Humanity
Omobola Ashabi Foundation Hosts fundraising Event for Poor Students, Vulnerable Women, Widows
The Omobola Ashabi Foundation with the aim and mission to ‘Give A Child Future’ has announced a fundraising event for an initiative targeted at breaking the cycle of poverty by helping children and women in marginalised communities to have access to quality education and training towards the possibility of a better life.
The foundation, put together by popular educationist and trained schoolteacher, Dame Mrs. Omobola Ashabi, was inspired by the need to advance quality and sustainable education for children, and empowerment for vulnerable women and widows in need. With education and personal growth with keen interest in women empowerment.
It is also committed to setting up a sustainable plan to bridge the gap of poverty and provide access to quality education for children and women who require the support to scale in their businesses.
The fundraising event for the Omobola Ashabi Foundation is scheduled to hold on Monday, May 16, 2022, at Holy Cross Schools, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. The event will coincide with the 66th birthday celebration of Dame Mrs. Omobola Ashabi who has devoted more than three decades of her existence to advancing child education, imparting knowledge, and promoting sustainable support to enable growth for women focused initiatives.
Commenting on the development, the promoter of the Foundation, Solape Akinpelu said: “Presently, over 30% of Nigerian children do not advance beyond primary education due to factors such as poverty, insurgency, insufficient funding in the education sector, cultural barriers, among others. With more than 10.5 million Nigerian children out of school, it is pertinent to have an initiative that helps scale up quality, affordable education for child, vulnerable women, and widows to build the next generation of human capital and place them at the center of an inclusive global economic recovery.”
“The foundation is also committed in helping to support child education and provide sustainable support for vulnerable women in low and middle-income homes, providing them with adequate support for non-formal education, technical and vocational training in addition to set-up funds for women,” she added.
The Omobola Ashabi Foundation is a non-governmental organization committed to the advancement of education for children, and empowerment for vulnerable women and widows through school sponsorship, seed funding and training programs, particularly in Ogun State.
The Chairman of Odiolowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, Honourable Razaq Olusola Ajala has advised students to face their studies, work hard and avoid distractions for them to succeed in their chosen professions.
Ajala gave this advice on Thursday, 29 August, 2024, while speaking at the grand finale of the council’s free GCE Form Project which took place at the council secretariat in Ilupeju.
“You’ve to avoid distractions of all forms especially from the social media. You’ve to be focused and be determined. Hard work and diligence are prerequisites for success. You need all these,” he advised.
Ajala, who is also the Secretary General of the Conference 57, congratulated the beneficiaries who scaled through the written examinations put in place by the council to pick the best from thousands of applications received for the forms.
“Things are getting better and you here should thank God for this gesture. During our time, we know what we go through to get money to buy GCE forms. I, in particular, had to do menial jobs for me to get money to purchase the form then,” he said.
Ajala advised the students to ensure that they put in their best during the exam proper, noting that the success of previous beneficiaries has encouraged the council not only to sustain the project but also to increase number of beneficiaries from time to time.
The Free GCE Form Project of Odiolowo/Ojuwoye is unique and stands out from the crowd. Rather than just give out the forms at random, the council put in place a written examination, conducted by the council’s chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). The scripts were also marked by the teachers leading to the selection of the most successful candidates.
“By initiating the examination process, we were able to remove political interference. Interested candidates are expected to apply and sit for the examination. The questions were put together by the NUT, and they marked the scripts. The process is transparent hence the issue of political interference is completely eliminated,” the Council Boss said.
Ajala expressed appreciation to the teachers for creating time to set the exam questions, supervise the exams and mark the scripts.
“I appreciate you the teachers for your dedication and commitment in ensuring the success of this exercise,” he said.
Over 250 students benefitted from the programme and they were at the council secretariat mostly with their parents and guardians to collect the forms.
The Chairman of Parents’ Forum for Education District 6, Adeyemo Aliu praised the council Chairman for the kind gesture, while also acknowledging the transparent selection system.
“We’re very grateful to Honourable Ajala for this kind gesture. It has reduced the burden of parents in educating their children. We’re equally grateful for the transparency of the selection process, thank you Mr Chairman for this laudable project,” he said.
Aliu urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the opportunity so that others will benefit in future.
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