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Policies Conditions

Introduction

The Codes and Policies form the Agreement you enter into whenever — and wherever — you commence or continue any conduct or service relating in any way, directly or indirectly, to The Ikoku Foundations. Please, therefore, take the time to read what follows carefully.

Your Policies Agreements

Section 0.1.0. First, with respect to the Agreement you enter into with The Ikoku Foundations, you understand and agree to abide by the following:

0.1.1. Basis
that the name of the agreement is “The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement” (the “Agreement”) and that the nature of this agreement is to serve as the code of conduct, the products and services agreement, and the user agreement of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation.
0.1.2. Composition
that the Agreement consists of the Codes and Policies of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation (the “Codes and Policies” and the “Policies”), which collectively include the Basic Policies — the Conditions and Terms of Founding, the Conditions and Terms of Governance, the Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service, and the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics — as well as all other codes and policies, associated as the Correlative Policies.
0.1.3. Governance
that the Agreement and the Codes and Policies are to be adhered to by you when relating to The Ikoku Foundations, and are to govern all your conduct and service — including any activity, agent, arrangement, or involved material or matter — relating to The Ikoku Foundations, in any way, either directly or indirectly, via any manner, means, method, or mode.
0.1.4. Entrance, Direct
that whenever you commence or continue any conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Foundations you are agreeing to enter into the Agreement, and you are simultaneously agreeing to the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time solely by the Founder.
0.1.5. Entrance, Indirect
that whenever you commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service directly or indirectly — whether through The Ikoku Foundations, or through natural or legal persons commencing or continuing conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Foundations, or through any activity, agent, arrangement, or involved material or matter relating to any of the aforementioned — you are also agreeing to enter into the Agreement, and you are also simultaneously agreeing to the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time solely by the Founder.
0.1.6. Equivalently Binding, Valid
that via entering into the Agreement as described above, you are also thus indicating that you understand the Codes and Policies, that you intend them to be the legal equivalent of a signed, written contract, equally binding, and that you accept the Codes and Policies and agree to be legally bound by them (your “Agreement”).
0.1.7. For Organization
that whenever you commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service for or on behalf of an organization, you are agreeing to enter into the Agreement, and simultaneously agreeing to the Codes and Policies, on behalf of that organization, and represent and warrant that you can do so.
0.1.8. Where Non-Agreement
that you will not commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service, in any way, either directly or indirectly, via any manner, means, method, or mode, if you do not agree to all of the Codes and Policies or if your jurisdiction will not honor them.

Your Policies Consents

Section 0.2.0. Second, with respect to your ability to consent to the Agreement and the Codes and Policies, you covenant, represent, and warrant the following:

0.2.1. Age, Permission
that you are at least eighteen (18) years old or, if younger, at least thirteen (13) years old and commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service — including any activity, agent, arrangement, or involved material or matter — with the permission and supervision of an adult parent or guardian.
0.2.2. Authority, Power
that you have the authority and power to enter into The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement constituted by and entailed in the Codes and Policies, including, where applicable, the authority and power to enter into the Agreement on behalf of an organization.
0.2.3. Comprehension
that you have read and understood the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement.
0.2.4. Conditions
that you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, duties, principles, protections, requirements, rights, standards, and terms for consent, as provided for in the Codes and Policies, for the specific purpose of consenting to the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement.
0.2.5. Consent
that you understand your consent to be informed, unrevoked and voluntary in nature.
0.2.6. Legally Abiding
that, given the above attestation about your consent, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to legally abide by the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, as they are amended from time to time.
0.2.7. Legally Binding
that, given the above attestation about your consent, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, as they are amended from time to time.

