Humanitarian organisation raises funds for widows, orphans

From Ayobamidele Balogun, Lagos

Lagos-based Not for Profit organization, CBA Foundation, has announced that its yearly five-kilometer-long walk charity sensitization, Walk4Hope, will be held on Saturday. 

Since January 2016, Walk4Hope has been the highlight of a series of activities embarked by the CBA Foundation to sensitise the public on the plight and challenges faced by the underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children.

The founder of the humanitarian organization, Chinwe Bode-Akinwande, said: “CBA Foundation was created with the sole purpose of working with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, dehumanization, injustice, disease and discrimination placed on a widow and her child’s path”.

She further stressed that the foundation launched the #CareIsAction campaign in recognition of the fact that care without action is not care at all.

Achieving its impacts on the society is driven by five core areas including Women empowerment/capacity building, health, nutrition, quality basic education and self-employment scheme.

CBA Foundation has been a bedrock of support to thousands of widows and their children across the country as donations received from individuals and organisations have been used to sponsor the education of children, promote the enrolment of widows in skill acquisition endeavors, provision of accommodation for victims of extended family abuse and rejection – following the loss of the husband of the bereaved widow, amongst others.