Dr. Jacqueline Walters with the girls · Sango Ota, 2026
She cares for women. She shows up for girls.
AOA camp, Sango Ota · 2024–2026
Basketball brings them to us.
Jackie’sGirls
FOR HER FUTURES.
An Adeola Ajayi Foundation Initiative
Every girl deserves someone in her corner.
Inspired by Dr. Jacqueline Walters. Built for the next generation.
Her game · Her dignity · Her future ↓Why Jackie’s Girls
Our responsibility doesn’t end at the court.
Girls train and compete at AOA camp on the same court, with the same coaches, as the boys. But a girl’s game depends on more than a ball and a new pair of shoes.
It depends on whether she feels cared for. Whether she has what she needs to be comfortable. Whether anyone believes in what comes next.
Jackie’s Girls makes sure every girl who comes to our court has someone in her corner.
“They matter. Their dreams, their health and their futures matter.”
Look closer. Every one of them has a voice, and a future.
AOA camp · Sango Ota · 2026
Sango Ota · AOA camp
The power of her words.
Before she changes the world, she must believe in herself.
Read the transcript
Dr. Walters: So listen, ladies. We're all ladies, and guess what? Ladies have to do a little bit of extra. I kept saying it. You're going to get a period. We all hate it, but it has to come. And when you have that, make sure you do extra. Stay clean.
Dr. Heavenly Kimes: My favorite part of this trip is mentoring the girls. I don't think the girls know their value and their worth.
Who else is beautiful? Raise your hand. Everybody.
A camper: I'm beautiful, I'm intelligent, I'm smart, and I can do all things.
A girl in an orange AOA jersey holds a basketball at the 2025 camp
01 · Pillar
Her Game.
Every girl deserves a place on the court.
Girls already train, compete and win awards at AOA camp, on the same court and with the same coaches as the boys. Jackie's Girls makes sure there is always room for them.
Already happening
Girls play at AOA camp alongside boys, in the same drills, scrimmages and games, on Noble Court.
On the recordAOA camp photo galleries and camp lists, 2022–2026
Girls are recognised at the camp awards ceremony.
On the recordPixieset, Sponsors & Presentations (2022 awards)
202 children attended the 2026 camp, led by 25 coaches and 20 auxiliary staff.
On the recordAOA camp records, April 2026
Where we’re going Our aim
- Equal places for girls and boys at camp: a 50/50 participation aim.
- Count and publish how many girls attend each camp, every year.
- More women coaching and officiating at camp.
2026
02 · Pillar
Her Dignity.
Confidence begins with care.
A girl can't give her best on the court if she is worried about her period. Care is part of the game plan, delivered quietly and without shame.
Already happening
During our 2026 camp, more than 100 girls received sanitary pads generously donated by Kotex and personally brought to Nigeria by Dr. Jackie Walters, helping support menstrual dignity and well-being.
Pads donated by
ReportedReported by Adeola Ajayi, founder, and confirmed with Dr. Walters, November 2026
Dr. Walters leads AOA's programming for girls and women at camp: mentoring, confidence, self-worth, health and well-being.
ReportedReported by Adeola Ajayi, founder, November 2026
Girls met with Dr. Jacqueline Walters during the 2026 camp.
On the recordPixieset, 7th Edition 2026, Camp Day 2
Where we’re going Our aim
- Make menstrual-care supplies part of every camp, every year.
- Age-appropriate health conversations led by women, with guardians' consent.
- Partnerships with health professionals in Ogun State.
2024 AOA camp
03 · Pillar
Her Future.
Opportunity beyond the court.
Basketball brings them to us. Our responsibility doesn't end at the court. The next chapter is mentorship, learning and a network of women who have walked the road ahead of them.
Already happening
The Dr. Jacqueline Walters Learning Hall at Noble Court, dedicated April 15, 2025: a space for growth, community and empowerment.
On the recordDedication plaque, Noble Court
Life-skills talks and mentoring run through every AOA camp.
On the recordAOA camp programmes, 2022–2026
Where we’re going Our aim
- Mentorship circles for girls in the Learning Hall, between camps.
- School support for girls who want to keep studying.
- Introductions to women leading in health, sport and business.
In her corner
Joy is part of the game plan.
On the record
Where it stands today.
Jackie’s Girls is new. These are the facts it starts from, each with its source and year.
100+
girls received sanitary pads at the 2026 camp, donated by Kotex and brought to Nigeria by Dr. Walters
Reported by Adeola Ajayi, founder, Nov 2026
202
children attended the 2026 AOA camp on Noble Court
AOA camp records, April 2026
1
learning hall at Noble Court named for Dr. Jacqueline Walters
Dedicated April 15, 2025
1
borehole gifted to the community with Dr. Walters and Curtis Berry
Dedication plaque, April 2024
We count girls’ participation from camp records and will publish it each year. Equal places for girls and boys (50/50) is an aim, not yet a result.
The woman behind the name
Dr. Jacqueline Walters.
Dr. Jacqueline Walters is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist in Atlanta, in practice since 1997, and an advocate and mentor for women's health. She founded the 50 Shades of Pink Foundation, which supports people through breast-cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery, and wrote The Queen V, a frank guide to women's health. Many people know her from Bravo's Married to Medicine, where she has been a cast member since 2013.
She was there at the start of this story. In 2009, she and Coach Curtis Berry took in a teenage Adeola Ajayi when he arrived in the United States on a basketball scholarship. Years later she stood in Sango Ota beside the borehole she gave the community, and in 2025 a learning hall inside Noble Court was named in her honour.
Today she leads AOA's programming for girls and women at camp in Sango Ota: mentoring, building confidence and self-worth, and talking honestly about health and well-being. She doesn't send help from a distance. In 2026 she personally carried sanitary pads donated by Kotex to Nigeria, for more than 100 girls.
Jackie's Girls gives that work a name, and a home on our court all year round.
2009
Took Adeola in, with Coach Curtis Berry, when he came to the US on a basketball scholarship
aoaimpact.com, founder story
2024
Gifted a borehole to the children of Sango Ota and the community, with Curtis Berry and AOA
Dedication plaque, April 2024
2025
The Dr. Jacqueline Walters Learning Hall opens inside Noble Court
Dedication plaque, April 15, 2025
2026
Walters' 50 Shades of Pink Foundation presents Bloom Ball 2026. At camp, Dr. Walters leads the girls' programming and personally brings sanitary pads donated by Kotex for more than 100 girls
AOA records; 2026 camp gallery; reported by Adeola Ajayi
Every April, she comes back
She came for the game. She leaves knowing what she’s worth.
Stand in her corner.
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One mission · every child
Every AOA camp is for every child, girls and boys together. That is our promise: For Their Futures. Jackie’s Girls is how we keep it, personally, for every girl: For Her Futures.
