The leadership of the Neighborhood Care Well Foundation has confirmed the empowerment of about 30,000 children and at least 7,000 families in Cross River, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers states in the last 25 years.
The Executive Director of the foundation, Dr. Victoria Emah-Emah, disclosed this in Calabar on Monday during an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the foundation.
The 25th-anniversary celebration was themed ‘Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Helping People and Changing Lives.’
She said, “Over the last 25 years, over 30,000 children have benefitted from our educational, health, shelter, and vocational skills programmes.
We have supported over 5,000 households with mini grants and income training, and about 7,000 families have benefitted from our work in the last 25 years.
“We will remain unrelenting and keep standing for the rights of women, children, and youths in vulnerable communities.”
She thanked partners who have provided capacity training and resources to actualize the foundation’s programmes and further disclosed that the foundation, which is also a women-based and non-profit organisation, is determined to improve the lives of women and girls by 50 per cent through social justice and strategic leadership.