An Abuja based group, Helpline Foundation for the Needy has provided about 450 widows and vulnerable people with assorted gifts and lifesaving entrepreneurial skills.
The beneficiaries were said to have acquired different skills like shoe, bag and soap making, baking and others skills from the free training organised to empower them.
The Founder of the Foundation, Dr. Jummai Ahmadu who spoke over the weekend in Abuja at a fiesta orgainised for the beneficiaries, said the beneficiaries were selected from 3 states and the FCT to be part of this year’s outreach.
Dr. Jummai disclosed that this year’s fiesta marks the 19th anniversary of the Foundation’s charity, which has been adjudged to be one of the most impactful welfare projects.
She noted that the beneficiaries were not just invited to come and pick up free food stuff and other gifts, but to showcase products from their specialized skills acquisition training.
According to her, over the years, her Foundation with the support of different donors, have ensured that widows and other vulnerable youths were guided to make wise economic decisions that will stand the test of time.
She added that the beneficiaries of the free entrepreneurial training have not just become financial pillars to their immediate families, but sources of inspiration to others around them.
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She said, “We have 450 beneficiaries, these are beyond Abuja, but even Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger states.
“This is the 19th edition of Helpline Foundation for the Needy Abuja End of the Year reach out to widows and vulnerable women and other groups.
“We are here today also basically to make them show to us what they have been able to acquire between January and December 2022. Because We brought them together to help them acquire some skills, so we want to see what they have learnt.
“We also want them to have fun during this yuletide season. Some were trained in shoe, bag, soap, cake making and many other things. Some of them were also taught how to start a business with zero naira, as well as package somethings within their environment”.
