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  • NGO seeks support in fight against exploitation

    NGO seeks support in fight against exploitation

    A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Connecting Heart Initiative, through its Blooming Dames Centre, has sought support of government and individuals for women in exploitation and harmful occupation.

    It said the support became necessary to ensure every vulnerable woman escaping harmful and exploitative circumstances was empowered to reclaim her dignity and thrive in a dignified and sustainable livelihood.

    Mrs. Oluwatoyin Ogedengbe and Mrs. Abimbola Okutinyang, co-founders of Blooming Dames Initiative, said the support would also provide transformative and structured environment that supported women in overcoming exploitative circumstances.

    The duo said this would also transit them into safe and dignified career path through faith-based discipleship, trauma informed care and access to entrepreneurial resources and tools for sustainable livelihood.

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    Speaking in Ibadan at the grand opening of Blooming Dames Centre, the Executive Director, Connecting Heart of Women for Positive Change Initiative, Mrs Okutinyang, said the target of the centre was to uplift many women annually.

    ‘’Besides, the NGO also plans to give women medical interference, skill acquisition, spiritual intervention and social intervention, among others.’’

    She said: “Our desire and our goal, if we can have a safe house in every local government in Oyo State, this will be amazing. And the same thing in Lagos, the same thing in Abuja, the same thing everywhere. If we can just have one safe house in one local government, this will be one mind transformed.’’

    The Executive Director, Pan-African Purpose Driven Women Initiative, one of the partners of the centre, Mrs Ogedengbe, said the project was a collaboration between Connecting Hearts of Women Initiative and Pan-African Purpose Driven Women Initiative.

    She said: “Today is remarkable because it is a very momentous occasion for us. It is what we have longed for a long time. We are grateful to God that has made it a reality today. It is the formal re-launch and opening of Blooming Dame Centre.

    “The centre is a faith-based safe haven, it’s a transitional programme for women, who are in exploitative and harmful occupations, to help them shift into safe and dignified career paths for sustainable livelihood and economic empowerment.”

  • NGO seeks support in fight against exploitation, harmful occupations

    NGO seeks support in fight against exploitation, harmful occupations

    A Non-Governmental Organisation, Connecting Heart Initiative, through it’s Blooming Dames Centre, has appealed for the government and private individuals for women in exploitation and harmful occupationisn.

    Co-founders of the NGO, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Ogedengbe and Mrs. Abimbola Okutinyang, said the support will also provide transformative and structured environment that support the women in overcoming exploitative circumstances.

    The duo stated that this will also transition them into safe and dignified carer path through faith based discipleship, trauma informed care, and access to entrepreneurial resources and tools for sustainable livelihood.

    Speaking in Ibadan at the grand opening of Blooming Dames Center, the Executive Director, Connecting Heart of Women for Positive Change Initiative, Okutinyang aid  centre is to uplift many ladies and offer women medical interference, skill acquisition, spiritual intervention, and social intervention among others.

    She said:”Our desire and our goal, if we can have a safe house in every local government in Oyo State, that would be amazing. And the same thing in Lagos, the same thing in Abuja, the same thing everywhere. If we can just have one safe house in one local government, that would be one mind transformed.

    “Please come support us, come help us, come donate to us. If you have a bus, we need a bus, come support us, but consistently. We don’t want just one-off support and then you run away. Hold our hands, help us. Come give the girls counselling.”

    Ogedengbe, said the project was a collaboration between Connecting Hearts of Women Initiative and Pan-African Purpose Driven Women Initiative. 

    She said:”We realised that there’s a need for us to rise up to the occasion to be able to do our bit to help these women, some of them are victims of trafficking, some of them you know are there because of poverty, for different reasons, some are there because of selfish gains and all of that, but we’re here today to see what we can do to help them shift into dignifying sustainable livelihoods.

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    “We can’t do it alone, one of the things we’re asking for is support because we’re private organizations, NGOs, you know we do not have grants yet, we only have partners from families and friends who are helping us raise resources to be able to maintain the facility.

    “When the ladies are here for the period that they will be here, six months or nine months maximum, feeding will be free, the facility needs to be furnished for them to be able to focus, there will be skills acquisition for them in their area of choices and that will also be free. 

    “For all the period that they will be here, feeding, you know toiletries, to get the place furnished, furniture, cooking utensils and all of that, we need this place to be furnished, to be up and running.

    “And of course for people to understand that there’s a place where they can come to, people who are vulnerable, people who have been abused, where they can come to for safety, for covering, for shelter.”