AfA started her program on providing livelihood support for the most vulnerable women impacted by the covid-19, at Umuneke Ngor autonomous community in Ngor Okpala LGA. Imo state in July, 2021.
Funded by the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women and Girls, (UNTF EVAWG), catered for 15 women in each local government, across the 27 local government area of Imo state.
In May, 2021 a call for nomination of
beneficiaries was made and posted across
all of AfA’s social media platforms as well as on the networks and coalition
platforms where AfA is represented, in order to reach women in dire need of the
support.
Providing beneficiaries with a brief
background of the organization, AfA’s Program Officer, Faith Kalagbor, reassured
everyone that the support was
necessitated by the negative impact of the pandemic which resulted in dire consequences for women and girls.
Our organization concerned about the welfare of women and
girls’, saw the need of the most vulnerable women and
girls especially widows, women living
with disabilities, petty farmers and traders, orphans, survivors of violence,
the aged, single mothers, women without a
source of livelihood, sex workers, and
those women earning a daily wage of less than 500 naira.
Beneficiaries were provided with
nonperishable food items and relief materials, they thanked the team and donor,
a few shared their story of how the covid-19 impacted their lives and their
sources of income, stating that, the support will go a long way in cushioning
the effect of the pandemic.
Relatively, the team has been able to
reach out to vulnerable women and their
families in five LGAs namely, Ezinihitte, Mbaitoli, Owerri West, Ikeduru and
Owerri North. We will shortly be visiting Isu, Njaba, Aboh Mbaise, Ahiazu and
other LGs in Imo State. .
Pictures below, captures moment…….
