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IKEFUAMA FAMILY ACADEMY
EK²SBD · SOLOMON BEN DOVID ERA
Building Goodwill Through Sports, Leadership, Peace & Noahide Wisdom
Connecting people, communities and nations through sports, education, ethical leadership, and international cooperation.
LAGOS, NIGERIA
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The Ikefuama
Family Academy for Goodwill, Sports, Peace Seminars, and Noahide Wisdom
Welcome to EK2SBD.org, the Ikefuama Family Academy for Goodwill, Sports, Peace Seminars, and Noahide Wisdom.
The Ikefuama Family Academy is dedicated to bringing people together through sports, education, leadership, goodwill, and the timeless moral principles of the Noahide tradition.
Our vision is to strengthen friendships between nations and communities by promoting character, mutual respect, healthy living, and practical cooperation.
Through athletic programs, educational seminars, peace initiatives, leadership development, humanitarian projects, and international partnerships, we seek to inspire a new generation committed to service, goodwill, and hope.
The Academy welcomes people of every background who share a desire to build a better future through education, sportsmanship, moral values, and constructive cooperation.
OUR MISSION
To strengthen relationships between Israel, Nigeria, Namibia and people around the world through sport, education, ethical leadership and humanitarian cooperation.
We work where a basketball court, a classroom and a conversation can do the same thing: teach people to trust one another.
OUR VISION
A generation of leaders who carry goodwill across borders — grounded in character, curiosity and shared moral principles.
We measure success in friendships that hold, communities that are stronger than we found them, and young people who choose service.
OUR WORK
Six commitments that shape everything we build
Each commitment stands on its own, and each one strengthens the others. Together they describe how the Academy works in practice.
Sports
Basketball, athletics and fitness as a daily school of discipline, teamwork and mutual respect.
Peace Seminars
Facilitated learning on dialogue, remembrance, conflict resolution and living together well.
Leadership
Practical training in responsibility, communication and service for young people ready to lead.
Humanitarian Service
Community projects that answer real needs — health, equipment, mentorship and opportunity.
Noahide Wisdom
Timeless universal principles studied openly, giving diverse communities a shared moral language.
International Partnerships
Building friendships between institutions, cities and nations that outlast any single project.
NOAHIDE WISDOM
The Seven Noahide Pillars
The Seven Noahide Laws (Sheva Mitzvot Bnei Noach) are a universal moral inheritance. We study them as seven positive pillars — open to people of every faith and none.
1
Know G-d
Recognise one Creator as the source of all life, and let that awareness shape how we treat one another.
4
Respect Marriage
Honour the bonds of family and faithfulness, on which stable homes and stable societies rest.
7
Preserve Justice
Establish fair courts and honest systems, so that right is protected and wrongdoing answered.
2
Respect G-d
Speak of the Divine with reverence, and hold sacred language and sacred trust with care.
5
Respect Property
Deal honestly. What belongs to another is not ours to take, whether by force or by cleverness.
3
Respect Life
Every human life carries irreducible dignity. Protecting it is the first duty of any community.
6
Respect Animals
Treat living creatures with compassion, and refuse cruelty even where no law compels us.
FEATURED PROGRAMMES
Where our work takes shape
Four distinct places, one continuous idea: bring people together and give them something worthwhile to do side by side.
Nigeria Academy
Basketball, education and character formation with young people in Lagos.
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Africa Experience
Nigeria to Namibia to Victoria Falls — a journey with purpose.
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Namibia Campus & Museum
Nature, leadership retreats and historical understanding.
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Israel & Noahide Tours
Study visits through Jerusalem and the layers of shared history.
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COUNTERIES WE CONNECT
One map, many friendships
Our work moves between Jerusalem's stone streets, a Lagos basketball court and the wide horizons of Namibia — carried by people who believe cooperation is a skill worth practising.
HERITAGE, LEARNING & NOAHIDE WISDOM
Educational visits to Jerusalem and historical sites, with study rooted in the Noahide moral tradition.
WHY SPORTS BUILD PEACE
A shared game teaches what a lecture cannot
On a court, cooperation is not an abstract value — it is the only way to win. Rules are respected because everyone benefits. Opponents are needed, not defeated. Effort is visible, and so is fairness.
Discipline you can feel
Training builds the habits — punctuality, persistence, care for the body — that leadership later depends on.
Trust across difference
Teams form around ability and effort, not background. Friendships made this way tend to last.
A bridge into learning
Sport opens the door; seminars, mentorship and study keep young people walking through it.
IMPACT
Where we stand today
We are an early-stage organisation building carefully. These numbers describe our scope and ambition honestly — not claims we have not yet earned.
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Nations connected
Israel, Nigeria, Namibia and a growing global community.
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Programme pillars
From sport and leadership to remembrance and service.
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Initiatives in development
Current programmes and long-term goals in planning.
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Our horizon year
The decade we are building toward, step by step.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Join us in the months ahead
18 August 2026
Community Basketball Clinic
Lagos, Nigeria
A weekend of coaching, fundamentals and teamwork for young players aged 12 to 18, closing with a friendly tournament.
26 September 2026
Goodwill & Leadership Seminar
Online & Lagos
An introductory session on ethical leadership, service and the Noahide moral tradition, open to participants of every background.
14 November 2026
Israel Study Visit — Planning Briefing
Online
A briefing for prospective participants covering itinerary, learning outcomes, costs and preparation for a Jerusalem study visit.
LATEST NEWS
Stories from the Academy
SPORTS
A refurbished Lagos court opens a new community season
Our first community basketball gatherings bring young players, coaches and families together around a simple idea: a good game builds good character.
12 June 2026 · 4 min read
EDUCATION
Noahide wisdom study circles: ethics that travel across borders
Seven universal principles, discussed openly and respectfully, give young leaders from different faiths a shared moral vocabulary.
28 May 2026 · 6 min read
PEACE SEMINARS
Designing our sports diplomacy seminar series
How we are shaping a curriculum that pairs athletic training with conflict resolution, teamwork and civic responsibility.
9 May 2026 · 5 min read
VOICES
What people tell us
Reflections from coaches, educators and participants who have joined our early gatherings.
Sport gave our young people something rare: a place where discipline, respect and joy meet. The Academy's approach starts there and then goes much further.
Community coach
Lagos, Nigeria
What impressed me was the honesty. They separate what exists today from what they hope to build tomorrow, and they invite you into both.
Education adviser
Windhoek, Namibia
Learning together across cultures does not erase difference. It teaches you to hold difference with respect. That is the heart of this work.
Study visit participant
Jerusalem, Israel
EXPLORE OUR JOURNEY
Places that shape our work
From a court in Lagos to the Old City of Jerusalem and the plains of Namibia.
LAGOS, NIGERIA
Community basketball court, Lagos, Nigeria
LAGOS, NIGERIA
Stone streets of the Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem
NAMIBIA
Waterhole at dawn, Etosha region, Namibia
OLD CITY, JERUSALEM
Western Wall plaza, Old City of Jerusalem
VICTORIA FALLS
Victoria Falls, southern Africa
NEWSLETTER
Follow the journey as it unfolds
Occasional updates on programmes, seminars, travel opportunities and ways to help. No noise, no selling of your details.
SUPPORT OUR VISION
Every contribution
becomes a court, a classroom or a conversation
Your support funds equipment, scholarships, seminars and the long-term development of our campuses. Give once, give monthly, or give your time.