Body Seeks Support To Empower Vulnerable Women

A non-governmental organisation,Women’s Effects Initiatives International (WEII), has appealed to philanthropists and corporate organisations to support its initiative of taking vulnerable women from the streets in order to empower them for a better society.
WEII Director-General, Mrs Abimbola Abiola, made the plea in an interview with The Tide source yesterday in Lagos.
Abiola said that support for women was very crucial to the growth of the nation as it was observed that there were lots of vulnerable women who needed help.
According to her, the non-governmental organisation needs support to lift most vulnerable women from poverty which could in turn hinder them from raising responsible children.
She said this was necessary to achieve a better home, society and saner generation.
“We want support from government, corporate organisations and philanthropists to enable us achieve our goals as a non-governmental organisation.
“We have started our campaign and sensitisation in some states in the federation and we hope to cover all and move to other African countries.
“This campaign is channelled toward getting the data base of our 100 million Nigeria women, to know their state of mind, how they feed, how they manage their homes and finally assist them.
“We give out palliatives in form of loan, grants, medical assistance and more. We need philanthropists to key into this initiative to be able to achieve more.
“Our campaign will go through institutions of learning, places of worship, market places, television stations, various social media platforms and small communities,” she said.
Abiola advised Nigerian women to consciously believe in themselves and their capabilities.
She said that the current dispensation was known as women’s nation, endowed with creative, intelligent and enterprising people with abundant natural resources.
She noted that these vulnerable women must be guided to enable them tap from the enormous natural resources the nation is endowed with.