OLORI Ivie Emiko, popularly called Olori Atuwatse III, is making her impact felt in the kingdom of her husband, Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III.
To raise a new generation of young entrepreneurs and assertive leaders, the Olori has commissioned the Love Garden Project in Iyara community, Warri.
Under the monarch’s partnership with CleverMinds Educational Foundation, the Love Garden is an Agritech project targeted at teaching all children in the community and Warri at large the importance of education agriculture, and its role in societal development.
The project was officially opened on Saturday, February 26, 2022, by the Olu of Warri amid the cheers and entertaining performances.
Ogiame and Olori Atuwatse III also joined the children in skillfully planting the first tomato seedlings, signaling a new era of fruitfulness and technological advancement in the community.
The Olori stated, “I and the children of Iyara have planted tomatoes today, in this fertile soil as a sign and symbol of God’s love and His undeniable presence in Iyara. No longer shall she be a community afflicted by poverty and terrorism for the perfect love of God has come to assure peace, fruitfulness, and rest to the land and her people. That love will feed the children, that love will nourish the children, and that love will raise the children into love warriors for change.
“The Love Garden will continue to grow new seedlings by the hands of children closely supervised by crop technicians and in the nearest future, become a blossoming garden, where young learners can watch their efforts yield and feed the community.”