As part of efforts to advance women and children’s issues in Nigeria, the International Women’s Society (IWS) has held its yearly November luncheon aimed at raising funds to run its projects.
In its 65th year, the projects include a Day Nursery, which has been running since the inception of the organisation; scholarship schemes; home for abandoned children running for 13 years; a skills acquisition centre which has been on since 1999 and a widows trust fund set up in 2000.
“Widows go through a lot and asides from losing their husbands and dealing with the whole mental anguish, most of them do not have any skill set, have never worked in their lives and they have to fend for their children. So, what we do is first of all counsel them so they can deal with their loss, then we empower them and sometimes give scholarship to their children to go to school. This is encapsulated in our widows trust fund,” she said.
On funding, Monye noted that any amount raised would be used to cater for the projects, adding that “the organisation is constantly in need of funds.” Monye, who is the 65th president of the association, stressed that her core project were Chess for girls, STEM programme for girls and mentoring for girls.
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