The Gathering Place – Our Day Centre
Located at 10, Jolly Star Close, Off Wemi Akinsola Close By Goat Hunters Restaurant (Adeleke Street) Allen Avenue Area Ikeja, Lagos State. The Gathering Place is our Day Centre for seniors aged 65 and above.
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- Who We Are
Sharing God’s Love Through Care and Compassion
Aanu Foundation is a global Christian charitable organization operating from multiple
sites in Nigeria and in London, UK. Our mission is to champion the often-neglected
older adults both in terms of the provision of their practical day-to-day needs and in
terms of the provision of advocacy to better their collective plight.
We provide a
platform through which the older adult can enjoy healthy social interaction and
cognitive stimulation so that they can lead a happy life.
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We exist to demonstrate God’s love in practical, transformative ways to older adults
and to support them to thrive in body, mind, and spirit.
Through compassionate outreach, strategic partnerships, and generous service, we
work to restore dignity, strengthen wellbeing, bring hope and create opportunities for
the older adults to flourish in the twilight of their years, reinforcing in them a sense of
continued usefulness to society.
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Our vision is to create a world where every person is valued, supported, and empowered to
live with hope, purpose, and wholeness. We are committed to establishing at least 6 Day
Centres in Nigeria and 1 in London within 10 years of operation.
We envision communities marked by compassion, justice, and genuine relationships—where
love is lived out, resources are shared, and no one is left behind. We envisage that within
the same timeline, for the Aanu brand to have become synonymous with older adult
care both in Nigeria and in the UK
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Our values shape who we are, how we serve, and the impact we pursue. They guide our
decisions, our partnerships and our daily interactions. Each of our values are highlighted
below:
Agape Love
Agape Love is the heartbeat of our foundation, motivating us to serve with humility, with kindness and with deep respect. We are driven by a selfless, unconditional love that recognizes and honours the worth of every person; clients, staff and volunteers.
Compassion
Compassion for us means listening well, understanding people’s realities and offering support that restores hope and dignity. We respond to the needs of our clients with empathy and with action.
Generosity
Generosity we define not as an act but as a posture. Our generosity therefore shapes how we invest in people and how we steward what has been entrusted to us. We therefore give our time, our resources, our skills and our encouragement willingly and freely.
Genuine Relationship
We believe that transformation happens through authentic connection. We therefore build relationships that are honest, respectful and rooted in trust and in walking alongside people rather than simply delivering services.
Integrity
Integrity guides our service-provision, our governance, our stewardship of resources and our accountability to our donors and the communities we serve. We are totally committed to doing what is right, we are transparent and honourable.
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Daily Care for the Aged
Help us provide daily meals, companionship, and essential care for elderly citizens who face loneliness and neglect.
Community Medical Outreach
Support our quarterly medical outreaches where we provide free health checks, medications, and professional consultations to seniors.
Support The Gathering Place
Help us maintain our day centre in Ikeja where seniors enjoy social activities, therapy sessions, and nutritious meals.
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Meet the People Behind the Mission
Akinpelu and Adetoro Osuntoki
For Akin and Toro Osuntoki who are founders of Aanu, Aanu is not simply another charitable initiative but Christian ministry of love and compassion shaped by the heart of Jesus.
The couple, who have dedicated their lives to serving God believe that Aanu exists because God called them to bring His love and compassion to the elderly who are some of the most overlooked people in society.
The inspiration for Aanu’s journey began in 2009, when God began to stir their hearts with compassion for the many people around us struggling to survive. By 2011, the growing awareness of human suffering had deepened into a conviction that God could them to help. The words of Isaiah 58, especially verses 6b–7, ignited in them a passion to act:
“Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free. Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives.”
Since then, Akin and Toro have done their best to bring Christian compassion to a hurting world. Yet at the end of 2015, God used two significant events to redirect their attention toward establishing a foundation for full‑time charitable work. The first was Akin’s short‑term mission trip to the Philippines in October 2015, where God opened his eyes to a model of love and compassion that He calls believers to demonstrate. The second was a personal visit to Nigeria in November of the same year, where Akin once again witnessed deep suffering—particularly among pensioners and the elderly.
After these experiences, Akin and Toro felt an overwhelming mandate to set up Aanu and to make a difference in the lives of this vulnerable group. This was thus the beginning of Aanu, a Yoruba word meaning compassion; started in 2016 and was formally established 4th April 2018 with a mission to simply serve as facilitators of God’s love and compassion to the aged.
At the heart of the foundation’s work is The Gathering Place, a Day Centre where older adults can encounter agape love, enjoy fellowship, experience social interaction, and receive physical and mental stimulation, along with refreshment and care.
Akin, currently a pastor at the Ealing Community Church and Toro who works for the NHS, serve together in this calling following the instructions of 1 John 3:17–18
“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? … Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”
Their lives are dedicated to demonstrating the compassion of Christ in practical, life‑giving ways.
Our Day Centre
Set up as a place of refuge for the aged, The Gathering Place as TGP is Aanu’s Day Centre for the older adults.
Wherever we are located, TGP serves as the focus of our operations. Here the older adults gather with a sense of belonging whilst enjoying social inclusion with one another and mental stimulation through the various programmes and activities scheduled for them.
These include:
• Easy aerobics
• Health and wellbeing talks
• Card games
• TV
• Friendly chat and banter
• Topical debate,
• Refreshments and balanced meals.
• Basic health checks, i.e. BP, Weight, BMI, etc
• Medical consultation and medication prescription offered by partnering medical centres.
We also offer other professional and practical support which our clients are unable to pay for themselves, including legal support, help with accommodation and other forms of advocacy.
Currently, TGP is located at the following locations:
Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria 10 Jolly Star Close Off Wemi Akinsola Close By Goat Hunters Restaurant (Adeleke Street) Allen Avenue Area Ikeja, Lagos State
Opening Hours (Varies on Public Holidays)
Monday: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Wednesday: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Friday: 9.30am – 4.00pm (Hours vary
Shaki, Oyo State, Nigeria Apinnite area Shaki, Oyo State
Opening Hours (To be Advised) Centre being built and likely to become operational in October 2026.
Ealing, London, UK Coming soon.
Outreaches
We are committed to periodic outreaches away from our centre as a means of taking God’s love to the older adults who may have different needs of all sorts including the need for food, the need for medical support and for eye care.
Sponsor an Aged Scheme
Our Sponsor an Older Adult Scheme is designed to support older adults who are trapped in extreme poverty. This scheme has enabled us to bring a few older adults out of dire poverty. To run the scheme, we solicit donations from generous people with a heart to support such older adults and to donate towards this critical need. Every penny received on this scheme goes towards this scheme.
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