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Programmes
What We Do
Programmes of Intervention
Since inception in 2007, WOSSA has been carrying out several intervention programmes to her targeted beneficiaries.
WOSSA has made giant strides in the last few years of its establishment to sustain its programmes and activities towards its over five hundred (500) registered beneficiaries. The major challenge facing WOSSA is availability of funds. The Programmes of WOSSA have been executed basically with donations from kind hearted patrons, patronesses, board of members, friends, and personal fund of members. But, it is generally becoming more and more challenging to meet the growing and overwhelming needs of the beneficiaries that is why we need you.
Education & Counseling
This programme is geared towards the educational development of widow’s children and orphans. The Foundation also conducts seasonal “Education Relief Programme” (ERP) where some students are adopted by individual sponsors who pay their school fees. In addition, WOSSA conducts an annual “Back to school” (BTS) Programme where school items such as school bags, school sandals, water bottles, exercise books, mathematical sets, biros, pencils etc are distributed to over hundreds school children.
Business & Economic Empowerment
The WOSSA Business & Economic Empowerment has really put a lot of smiles on the faces of widows with over two hundred crates of coca-cola drinks with various coca-cola products such as tables, coolers, umbrellas etc, for trading purposes. Over the years, WOSSA has empowered more than three hundred & fifty (350) widows in various businesses through funds from supporters and those who need more funds to boost their business through Soutien cooperative multipurpose Limited, the Lagos State University (LASU) Microfinance Bank and the FBM microfinance Bank with soft loans ranging from fifty (50) Thousand Naira to two hundred (200) Thousand Naira. While the widows pay back the principal sums to the Bank in six months instalments, the Foundation offsets the interests on the loans. Furthermore, WOSSA gives “Concessional Business Grants” (CBG) to elderly widows, ranging between Twenty (20) thousand Naira and fifty (50) Thousand Naira, for their petty trading. However, these categories of widows are not expected to pay back money given to them.
Rehabilitation & