As part of its quarterly activities, the Almanah Hope Foundation, AHF, has held a review and learning meeting with previously empowered widows and women in the Araromi community of Lagos State.
The event, which took place at Oba Gbadewolu Araromi’s palace, featured talks as well as question and answer session, with the widows and women sharing their life’s journey in terms of financial provisions.
The participants, among who were the previously trained, also shared their experiences, challenges and progress made so far and admitted to learning new things, especially how to leverage technology to cut cost, improve their products and services in order to maximize profit, in addition to some of the hospitality services they could offer for income generation.
Hope Nwakwesi, founder of AHF, said the meeting created a safe and supportive environment for participants, with the monarch’s wife sharing the various activities she undertook for income generation.
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Nwakwesi urged the women to evolve measures to overcome funds challenge by exploiting the opportunity provided by the internet to operate and market their wares without necessarily renting shops for their operations.
“Many businesses are now conducted online to cut cost and reach more customers. Some of you who own shops should also practise leasing to other women doing separate things to showcase the goods,” she said.
Some of the participants thanked the organisers and their partners for giving them the opportunity to learn and fend for themselves and their families.
The event, which highlighted the positive impact of the participants’ acquired skills which include financial literacy, was funded by Global Affairs Canada through ActionAid Nigeria.
AHF is a non-government and non-profit organisation which defends the cause of widows in Nigeria, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, ActionAid Nigeria, Women’s Rights and Health Project, WRAHP, and has over the years worked with widows, women and girls in many communities and secondary schools since 2021, targeting mainly women’s rights and empowerment.