Your Policies Duties

Section 0.3.0. Third, with respect to your attendant duties to the Agreement and the Codes and Policies, you covenant, represent, and warrant that you understand and agree to fulfill the following:

0.3.1. Duty, Basis
your duty to ensure that all conduct and service that you commence or continue — including any activity, agent, arrangement, or involved material or matter — relating in any way to The Ikoku Foundations has as its basis your adherence to the Agreement and the Codes and Policies.
0.3.2. Duty, Entity
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with The Ikoku Foundations as the entity formed by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, and so free of any incompatibility with The Ikoku Foundations itself as well as its founding, governance, and overall administration.
0.3.3. Duty, Ethics
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.
0.3.4. Duty, Faith
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with the basic alignment of The Ikoku Foundations with the Humana Faith.
0.3.5. Duty, Mission
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with the mission and purposes of The Ikoku Foundations.
0.3.6. Duty, Prevent
your duty, accordingly, to prevent any intentional or unintentional infringement pertaining to the Codes and Policies, the protections and rights of The Ikoku Foundations or the Founder, or applicable law and regulation.
0.3.7. Duty, Refrain
your duty, accordingly, to refrain from and stop any intentional or unintentional infringement pertaining to the Codes and Policies, the protections and rights of The Ikoku Foundations or the Founder, or applicable law and regulation.
0.3.8. Duty, Report
your duty, accordingly, to report — via fully informing communication directly to the Founder — any intentional or unintentional infringement pertaining to the Codes and Policies, the protections and rights of The Ikoku Foundations or the Founder, or applicable law and regulation.

Your Policies Knowledge

Section 0.4.0. Fourth, with respect to any changes or updates to the Agreement or the Codes and Policies, you covenant, represent, and warrant that you understand and agree to abide by the following:

0.4.1. Awareness
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Foundations strongly recommends you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so asks that you regularly read, review, and understand the content of this Site and other communications regarding the Codes and Policies as well as The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement.
0.4.2. Changes, Codes, Policies
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Foundations reserves the right to change and update the Codes and Policies, from time to time and at any time, without liability.
0.4.3. Changes, Products, Services
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Foundations reserves the right to change, discontinue, end, restrict, or suspend any aspect, part, or the entirety of the Products or Services, and the right also to do the same for access to and availability of any content, data, or feature of the Products or Services, at any time, without notice or liability.
0.4.4. Notice, Notification
that you are aware and accept that if The Ikoku Foundations makes significant material changes, it will attempt to notify you through the Sites or other Products or Services; but that you also agree that changes and updates The Ikoku Foundations may provide on the Sites or other Products or Services themselves are legally sufficient notice for this purpose.
0.4.5. Responsibility
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Foundations strongly encourages you to check back periodically to review the most current, updated version of the Codes and Policies as well as the Products and Services; and that as a natural or legal person who does commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service, including as a user or visitor of the Products or Services, it remains your responsibility to keep informed about such updated changes.
0.4.6. Updated Knowledge
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Foundations takes your commencement or continuation of conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Foundations as active indication of your current and updated knowledge, understanding, and legally binding acceptance of and agreement to the Codes and Policies, as well as The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.
0.4.7. Updated Relationship
that if you object to any changes, you may either not commence or not continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service, including closing any account or equivalent relationship you have with The Ikoku Foundations; and that after our publishing any changes to the Codes and Policies, or sending a notice about such changes, your commencement or continuation of any of the aforementioned conduct or service, including an unclosed account or equivalent relationship with The Ikoku Foundations or your use or visit of any of the Products or Services, will constitute your acceptance of such modifications.
Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, Lagos, Nigeria, February 23 2019 (Babatunde Olajide)

Basic Policies

Provision

As stated earlier, the governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation is, in important part, conducted via the following Codes and Policies:

Ikoku Foundations Agreement

Section 0.6.0. The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, which

0.6.1. Collectively Governing
consists of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all conduct and service in any way relating to The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation.
0.6.2. Collectively Including
collectively include the Basic Policies — the Conditions and Terms of Founding, the Conditions and Terms of Governance, the Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service, and the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics — as well as all other codes and policies, associated as the Correlative Policies.
0.6.3. Available Below
are made available further below.

