reviewed same-day.

  • Under 72h · same-day review
  • 1 – 2 weeks · panel window
  • Planning · routed to Regional aid

Need

What is the actual gap between where you are and where you need to be? We ask once, honestly, and believe the answer.

  • Single amount stated
  • No running ledger kept
  • Good-faith request always believed
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Stewardship

Have you received support recently? Not a bar — simply a pointer so the panel can route you to Region-level aid if federal capacity is stretched.

  • No quota per member
  • Repeat grants routed to Region
  • Good standing reviewed once
§ 04 · Support given

Three Regions. Three emergencies.

Names omitted by request.
Amounts disclosed with permission.
2026 · 48H

A family in Dallas · $3,000

“Our three-year-old was hospitalized. The insurance would cover the procedure; the copay was more than we had. The Region called back in two hours. The money cleared before the discharge.”
DA
AnonymousDallas Region · medical emergency
2025 · 24H

Widow in Atlanta · $4,200

“My husband passed on a Sunday morning. By Tuesday night, two Congress members from Houston were at my door, and the funeral deposit was wired. I had not even finished the phone tree.”
AW
AnonymousAtlanta Region · bereavement
2025 · 72H

A father in Warri · $2,100

“My dad's hypertension turned into a stroke. I didn't have the money for the flight. The Congress wired the ticket and gave me a bed in Lagos through a Regional contact. I made it in time to say goodbye.”
WA
AnonymousNorCal Region · urgent travel
§ 05 · Apply

If you can write it, we can read it.

Short form · no receipts.
Sent to the President and national office.
§ Apply now

No documentation of grief. None needed.

This form goes by email to the INC-USA President and our info inbox. Nothing you write here is published, and it is shared only with the people who need it to help you.

If you cannot write it, ask your Regional President to reach the national office on your behalf. We meet you at whatever door you can open.

If this is urgent, also call or message your Regional President.

No one asks why. We ask how we help.

This is mutual aid the Congress way — answered by a human, decided by people you know, and wired without drama. If you need us, we are here. If you can give, your gift sustains the fund.