Victoria Gbinigie (née Okudolo) Legacy Fund

Victoria Gbinigie was born to Thomas and Virginia Okudolo and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. Her father was a big advocate for education for everyone, and founded Exam Success Correspondence College which was the first correspondence college in Africa. He inspired her desire to pursue an education that would equip her in making a difference in the lives of others. She is a consultant psychiatrist and founder of Providence 4 Missions International, an organization that supports Christian leaders in Canada and church planters globally, ensuring their long-term success in building vibrant faith communities.

She earned her medical degree at the University of Lagos, Nigeria and furthered her education in Psychiatry both in the United Kingdom and at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She has over 25 years of experience as a psychiatrist with a particular interest in Geriatric Psychiatry and has worked in this field both in the United Kingdom and currently in Canada. She contributes to the education and training of junior medical colleagues in her role as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry with the University of Saskatchewan. Her dedication to her work is driven by the bond she builds with her clients throughout their lives and the satisfaction she gets from applying her skills and experience to ensure they continue to live a supported, dignified and healthy life.

Knowing that education, especially in the area of geriatric psychiatry, is an essential tool to improve outcomes for seniors fuels her desire to ensure that health care professionals are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to achieve the goal of caring for this population well. Her love for spreading the gospel of Christ and passion for living life on mission with God fuels her vision for Providence 4 Mission International which began in 1994. It was at a prayer meeting that God gave the word that he was sending her abroad for a work which he had prepared for her to do. She lived and worked since then in Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and in Canada with the knowledge that there was something that God had for her to do but not knowing what this was. In 2018 while reading the book Revolutions in Missions by Yolanda Adams, God birthed Providence 4 Missions and promised to bring people alongside her who would help to accomplish it.

The organization was incorporated in Saskatchewan on the 1st of January, 2019, as a provincially incorporated non-profit organization. It continued to become a federally incorporated non-profit organization on the 4th of October, 2021, and attained charitable status in March 2022. The organization has achieved steady growth since its inception through the efforts of its board members and generous supporters. It continues to make a difference, change lives and build vibrant faith communities globally. There are many people yet to be reached with the gospel of Christ and the organization hopes to ensure that Christian leaders and church planters achieve long term success.

Victoria is married with 4 children, enjoys travelling, spending time with her family and is active in her local church. The Victoria Gbinigie Legacy fund supports the education of health care professionals by furthering to improve their knowledge in geriatric psychiatry as well as Providence 4 Missions International, an organization that supports Christian leaders in Canada and church planters globally.