Rotary International Empowers 6 Indigent Anambra Widows—–The Rotary Club of Awka (Smithtown 9142 Rotary International), on Monday, donated cash to six indigent widows in Awka, Anambra, to the tune of N50,000 each.
The President of the club, Mr Alex Arinze, disclosed this during the club’s end of year party and economic empowerment of the widows.
Arinze said that the gesture was to support the beneficiaries’ petty trade and uplift the living standard of their families.
“We have selected six indigent widows to benefit from our economic empowerment to support their petty-trade, in order to better the lives of their families.
“This is another way of complementing government’s efforts to better our society,” he said.
Arinze said that the beneficiaries were selected based on their vulnerability, as they struggled daily to help their families.
According to him, these are people that when you go to their kiosks or shop to assess the goods there, they are not even up to N75,000.
He said that other projects executed this year by the club included maternal and child health programme, basic literacy and education project, polio walk to sensitise the people and foundation giving initiative.
The Chairman, Family of Rotary 2024, Mr Idiemeruo Stephen, urged the beneficiaries to utilise the money to grow their businesses and support their families.
A beneficiary, Ms Esther Obi, who represented her mother, reportedly down with partial stroke, said the money would be used to revive her mother’s food stuffs business.
She thanked the club for the gesture and promised that the money would be injected into the business.
Other beneficiaries, Mrs Calister Igwe, Mrs Evelyn Okeafor and Mrs Stella Nzogbu prayed God to bless the club and its members.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that highpoint of the event was the formal appreciation of five members for their immense contributions to the club and induction of a new member, Mr Chukwuka Nnatu.
