Nikki Udezue Foundation marks International Women's Day 2022 with Widows' Smile 1.1 Empowerment Outreach

The NUF empowered underprivileged widows in a bid to improve their living conditions, enhance their access to basic amenities and resources and increase their self-worth.

The widows were awarded grants to set up small scale businesses or add to already existing ones. They were monitored through supportive supervision and an ongoing mentorship through a period of time, to track their progress.

After recording over 60% success rate in our progress report, this led the Foundation’s decision to identify 5 of the widows, whom they call “The Five Star Widows” who became eligible for a second grant. This is because they had shown a positive growth after the flagship program, as they have ensured the little funds given to them was put into good use, multiplied, and benefited others around them. 

This is in line with the foundations Vision statement that we continually work to empower the underprivileged to afford the essential standard of living sustain others around them with dignity.

In view of this, and as part of the celebrations marking the International Women's Day 2022, on the 8th of March, the Nikki Udezue Foundation paid a visit to these 5 Star Widows who picked up the broken pieces of their lives and with the support from the Foundation made significant progress in a short time.

They were granted additional sums of cash, as well as food items, and new clothing materials, to further enhance their petty trade. 

During the program outreach, A particular Widow was given further level of empowerment due to the severity and uniqueness of her situation. The foundation surprised her by paying off her debt, paying for her house rent, and medical bills.

The 5 star women of THE WIDOWS SMILE 1.1 INITIATIVE were immensely pleased and had a lot of gratitude to give to the Nikki Udezue Foundation. Well, they all deserve to be celebrated don’t they?

About The Nikki Udezue Foundation

Nikki Udezue Foundation (NUF) is a youth and woman-led nonprofit organization focused on positively impacting the lives of people in communities, especially marginalized groups, the vulnerable, and the poor, through socio-economic development interventions. We employ inclusive and community-driven approaches to solve social ills and contribute to the lives of all people in their sphere of limitation by increasing their access to socio-economic, health, security, and development opportunities.

NUF is in the fields of humanitarian support, emergency relief services, socioeconomic development, equality and equity, youth inclusion in governance, civic education, family support, and human capital development. Over the past decade, NUF has been identified as a conscientious development partner in Nigeria.

At NUF, our desire to improve living conditions for marginalized groups and provide a fair society for all has led us to adopt global best practices, learning from them and contextualizing them for use in the communities in which we work and live. We do this through our network of community-grown change agents who continually work to make their communities fair and just societies, impacting human lives one person at a time.

Our areas of Strong Service include;

Socio-economic Empowerment

Gender based inclusion

Peace Building

Civic Engagement / Governance

Healthcare 

Our Mission:

We are committed to helping vulnerable people alleviate poverty through innovative projects, the efforts of a dedicated team, support from organizations and voluntary donors.

Our Vision:

To empower the underprivileged to afford the essential standard of living and sustain others around them with dignity.

In addition to the Widows Smile Initiative, the Nikki Udezue Foundation also has a number of projects. Like the FUTURE INVEST, which targets Vulnerable children. Especially the out of school child, with the objective of putting them back to school with scholarships, spanning their entire school sessions.

The Goal of the FUTURE INVEST is;

To help promote excellence and merit among school learners and students

both in primary, secondary institutions

To help donate educational materials to indigent children in the society.

To help advocate for the rights of the girl child and downtrodden.

For more information you can visit www.nikkiudezuefoundation.org

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