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  • NASFAT begins feeding of 5000 less-privileged

    TheNasri llahi Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), Kaduna State branch has begun feeding of 5000 less privileged Muslims to breaking of their Chairman of the branch,  Muhyideen Alimi Yusuf, an engineer stated this while feeding a set of 250 persons at Nuruddeen Mosque in Kaduna Central Market at the weekend.

    Yusuf said the “feed the needy program” is rolled out to assist the less privileged who are in dire need and also strengthen them to carry on with the act of ibadah (fasting) as expected of them.

    He said it is carrying out the feeding in batches of 250 needy and has so far feed 500 less privileged.

    According to him, we started the feed the needy program, a program we normally do in the month of Ramadan some days ago with feeding of 250 less privileged and today’s own mark day two where we feed another 250. Our target is to feed about 5000 less privileged by the end of the holy month of Ramadan. We target at least 250 persons in each mosque we carry out the exercise.

  • Femi Akinruntan spends Easter with less-privileged

    Don’t be deceived by the enterprising disposition of Prince Akinfemiwa Akinruntan. He is at bottom a highly compassionate individual with a very big heart.

    That much was revealed last Easter Monday when the Managing Director of OBAT Petroleum rejected a lavish party and chose to put smiles on the faces of those who fate has been unkind to. On that day, he donated cash and relief materials to Modupe Cole Memorial Childcare and Treatment Home, a school for the mentally and physically challenged children located in Akoka area of Lagos.

    Items like food, provisions, basic drugs and a huge sum meant to take care of the immediate needs of the poor children were provided by the oil magnate. Of course, the children were very glad and excited to reap from Prince Akinruntan’s generous gesture.

    This show of love, we gathered, the urbane man has been doing without making an issue of it.

  • NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    Wife of the former Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation Mrs. Olajumoke Opeifa has called on governments and philanthropic organisations to make life more meaningful for orphans, widows and aged members of the society.

    Mrs. Opeifa, who is the Founder of Hydra Edge Foundation (HEF), gave the advice during presentation of food items to widows recently. At the event, put together by her organisation, about 1,400 bags of food items (made up of 700 bags of rice and gaari respectively), were presented to the widows and elderly, at Oyewole Junior Grammar School, Orile Agege.

    She said these classes of people, who formed a sizeable proportion of the population, must be adequately taken care of to reduce the widening gap of poverty in the society.

    While noting that nothing would make any meaning to a hungry person, Mrs. Opeifa said the major challenge to governance lay in reducing the poverty index. She said nothing gives her more joy than giving to the poor and making life more meaningful to the less-privileged members of the society.

    According to her, the yearly presentation of food items, which is the eighth in the series, is her Foundation’s response to making life more bearable for the vulnerable groups of the society, who have no means of celebrating the festive period with members of their families.

    She said the exercise, which began eight years ago, is in response to giving back to the society a little from what God had bestowed on her, adding that nothing is too much to give to humanity in appreciation of God’s mercy and goodness on her entire family.

    She said: “Every year, since the past eight years, we have been giving the less-privileged, especially the widows and orphans food items, especially during Christmas. This year, we decided to expand the programme a little by adding the aged. This year, 700 people, made up of 500 widows and 200 aged would go home with one bag of rice and one bag of gaari, to enable them to celebrate the Yuletide and the New Year with members of their families.”

    The Executive Secretary of Orile Agege Local Council Development Area, Mr Adeyinka Akeem described the gesture as one with a profound impact in the council.

    He urged other well-meaning members of the society to emulate such humanitarian gesture by looking at the area of need in any given society and fill the vacuum, adding that it is only when philanthropists teamed up with the government that the task of improving the lot of the common man, especially the indigent can be achieved.

    “This foundation is the biggest humanitarian group in this local government and I must say that every year, the indigent in this area look forward to this event, knowing that they would not only get foodstuffs, but also cash gifts to augment their incomes to make the Yuletide a memorable one for their families,” Akeem said.

    The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the LCDA, Prince Sunday Ajayi praised the HEF for the gesture. He said the crowd of beneficiaries had continued to grow every year, since the programme started eight years ago.

    “This programme has continued to witness tremendous crowd since it started eight years ago. Last year the crowd was tremendous, and this year, it seems to have doubled. The foundation has continued to put smiles on the faces of the common people in this council area. We can only pray that God should continue to strengthen the group,” he said.

    One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Anthonia Anoibo, a widow, said the gesture would forever be remembered in her life, even as she prayed for the organisation to continue to wax stronger in its stride to make life more abundant for the downtrodden.

    Another widow, who had been a regular beneficiary since the programme began eight years ago said she is happy that HEF could remember the widows this year despite the harsh economic situation in the country. She said her prayer is for God to continue to uplift the promoters and those working for the organisation.

  • NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    Life of the former Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation Mrs. Olajumoke Opeifa has called on governments and philanthropic organisations to make life more meaningful for orphans, widows and aged members of the society.

    Mrs. Opeifa, who is the Founder of Hydra Edge Foundation (HEF), gave the advice during presentation of food items to widows recently. At the event, put together by her organisation, about 1,400 bags of food items (made up of 700 bags of rice and gaari respectively), were presented to the widows and elderly, at Oyewole Junior Grammar School, Orile Agege.

    She said these classes of people, who formed a sizeable proportion of the population, must be adequately taken care of to reduce the widening gap of poverty in the society.

    While noting that nothing would make any meaning to a hungry person, Mrs. Opeifa said the major challenge to governance lay in reducing the poverty index. She said nothing gives her more joy than giving to the poor and making life more meaningful to the less-privileged members of the society.

    According to her, the yearly presentation of food items, which is the eighth in the series, is her Foundation’s response to making life more bearable for the vulnerable groups of the society, who have no means of celebrating the festive period with members of their families.

    She said the exercise, which began eight years ago, is in response to giving back to the society a little from what God had bestowed on her, adding that nothing is too much to give to humanity in appreciation of God’s mercy and goodness on her entire family.

    She said: “Every year, since the past eight years, we have been giving the less-privileged, especially the widows and orphans food items, especially during Christmas. This year, we decided to expand the programme a little by adding the aged. This year, 700 people, made up of 500 widows and 200 aged would go home with one bag of rice and one bag of gaari, to enable them to celebrate the Yuletide and the New Year with members of their families.”

    The Executive Secretary of Orile Agege Local Council Development Area, Mr Adeyinka Akeem described the gesture as one with a profound impact in the council.

    He urged other well-meaning members of the society to emulate such humanitarian gesture by looking at the area of need in any given society and fill the vacuum, adding that it is only when philanthropists teamed up with the government that the task of improving the lot of the common man, especially the indigent can be achieved.

    “This foundation is the biggest humanitarian group in this local government and I must say that every year, the indigent in this area look forward to this event, knowing that they would not only get foodstuffs, but also cash gifts to augment their incomes to make the Yuletide a memorable one for their families,” Akeem said.

    The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the LCDA, Prince Sunday Ajayi praised the HEF for the gesture. He said the crowd of beneficiaries had continued to grow every year, since the programme started eight years ago.

    “This programme has continued to witness tremendous crowd since it started eight years ago. Last year the crowd was tremendous, and this year, it seems to have doubled. The foundation has continued to put smiles on the faces of the common people in this council area. We can only pray that God should continue to strengthen the group,” he said.

    One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Anthonia Anoibo, a widow, said the gesture would forever be remembered in her life, even as she prayed for the organisation to continue to wax stronger in its stride to make life more abundant for the downtrodden.

    Another widow, who had been a regular beneficiary since the programme began eight years ago said she is happy that HEF could remember the widows this year despite the harsh economic situation in the country. She said her prayer is for God to continue to uplift the promoters and those working for the organisation.

  • NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    Life of the former Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation Mrs. Olajumoke Opeifa has called on governments and philanthropic organisations to make life more meaningful for orphans, widows and aged members of the society.

    Mrs. Opeifa, who is the Founder of Hydra Edge Foundation (HEF), gave the advice during presentation of food items to widows recently. At the event, put together by her organisation, about 1,400 bags of food items (made up of 700 bags of rice and gaari respectively), were presented to the widows and elderly, at Oyewole Junior Grammar School, Orile Agege.

    She said these classes of people, who formed a sizeable proportion of the population, must be adequately taken care of to reduce the widening gap of poverty in the society.

    While noting that nothing would make any meaning to a hungry person, Mrs. Opeifa said the major challenge to governance lay in reducing the poverty index. She said nothing gives her more joy than giving to the poor and making life more meaningful to the less-privileged members of the society.

    According to her, the yearly presentation of food items, which is the eighth in the series, is her Foundation’s response to making life more bearable for the vulnerable groups of the society, who have no means of celebrating the festive period with members of their families.

    She said the exercise, which began eight years ago, is in response to giving back to the society a little from what God had bestowed on her, adding that nothing is too much to give to humanity in appreciation of God’s mercy and goodness on her entire family.

    She said: “Every year, since the past eight years, we have been giving the less-privileged, especially the widows and orphans food items, especially during Christmas. This year, we decided to expand the programme a little by adding the aged. This year, 700 people, made up of 500 widows and 200 aged would go home with one bag of rice and one bag of gaari, to enable them to celebrate the Yuletide and the New Year with members of their families.”

