Women

Women Outreach Moves To Eradicate Poverty

Published

12 years ago

July 6, 2012

July 3, 2012 will remain evergreen in the history of skills acquisition and poverty alleviation in Rivers State in particular, and Nigeria in general.

The Divine Daughters of Destiny, a women outreach ministry of the Redemption Ministries, on this day put paid to innuendoes and the antics of skeptics earlier expressed two years ago when the first phase of a skills acquisition initiative was executed by it.

What started like a normal, casual church worship, in a rainy morning, left attendees obviously skeptical about the anticipated turnout, only to take an unprecedented dimension as both granduands and guests defied the rains to find their way to the auditorium of the Redemption Ministries, venue for the graduation ceremony.

It was the graduation ceremony of a second phase of a skills acquisition initiative of the Divine Daughters of Destiny, a vision though captured by the Senior Pastor of the Church, Rev. Stephen Akinola and sold to the women outreach ministry, Divine Daughters of Destiny (DDD) for onward execution.

Like the famous South African president, Nelson Mandela would say, “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” it is not in doubt that participants and beneficiaries of this arduous gesture, would in life, owe their gratitude to these distinguished daughters of repute, the DDD.

Contrary to insinuations that the scheme was only a privilege exclusively for the church faithfuls’ participations were not only interdenominationally based, participants included people from outside the state and most importantly, at no cost!

The auditorium that was filled with beneficiaries of the programme, guests and well wishers, witnessed an atmosphere of thunderous shouts of joy and ovations, as participants filed out in their numbers to receive their certificates.

However, apart from the joy of being certificated for completing a course, what makes the scheme or initiative more laudable is the fact that it wasn’t a wild goose chase. It was rather a mission accomplished, the participants or students as they were called went, saw and they conquered.

Directly behind the auditorium, was a large hall, where the products from the acquired skill were exhibited. Wao! A trade fair arena of sort, could this have been an outcome of just a month’s devotion? What crop of instructors were used? Then, the students too must have been unique species of brains hitherto wasting away.

Suffice it to say that it took a marriage of good brains and ready minds to achieve what was witnessed in the exhibition hall.

Pastor Mrs Matilda Akinola, wife of the Senior Pastor, Rev. Stephen Akinola, recounts that in 2009 the sum of two million naira only (N2m) was raised to empower some hundreds of women while the year 2010 witnessed the first phase of the skills acquisition project which she described as beautifully executed. “We looked at a lot of women and we decided that instead of being idle, (most of them we discovered that when their husbands die, they become penniless and powerless) let’s empower as many as we can,” she said. “I know they are blessed, I’m sure they will do better next time. With this, somebody will put food on his or her table. I feel great, I feel happy because somebody is being empowered, somebody is being enriched and we discovered talents that had been hidden,” she added.

Although visions are personal, Pastor Mrs Akinola believes that if other ministries could key in, together they could go a long way in assisting the government to eradicate poverty and empower the masses.

For the provost of the skills acquisition school, Pastor Mrs Ibe, the exhibition has spoken for its self. Attesting to the degree of assimilation of the skills so far acquired, Pastor Ibe said some persons in painting class, sewing and decoration have already gotten the contracts to demonstrate their skills.

One of the granduands, Ruth Izuma, who acquired skill in paint making and painting, said in one month, she was able to acquire the necessary skill in painting and paint making. In her words “my product is preferred among the crowd, I produce textcote, emulsion, different kind of pigments, oil paints, white wash, red oxide etc”. Izuma averred that even though others play on quality she can’t.

Ruth said she has already been awarded a contract to produce a specific quantity and quality of paints for a building, she reafirmed her pleasure in the trade she has chosen.

Meanwhile, Rev Stephen Akinola has said that the programme was an open one for all comers; he therefore, promised that it will always and ever be an open programme.

Sylvia ThankGod-Amadi

Women

The Wise Woman

Published

7 days ago

April 26, 2024

The Tide

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.

Women

The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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7 days ago

April 26, 2024

The Tide

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.

Women

The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

Published

4 weeks ago

April 5, 2024

The Tide

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.