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Recovered Street Girls, The Journey So Far

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The joy of every mother, family and society is to watch their children grow and acquire the potentials of becoming the future leaders. To this end, the future holds nothing for any society whose youths are lagging behind with little or no leadership values.
This was the situation that threw a challenge to Mother of Good Counsel Initiative (MOGCI), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) led by Lady Doris Onyeneke, whose effort to recover and rehabilitate abandoned girls in the street has started paying off after one year experience with rejected girls.
MOGCI established Mater Dei Care Centre to recover and give the recovered street girls a reason to live again and to re-open a closed chapter of their lives. To Lady Doris Onyeneke Executive Director, a strong belief in the saying “give a man fish, you feed him for one day but teach a man how to fish with a net, you feed him for life”, is a driving force behind the whole move.
The thought of feeding for life which pushed MOGCI, to embark on skill acquisition for 60 girls at the Mater Dei Girls Centre an arm of MOGCI seemed to be paying off with the girls showing interest in their new found lives.
Girls who were before now abandoned by their parents and environment, now proudly show their talents in the entrepreneurial training taking place at the centre under nine programmes; Mentorship, Fashion and deigning, Hair dressing, Computer training, Catering, art/fascinator, Bead making, Wire works Agro-business and extra-mural classes.
A release by the centre said that “Mater Dei Girls Centre is not just a skill acquisition centre but also a place to holistically reform and enhance the status of girls and young women.
“MOGCI has also succeeded in sending some of our girls who dropped out of school back to school. Employment opportunities have already been provided for 30 girls in the catering department on graduation in one of the biggest eateries in Port Harcourt”.
Many of the girls have been united with their families who before now disowned them because of their misconducts and shameful activities in their environment.
A display of the girls products like the made cloths, beads and others, showcased a touch of quality and readiness on the side of the girls to become employers of labour in the state.
These are mothers of tomorrow, for a person to become a woman, she must first become a girl and getting her out of the street would save the children she must give birth to tomorrow.
The role of building the future leaders should be the duty of all. No wonder Lady Onyeneke decried the challenges faced in the running of the centre,” finance is a big challenge.
“Our safe space (hostel) can only accommodate six abused girls at a time and we also need computers, sewing machines and other equipment to empower those that would soon graduate to become full fledged entrepreneurs”.
She however commended the Board of Directors of MOGCI, corporate organizations and other philanthropists who have partnered with her to make things happen. Some of these girls who joined cult in the past now look forward to a brighter future with the skills they are acquiring from the centre.
In her contribution, the coordinator of Mother of Good Counsel Initiative, Obiageli Oraka-Oipoghe said the success story of the centre is “mind blowing as the centre is gaining momentum because of the many visible achievements in the lives of the girls.
“The best investment is the one made in human beings. We correct the wrong information that uneducated women cannot worth anything in the society”, Oraka-Oipoghe noted.
One of the girls, Idara, said she was abandoned by her mother to co-habit with a man for 12 years.
“I was left to take care of myself for these number of years without anybody but a hostile environment that only used me at will but thanks to this NGO that has restored my life and given me a future.
“I will soon graduate from the computer training and I am preparing for WAEC exam. In addition, I have been united with my mother and my six other siblings, a battle fought by the NGO even against will”.
Precious and Mary who are 15 and 16 years respectively, had dropped out of school because of teenage pregnancy. Today, thanks to MOGCI, they have been sent back to school to reconnect with their career and future.
From the foregoing, it is obvious that the effort on the recovery mission of MOGCI will not only reduce the social, vises in the society, it will also reduce unemployment that has battled the country to a stand still.

 

Lilian Peters

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The Wise Woman

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The wise woman builds her home. Mothers are supposed to live exemplary lives. The roles of mothers in the building of the modern Christian home cannot be overemphasized.
The function of the mother is to help the man build the home. She is a helper. A helper to the husband when the man is not doing well. It is important for the wise woman to assist when the man is not able to meet up with the items needed in the home.
A wise woman needs to reference God first and then the husband. Also the wise woman should respect her husband.
Caring for her own children as well as others is very crucial.
Do not despise children from other mothers. Discipline the child who is going the wrong way.
Ensure family bonding, show love and don’t discriminate. Connection with children is very important, especially the females. Find out who is her friend. Also find out the kind of lives they live. Caution, counsel and guide so that they make good partners.
Teaching children the dos and donts should start from birth. Inculcate the word of God in them so that when they grow, will not depart from it.
From the Scripture, some women influenced their families positively. Virgin Mary influenced the world, she never destroyed herself hence she gave birth to Jesus Christ.
Elizabeth, despite her age, God blessed her as she waited patiently.
A wise should curb favouritism in the family and love children equally. Whether a child is your biological child or not, it is necessary to show love equally. Reprimanding the children should be the function of both man and wife.

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The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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Marriage is beautiful when there is love. Before and after marriage, couples show love to themselves. But you discover that after some years, that same love turn to be something else. A lot of people start going through emotional trauma in the hands of their loved spouses.
There are many things the woman desires to keep the love on as far as marriage is concerned.
Women are blesssed with feminine abilities that can be used for good in husbands lives. With your abilities, you can create a marriage that will last till couples get old.
A woman needs
man that is honest,  trustworthy,  nice,  loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, if there is no reasonable finance,  it is always difficult to manage the home.
Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3: “Your desire  shall be unto you…….. “
What this means is that whatever the woman desires in life shall be provided as far as she performs her role in her home. There are many things  the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy,  at least helping to do one or two things when he is at home.
A man that is educated and intelligent so that they will transfer such traits to their children.
Knowing that there are traits that her husband has,  traits of taking care of people,  giving freely to people and caring for her family. She expects him to exhibit them.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family,  remembering his family even as he is away from home.
No matter where he finds himself, he is not destracted by external influence. He returns home to his loved ones.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.
According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that a woman builds her home. As far as he rreturns home, you accept him as your own.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit.  Don’t be a monitoring spirit.  Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband. The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.
You can show some form of jealousy, but to an extent. Cooperation, respect and being honoured from time to time is what the woman desires.
The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man.  A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

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The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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A woman needs a man that is honest,  trustworthy,  nice,  loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, If there is no money,  it is always difficult.


Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3:Your desire  shall be unto you……..
That is one aspect  the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy,  at least helping to do one or two things.   A man that is educated and intelligent.
She knows that there is a trait that her husband has.  Traits of taking care of people,  giving freely to people and caring for her family.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family,  remembering his family even as he is away from home.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.


According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that the women builds her home.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit.  Don’t be a monitoring spirit.  Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband.
The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.


The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man.  A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

Eunice Choko-Kayode

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