The leader of Dominion Grace Community AIDS Foundation, Chukwudi Solomon Amechi, has assured the people of Oyo State of the readiness of the foundation to cater for the out—of—school children and the aged in the society.
Amechi said this during the inauguration of the foundation in Ibadan on Thursday.
He said it is necessary to see to the wellbeing of underprivileged in the society so as to complement efforts of the government.
He disclosed that the vision is to rekindle hope for the hopeless and provide resources for those without essentials of life.
“We want to improve the health and lives of the people affected by poverty or emergencies by providing essential resources needed for their development
“Having worked with some micro- finance banks, I notice that most of our women are coming for loans to cater for their needs so as to survive and that prompted me to establish the foundation
‘’Our main target, the people we are reaching out are the school dropouts and those who cannot afford to go to school that opted for vocational skills such as shoe making, Information and Communication Technology ( ICT), barbing and hairdressing. After learning these skills, we can establish them so that they can start doing productive ventures to cater for themselves
“We also have a Dominion Grace Foundation School, which is mainly for dropout children due to lack of necessary resources to cater for them . We want to cater for them and bring the best out of them
“We have team members working together. This is not about me alone, there are other relevant stakeholders of great minds,” he said.
On his part, the guest speaker on the occasion, Pastor Emmanuel Adele of Dunamis International Gospel Centre in Ibadan, urged the NGO to work with integrity.
“The inauguration of this foundation is a landmark event. I have known Amechi for years for impacting positively on the needy. He as been assisting people in various communities. He as been reaching out to the poor in his own little way in making life meaningful for them,” he said.
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