AN NGO, ELEJE LEGACY FOUNDATION (ELF), DISTRIBUTES WRAPPERS, FOOD ITEMS, CASH TO OVER 1000 WOMEN IN OZIZZA, PROMISES TO EXTEND THE GESTURE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN AFIKPO IN 2025
Otu Obiahu
AJM NEWS
As many families in Nigeria are faced by the present economic quagmire, which is biting very hard on its citizens, with many struggling to survive, a Non-governmental Organization, The Eleje Legacy Foundation (ELF) has again brought hope and succor to over 1000 rural women in Ozizza Community, Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The ELF, which is also a Non-profit making organization, on December 21, 2024, in the spirit of the Yuletide and new year celebrations, distributed quality wrappers, various food items, and cash worth several millions of Naira to the women.
During the sharing of the items; 850 women went home with wrappers; 34 persons got a cash gift of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) each, to enable them start up businesses, while 24 others received the sum of N30,000 (Thirty Thousand Naira) each, to support their existing businesses, totalling N4.1 million (Four Million One Hundred And Twenty Thousand Naira).
Food items shared included 35 Bags of 50kg Rice; 24 Gallons of 25 Litres of Groundnut oil, and 26 Cartons of Tomatoes.
The Eleje Legacy Foundation was established in honour of Omeroha Inyang Eleje and Ezinne Beatrice Eleje, the late parents of the great Eleje Family, with the mandate of advocating for the underprivileged women and children, especially the girl child, through the provision of healthcare, food, clothing, shelter, education, legal advocacy, emotional support, as well as provision of platform for women to act as agents of social change through advocacy and capacity building.
It is also worthy of note that the membership of Eleje Legacy Foundation cuts across all the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Omeroha Inyang Eleje and Ezinne Beatrice Eleje of the blessed memory.
The NGO had in several ways, both recently and in the past, rendered unquantifiable assistance to the less privileged women and families in Amikpo, Ozizza Afikpo Local Government Area, and beyond.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Eleje Legacy Foundation (ELF), Dr. Beatrice O. Onyeador, who also sponsored the event, encouraged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the items, particularly those who got financial assistance.
Dr. Onyeador further pledged to extend the kind gesture to other communities in Afikpo, in their next outing; noting “it’s time to throw this kindness beyond Amikpo and Ozizza, so that women in other communities in Afikpo could also benefit”.
In their response, the
women who could not hold their joy by singing and dancing to some melodious tunes, thanked Dr. Beatrice Onyeador and the entire Eleje Family immensely for always remembering them in every festive period, and for their act of love towards them.
The beneficiaries also promised to make good use of the items received.
AJM NEWS reporter, Otu Obiahu, also gathered that The Eleje Legacy Foundation had in their 2023 outing, distributed wrappers, food items and cash gifts worth over Five Million Naira to the women of Ozizza, Afikpo LGA.
Also, in February 2022, The Eleje Legacy Foundation constructed a Solar Powered Utra Modern Library named “INYA ELEJE MEMORIAL LIBRARY” at Government Primary School, Afikpo, which it also handed over to Ebonyi State Government, as its contribution for effective Research, Teaching and Learning.
Photos Show The Beneficiaries Receiving The Items
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