Olori Atuwatse III has stressed that she and her husband would work tirelessly to change the lives of the ordinary people in the Warri Kingdom. ‘We will not stop until a life in Warri kingdom is worth a life in Washington DC; until we have a people that are educated and empowered in all aspects of life”.
She informed that education and health are the trains she has boarded on a journey towards ensuring that,” Warri becomes the 21st Century Kingdom of our dreams. As part of efforts to raise a new generation of young entrepreneurs and assertive leaders, Olori Atuwatse III has commissioned the Love Garden Project, in Iyara Community, Warri.
Under the Monarch’s active 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 vast benefits of agriculture, and its role in societal development using contemporary teaching methods and educational tools.
The innovative project was officially declared open on Saturday, February 26, 2022, by His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III amid the cheers and entertaining performances from bright learners of CleverMinds Foundation. 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.
Speaking at the momentous occasion, Olori stated thus: ‘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 near future, become a blossoming garden where young learners can watch their efforts yield and feed the community.