The founder of a non governmental organization, Diamond Heart of Care and Hope Foundation, Amb. Racheal Chinyere Benson, says the Foundation has a target to empower at least 100 women and youths by the end of the year.
She said this at the election and inauguration of the executives of the Foundation to pilot its affairs in Abuja.
Benson said the aim was to lift the targeted number of people from the streets and empower them with various vocational skills in different areas to enable them stand on their own and also empower others.
She said the Foundation was going to pursue collaboration with relevant government institutions as well as international support to achieve this objective.
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She said, “We all need to build this country together. This time around we need to help youths and women to establish them in various vocations in the country. We plan to visit National Assembly and seek support to reach the people who need assistance. There are some villages that till today have no network. These days you must not install a mast. There is a digital solar multipurpose network that can be installed in the name of Diamond Heart of Care.
“The thing is only us cannot do this. We need to enter the government and National Assembly and call our leaders to see what we are seeing because they may not see everything. We want to channel all our efforts seeking for people to come and help.
“We want to sacrifice to make sure everything gets better in this country. You can become an entrepreneur even without government. If you finish your NYSC, you should be able to lay your hands on one or two things that you can be generating money from. We are planning on bringing people together and train them on different skills and also try to give them something to start. That is our main aim of this year. At least let us lift our 100 people out of the streets. The target is to build people and empower them to be self sufficient who would in turn also build others.”
The names of the newly elected executives of Diamond Heart of Care and Hope Foundation are as follows; Mercy Michael (Chief Executive Officer); Otinyie Pius (Deputy Chief Executive Officer); Eze Kate Chioma (Secretary); Racheal Ajayi (Financial Secretary); Epelesatima Aaron Tamunobelema (Public Relations Officer); and Onyinye Adams (Treasurer).