New Year Celebrations: NGO Empowers Rural Communities In FCT
Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja
It was mixed feelings for vulnerable persons in Durumi 2, a rural community, located in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT of Nigeria when a nongovernmental organisation, Zoe’s Flower, The Foundation, showered the vulnerables with goodies in the spirit of the New Year celebration.
The foundation based in the FCT, distributed clothings, money, rice, spaghetti, noodles, tomato paste, different kinds of seasonings, among others, as part of activities to mark the New Year and its tenth year empowerment programme for vulnerable women and children in rural communities.
Addressing the elated crowd, the Founder of the Foundation, Mrs. Uchenna Duru-Nwaotule, revealed that Zoe’s Flower The Foundation is a development organization working with vulnerable communities in Nigeria to end extreme poverty noting that besides the reach out programme, the foundation had redesigned its programmes to focus more on skills acquisition trainings and empowerment.
According to her, the foundation aims at assisting the vulnerable girl child and women achieve their full potential, live productive lives, and make impact in the world and as well, eliminate injustice of poverty and give the vulnerable a chance at living.
In a speech, the Head of Durumi 2 Community, Chief Danjuma Tanko Anyidadubo, while commending the foundation for their support to the community, acknowledged the immense contribution of the foundation to the development of the girl child, and other citizens in the community, and the foundation’s support to other neighbouring communities.
Some of the beneficiaries, including Dorathy, Victory Timothy, Angela Sunday, among others were full of praises for Zoe Flower The Foundation, praying for success as their support for the vulnerable is remarkable.
The foundation, had as part of its humanitarian gesture, also visited some hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory bearing gifts of cash for the feeding and upkeep of various patients.
