NGO plans to uplift widows

The Givers for Capacity Enhancement, a non-governmental organisation, has said it has initiated a Project Father a Child platform whereby widows across the country will receive N20, 000 monthly to train their children.

The National President of the organisation, Mr. Edward Olutoke, in a statement issued in Abuja, explained that in pursuit of emancipation of the masses, the organisation would inaugurate its Givers Embassy Church, located in the premises of 3Js Hotel, Jabi, Abuja on July 30.

He said the church would not collect offering or tithe. He said widows who want to benefit from the scheme will be screened and must have at least a child in school.

Olutoke added that the initiative would make widows more resourceful citizens, empowering them and aims at reducing crimes among the youth by assisting the widows to train their children through donations.

“The idea is that if we can train as many as possible of these fatherless children, they will become useful to the society, thereby impacting positively on development and governance.

“Poor upbringing of the child and poverty inform underdevelopment and bad governance and women are cardinal to proper upbringing of the child; that is why the organisation is targeting the widows for empowerment programmes.” he said.