Gradually, in realization that if we do not support many of our women, who are widows, we might end up with many more child headed households, we also succumbed to pressure and started venturing into supporting Medicare for our women and children.
To this end, some public-spirited medical personnel have provided medical missionary for our annual events. Such personnel provide free consultation and drugs for our women and children, immunization and deworming of vulnerable groups in our community.
Three years ago, we ventured into mobilizing support and conducting voluntary lessons for our orphanages. This extension was initiated by a diplomat’s wife and by the time she left the country, we felt that it was only natural to continue.
Given the rising wave of insecurity in our country, we found it difficult to be left out of Nigeria's humanitarian work. We have therefore actively participated in mobilizing for and distributing for and toiletries to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.
We are very appreciative of our donors and supporters for keeping aglow the aspirations and objectives of positively touching lives.
It has not always been smooth; we have lost quite a number of our beneficiaries. Some of the women we started supporting have become more ill than when we started thereby needed added support. To this end, we are still struggling with fashioning out the best strategy for remaining a float. Our micro-credit have not worked for the simple reason that when our women get very ill, they spend the capital for their businesses and then start afresh.
It is our believe that children's education cannot wait while ill health remains a priority. Therefore, we will continue to juggle these priorities to touch lives and to provide succour through this initiative which we regard as our calling.
All, these years, we have programmed informally, relying on friends and acquaintances for support. But this year, we commenced our formal registration of a foundation that would formally take over, implement and sustain the vision of helping these helpless groups.
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