Conditions of Founding

— 0.7.0. Conditions and Terms of Founding of The Ikoku Foundations (HTML)

Conditions of Governance

— 0.8.0. Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Ikoku Foundations (HTML)

Conditions of Service

— 0.9.0. Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service (HTML)

Founding Ethics

— 0.10.0. Founding Code of Ethics (HTML)

Crowd Gathered on Steps with Washington Monument in Background
March On Washington, Washington DC, USA, August 28, 1963 (Library of Congress)
Schoolgirl in Uniform at Doorway Looking Above
In Uniform, Liberia, March 2019 (Adrianna Van Groningen)
Girl Kneeling in Busy Street
Tibetan Girl, 2017 (Journey Yang)

Correlative Policies

Provision

The Codes and Policies requires your adherence to the conditions and basic policies above and correlative policies delineated below.

Accessibility and Accommodation

— 0.12.0. Policy on Accessibility and Accommodation (HTML)

Appointment and Employment

— 0.13.0. Policy on Appointment and Employment (HTML)

Centrality and Unity

— 0.14.0. Policy on Centrality and Unity (HTML)

Communication and Notification

— 0.15.0. Policy on Communication and Notification (HTML)

Compliance and Fairness

— 0.16.0. Policy on Compliance and Fairness (HTML)

Confidentiality and Privacy

— 0.17.0. Policy on Confidentiality and Privacy (HTML)

Data and Information

— 0.18.0. Policy on Data and Information (HTML)

Environment and Sustainability

— 0.19.0. Policy on Environment and Sustainability (HTML)

Freedom and Liberty

— 0.20.0. Policy on Freedom and Liberty (HTML)

Human Subjects Research

— 0.21.0. Policy on Human Subjects Research (HTML)

Independence and Integrity

— 0.22.0. Policy on Independence and Integrity (HTML)

Intellectual and Private Property

— 0.23.0. Policy on Intellectual and Private Property (HTML)

Safety and Security

— 0.24.0. Policy on Safety and Security (HTML)

Specific and Supplementary

— 0.25.0. Where appropriate and authorized by the Founder, The Ikoku Foundations will list here any Supplementary Conditions and Terms that are Specific to given Parties, Persons, Products, Services, Sites, or equivalent.

Conclusion

— Codes and Policies

— 0.26.1. All of the aforementioned in this section constitutes the Codes and Policies of The Ikoku Foundations (the “Codes and Policies” and “Policies”) and forms an integral part of The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Ikoku Foundations.

— Concerns and Questions

— 0.26.2. Please report any concerns about code or policy violations, and send any questions you may have regarding the Codes and Policies or The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, to policies@ikokufoundations.org.

— Concluding

— 0.26.3. And as a concluding aviso and proviso, you are informed as well as reminded that by commencing or continuing any conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Foundations — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you enter into The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement and agree to abide by and be legally bound by the Policy conditions, principles, protections, and terms described above, and the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.

Woman Bending Down to Tend Crops
Sierra Leone, 2017 (Annie Spratt)
Child in Costume Looking at Camera
Niño, Cusco, Peru, 2018 (Ben Ostrower)
Woman Seated on Mat on Floor, Holding Fan
Seated by Kpone Katamanso District Assembly Office, Tema, Ghana, 2017 (Nathaniel Tetteh)
People Holding Peace Banner and Respect Sign
Women's March, Boston, USA, 2017, (Alice Donovan Rouse)

Also at the Foundations

The Ikoku Foundations are dedicated to fostering ethical philanthropy concerning Africa, its global diasporas, and humanely coexisting communities — toward humane futures for lives across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, The Foundations provide the following:

I.

Philanthropy for Africa

Nonprofit organizations that serve the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas — by advancing ethical philanthropy in several domains, including education and research, civics and governance, health and humanities, industry and innovation.

II.

Philanthropy for Community

Nonprofit organizations that serve the public interest in fostering humanely coexisting communities and persons — who evince a commitment to humane reciprocity as the basis for enhancing the lives and societies existing around them.

III.

Philanthropy for Humanity

Nonprofit organizations that serve the public interest in fostering humanity — by helping the public understand Africa’s essential place in a humane future, where the betterment of conditions for some of the most resolutely humane peoples enhances life for all.

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