by The Ajasa News | November 8, 2019 4:06 pm
Benjamin Omoike
Cecilia Esenwa Foundation, CEF, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, is to focus on empowering women with the aim of building stronger communities in the society. This was revealed during the official launch of the Foundation, which held recently in Lagos.
According to Chris Agbaje, founder and chairman of the Foundation, the Foundation’s empowerment programmes span across business empowerment, mental empowerment, personal development trainings and community empowerment.
He said CEF, through the engagement of experts, plans to support over 100 women in five years. This, he added, is expected to greatly impact communities across the six geo-political zones of the country.
Agbaje stressed that the mission of the NGO is to educate, assist and support women who have some form of skill set but no growth or development in their chosen endeavours. He stated that about 99 million of Nigerians are women, hence, adequate attention must be given to them.
He said: “Our core focus at the Cecilia Esenwa Foundation is to accelerate human development with emphasis on women. Secondly, we want to improve the lives and well-being of Nigerians who desire to excel in their field of endeavours but are handicapped due to circumstances beyond them.”
Agbaje noted that 18 million women are found in the rural areas/unserved areas, with little means of advancing their means of livelihood. He explained that over time, socio-economic and environmental factors have played key roles in shaping people’s livelihoods.
Agbaje added that besides empowering women physically, CEF is also passionate about their mental health; noting that if one is not mentally empowered, then physical empowerment will not make a lasting impact.
CEF is a nonprofit, non-governmental Foundation. It is a self-funded foundation aimed at impacting the lives of Nigerian women. The foundation is interested in women-based successes and provides the necessary tools and support system needed to achieve them.
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