The 2021 International Day of the Widow was celebrated in Akure by a charity organisation called Heart for widows International that held a special programme aimed at alleviating the plight of widows by putting a smile on their faces.
Speaking at the event, the founders, Prince Adetayo Adesida and Mrs Britt Schulze Adesida, in their opening and welcome addresses took time to enumerate the various achievement of the foundation since its inception in 2014 when the project started in far-away India, and in 2017 in Nigeria.
“I was taking a walk in a city called Hyderabad, India when I met a woman who was homeless and apparently had no hope. It quickly dawned on me that I have a mission to fill the vacuum of ameliorating the suffering of every woman who peradventure had lost their husband and life became unbearable for them after discovering the deplorable plight of that Indian woman,” said Mrs Adesida.
“God has been so faithful to the point that we were able to establish this foundation in the USA, The Netherlands, Germany, India, Nigeria, Tanzania and Bulgaria while God has been able to help spread our tentacles to some countries in Africa as well where we have been able to reach out to the widows in, Rwanda, Kenya, Lesotho, Seychelles, Uganda to mention but few.
“We thank God that we did not only give widows fishes to survive on but also teach them how to fish through various vocational developmental schemes which empowers the widow to be self-reliant and self-sufficient to the point that their product which is been displayed at this event is not only sold in country, but also shipped out of the countries so that it becomes an economic empowerment for our widows.”
The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Adelusi represented by Chief Aro of Akure kingdom accompanied by some chiefs from the palace, Erelu of Akure, Ondo State government functionaries took time off to celebrate hundreds of widows present at the event.
The delegation from the Ondo State government which included Mrs Olubunmi Ademosu, Special Adviser to the Ondo State government on Intergovernmental Relation; Oluwafemi Dennis Fadairo, Director of Administration to the Senate President of Nigeria, Ahmed Lawan commended the efforts of Prince and Mrs Adetayo Adesida for their laudable initiative of contributing their own quota to the development of not only widows in Ondo State and its environ but to the community of widowhood globally.
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