In developed economies, non-governmental organizations, associations, women groups, labour unions, students unions among others play their roles in ensuring that the society is lively enough for people to live-in.
Despite the economic and socio-political challenges in this part of the world, some Non-Governmental Organizations also found it imperative to think out of box to genuinely assist the people through empowerment and medical needs of women and children. Among the identified Non-Governmental Organizations is the pet project of the Wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed called LEAH Charity Foundation.
The LEAH Charity Foundation in the last two years has been collaborating with the Kwara State Government and other relevant organizations in impacting positively on the lives of the people in the areas of social welfare, health and education.
The Foundation under LEAH Youth Empowerment Scheme had empowered over 56 Youths with trading tools like recharge cards and call centre opening tents as well as barbing equipment, to unemployed youth, while about 200 have benefited from various trading tools like grinding machines, Deep Freezers, Hair Dressing equipments and capital, ranging from N20, 000 to N50, 000, under the LEAH Women Empowerment.
Also, the Foundation is concerned about the plight of people living with disabilities as 23 men and women received various levels of economic empowerment support ranging from outright cash grants to the provision of photocopier machine, generating set, deep freezers and grinding machines while the Foundation also donated 21 wheel chairs, crutches, hearing and walking aids to some people with one form of disability or the other.
Recently, the Foundation collaborated with another organization, Tolaran foundation to provide artificial limbs to 39 Amputees spread across the State.
Interestingly, the LEAH Charity Foundation’s Clinic-on-the-Wheel is taking free medical care in form of examination, analysis, treatment and referrals to the rural and semi-urban communities in Kwara State and the Foundation has reached out to over 300, 000 people in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Asa, Kaiama, Baruten, Oyun, Irepodun Local Government areas and among others where free Malaria treatments, free eye glasses and sundry rests were carried out on each mission.
LEAH Sight Restoration Scheme is also designed to grant people the access to free eye tests, auto-refraction services and free surgeries and under the scheme about 5, 000 people accessed this programme, 1, 500 received eye glasses and 1, 400 both adult and children were operated on and the rest were either given drugs and eye drops.
Last year’s December, the Foundation hosted a week long reading camp, the first of its kind in the country, where over 200 Junior and Secondary pupils from all over the State were exposed to the benefit of reading as a life-long skill.
Interestingly, the Foundation has gone a step further in organizing breast and Cervical Cancer screening test at Sobi Specialist Hospital, Cottage Hospital, Adewole and Children Specialist Hospital, Centre Igboro with a view to ascertaining their status, manage their health condition and stop further spread of the disease.
It is therefore believed that if the spate of the hardwork, commitment and zeal of touching lives positively already started by the Wife of the Kwara State Governor and Founding Trustee of LEAH Charity Foundation, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed is sustained and improved upon Kwaran women and children would remain grateful to the First Lady as we look forward to more years of humanitarian assistance to those in dear need of assistance.
Happy Second Anniversary in Office.
