The people building CoreServe.
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
Surplus on one continent. Scarcity on another.
Mo's parents are from Gambia and Nigeria. Growing up, the family went back regularly. Mo's parents made a point of showing him the rural areas where they grew up — the actual streets, the actual classrooms, the actual conditions. The pattern that kept surfacing: peers in Africa with the same talent, the same drive, the same hunger as anyone he knew in the US, handicapped not by ability but by access.
The realization wasn't revolutionary, just stubborn: in the US, surplus material goods sit in drawers. In communities Mo's family is from, the same goods unlock years of opportunity. The gap is fixable. It just needs someone to fix it.
CoreServe was founded in April 2023 to do exactly that. Mo started it; Dinobi Offurum joined early as Co-Founder and COO. The first two operating partners — Tujereng Upper & Secondary in The Gambia, and Lions Village Motherless Babies Orphanage in Lagos — came from the same playbook: go where the need is, listen, ship the resource that closes the gap.
CoreServe Foundation conceived — Mo identifies the gap between US surplus and African scarcity.
Muyiwa returns from Nigeria; mission takes shape.
Verbal commitment to support Tujereng Upper & Secondary School, The Gambia.
Officially established as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
Commitment to support Lions Village Motherless Babies Orphanage, Lagos, Nigeria.
Dinobi Offurum joins CoreServe as COO & Co-Founder.
Rice University chapter approved.
Muyiwa Ogunsola
President & Co-Founder
The son of Gambian and Nigerian immigrants, Muyiwa is dedicated to taking opportunities back to his homeland.
Dinobi Offurum
COO & Co-Founder
The son of two Nigerian immigrants, Dinobi joined CoreServe to continue the mission and give back to his homeland.
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