    The Executive Secretary of Orile Agege Local Council Development Area, Mr Adeyinka Akeem described the gesture as one with a profound impact in the council.

    He urged other well-meaning members of the society to emulate such humanitarian gesture by looking at the area of need in any given society and fill the vacuum, adding that it is only when philanthropists teamed up with the government that the task of improving the lot of the common man, especially the indigent can be achieved.

    “This foundation is the biggest humanitarian group in this local government and I must say that every year, the indigent in this area look forward to this event, knowing that they would not only get foodstuffs, but also cash gifts to augment their incomes to make the Yuletide a memorable one for their families,” Akeem said.

    The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the LCDA, Prince Sunday Ajayi praised the HEF for the gesture. He said the crowd of beneficiaries had continued to grow every year, since the programme started eight years ago.

    “This programme has continued to witness tremendous crowd since it started eight years ago. Last year the crowd was tremendous, and this year, it seems to have doubled. The foundation has continued to put smiles on the faces of the common people in this council area. We can only pray that God should continue to strengthen the group,” he said.

    One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Anthonia Anoibo, a widow, said the gesture would forever be remembered in her life, even as she prayed for the organisation to continue to wax stronger in its stride to make life more abundant for the downtrodden.

    Another widow, who had been a regular beneficiary since the programme began eight years ago said she is happy that HEF could remember the widows this year despite the harsh economic situation in the country. She said her prayer is for God to continue to uplift the promoters and those working for the organisation.

  • NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    NGO makes case for the less-privileged

    Wife of the former Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation Mrs. Olajumoke Opeifa has called on governments and philanthropic organisations to make life more meaningful for orphans, widows and aged members of the society.

    Mrs. Opeifa, who is the Founder of Hydra Edge Foundation (HEF), gave the advice during presentation of food items to widows recently. At the event, put together by her organisation, about 1,400 bags of food items (made up of 700 bags of rice and gaari respectively), were presented to the widows and elderly, at Oyewole Junior Grammar School, Orile Agege.

    She said these classes of people, who formed a sizeable proportion of the population, must be adequately taken care of to reduce the widening gap of poverty in the society.

    While noting that nothing would make any meaning to a hungry person, Mrs. Opeifa said the major challenge to governance lay in reducing the poverty index. She said nothing gives her more joy than giving to the poor and making life more meaningful to the less-privileged members of the society.

    According to her, the yearly presentation of food items, which is the eighth in the series, is her Foundation’s response to making life more bearable for the vulnerable groups of the society, who have no means of celebrating the festive period with members of their families.

    She said the exercise, which began eight years ago, is in response to giving back to the society a little from what God had bestowed on her, adding that nothing is too much to give to humanity in appreciation of God’s mercy and goodness on her entire family.

    She said: “Every year, since the past eight years, we have been giving the less-privileged, especially the widows and orphans food items, especially during Christmas. This year, we decided to expand the programme a little by adding the aged. This year, 700 people, made up of 500 widows and 200 aged would go home with one bag of rice and one bag of gaari, to enable them to celebrate the Yuletide and the New Year with members of their families.”

    The Executive Secretary of Orile Agege Local Council Development Area, Mr Adeyinka Akeem described the gesture as one with a profound impact in the council.

    He urged other well-meaning members of the society to emulate such humanitarian gesture by looking at the area of need in any given society and fill the vacuum, adding that it is only when philanthropists teamed up with the government that the task of improving the lot of the common man, especially the indigent can be achieved.

    “This foundation is the biggest humanitarian group in this local government and I must say that every year, the indigent in this area look forward to this event, knowing that they would not only get foodstuffs, but also cash gifts to augment their incomes to make the Yuletide a memorable one for their families,” Akeem said.

    The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the LCDA, Prince Sunday Ajayi praised the HEF for the gesture. He said the crowd of beneficiaries had continued to grow every year, since the programme started eight years ago.

    “This programme has continued to witness tremendous crowd since it started eight years ago. Last year the crowd was tremendous, and this year, it seems to have doubled. The foundation has continued to put smiles on the faces of the common people in this council area. We can only pray that God should continue to strengthen the group,” he said.

    One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Anthonia Anoibo, a widow, said the gesture would forever be remembered in her life, even as she prayed for the organisation to continue to wax stronger in its stride to make life more abundant for the downtrodden.

    Another widow, who had been a regular beneficiary since the programme began eight years ago said she is happy that HEF could remember the widows this year despite the harsh economic situation in the country. She said her prayer is for God to continue to uplift the promoters and those working for the organisation.

  • Osinbajo’s wife praises Airtel for supporting less privileged

    Osinbajo’s wife praises Airtel for supporting less privileged

    The wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, has commended Airtel Nigeria for supporting the less privileged in Nigeria through the Airtel Touching Lives platform.

