A group, Social Safety Net Foundation has empowered 50 people through its Rural Relief and Empowerment Programme (R-REP).
President of the organisation, Mr Olalekan Babalola said the women were trained on Agribusiness, and other subjects such as Exclusive Breastfeeding and complementary feeding as most of them were nursing mothers.
“About one thousand clothes were distributed along with 50 bags of rice and 48 cartons of indomie noodles were given to 50 women, children and youths at a slum close to NEPA Junction, Apo Abuja on Saturday 26th February, 2017”
Mr Babalola said “the initiative was designed to provide succor to the poorest of the poor in the society, adding that the programme was in line with the organization’s main objective which is to provide social protection to vulnerable people in Nigeria”
They were also trained on Hygiene and Sanitation and simple and affordable means for combating malnutrition with use of locally affordable food materials. The secretary of the organization Mrs Agnes Olajumoke emphasized the need for the youths to stay away from use of drugs, prostitution and other social vices. The organization took the database of all participants with a view to set them up on their chosen by providing them vocational training skills and start up kits.
The community leader, Malam Kazeem thanked the organization for taking the initiative to help the people of the area as he further appealed to corporate , Non Governmental, and Faith Based Organizations to support the poor in the society.
He stated that Government alone could not do it all and called on the public to support organisations such as Social Safety Net Foundation who have genuine programmes and projects for people.
The Beneficiaries also thanked the organization and asked for more of such as the recession had terribly affected their livelihoods. Most of the beneficiaries who cooked for construction workers in the vicinity and serve as casual workers on construction sites complained bitterly of low patronage as construction work had grinded to a halt on most of the sites they services.