    Mrs Osinbajo, who was the Special Guest of honour at the premiere of Season 2 of Airtel Touching Lives, noted that Airtel Touching Lives programme has positively touched the lives of many Nigerians.

    “Support for those suffering and underprivileged should not be left in the hands of Airtel alone. It is the responsibility of us all. I was particularly touched by the Season 1 story of the Chime family whose children suffered various forms of physical disabilities. It shows that more attention and concern need to be shown to the less privileged people who are part of the society.

    The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Airtel, Segun Ogunsanya, urged Nigerians to join efforts in supporting humanitarian causes.

  • Let’s help the less privileged, says Adeleke

    The senator representing Osun West, Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, has called on the rich to “extend hands of fellowship to those living below the poverty line”.

    He spoke at the launch of six classroom blocks he renovated at Young Tajudeen School, Iragberi in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State, as part of his constituency project and to mark his 61st birthday.

    Adeleke reassured the people that he would ensure that meaningful federal projects are attracted to the district without discrimination.

    The lawmaker added that the electorate has the right to be accorded the good things of life, particularly good roads, potable water, uninterrupted power supply and efficient health care delivery.

    He advised that Nigerians should live within their means and shun ostentatious living. The senator called on parents and guardians to make the welfare of their children their utmost priority.

  • Southern Sun Ikoyi celebrates with the less privileged

    Southern Sun Ikoyi celebrates with the less privileged

    Southern Sun Ikoyi marked the start of the festive season with a visit to the Arrows of God

    Orphanage in Ajah, Lagos. The visit which actively engaged the children with fun and laughter joyously added to the Christmas spirit of the season.

    In line with Southern Sun Ikoyi’s annual tradition of positively engaging and contributing to the growth and development of its community, the leading hotel has in the past years, been an ardent supporter of the orphanage. A non-government organization, The Arrows of God orphanage in Ajah, Lagos, cares for over 150 orphaned, abandoned and destitute children, providing the much needed upkeep for thewonderful children in addition to ensuring to meet up with all their academic needs.

    Over the years and as with its recently concluded annual Golf Day tournament, Southern Sun Ikoyi has

    launched several projects with proceeds from them given in support of the orphanage and to be used in

    assisting with the home’s daily operations.

    Commenting on the festive visit, Ubong Nseobot Sales/PR Manager Southern Sun Ikoyi thanked the management of the Arrows of God for according the hotel the heartwarming visit to the home. Ms.Nseobot continued that “as our adopted charity, we are ever eager to put a smile on the lovely faces of the children and especially during this festive time. We reiterate our unwavering commitment to the Arrows of God orphanage and the management of the hotel will continue to work in positively shaping the upbringing of these very lovely children”.

  • Lofelofe.com extends helping hand to less-privileged

    Lofelofe an online firm held a charity event at the Oba Sanni Komolafe Sport Centre in Lagos last Saturday, which saw the convergence of the less-privileged.

    According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Funmi Odushola, the event was aimed at assisting the poor in the society.

    She said: “The food kitchen was organised to reach out to Nigerians, who have no choice but to live on the street of Lagos and other destitute around the location of the event.”

    To achieve their aim, the firm registered 2,500 people who were given free medicals, household/personal items and a hot meal for the day.

    The beneficiaries of the  event were organised from places, such Alabado, Begger, Ikeja, Toll-Gate, Sango-Ota and Agege at their popular spot. The Lagos State District Officer of the Fititianul Islam of Nigeria, Mallam Yaukaka, who registered the beneficiaries, appreciated the firm. “Lofelofe has tried for the beneficiaries as everything given to them were all free of charge ranging from food, clothing, medical attention and the drugs,” he said.

    The beneficiaries were very pleased with this benevolent act of the firm as they expressed their gratitude. Muhamadu Sani, a physically challenged man, said: “I am very happy and I thank God for the opportunity this does not come always and I hope other people will copy them and help us I thank the organization also,”. Another was Zakariyawu Muazu, who said: “I am very happy and I pray God should give them power and support just like they have supported us and also God should be patience with them just like how they are with us.” So also was it for other beneficiaries like Hajiya Abu Zainab and Adida Musa.

    As for the volunteers, they believe that event like this can help reduce the spread of diseases and early death among the poor masses as some never knew they had infections and some internal health challenges. They also hope they could get more donors and more sponsors from wealthy Nigerians to help the poor masses.

    He added: “the things you take for granted, someone else is praying for”. These items you don’t need cost you nothing, so give them to someone that really needs it. We are in a community and whatever happens within it, whether to the beggar or the street vendor happens to you in the long run.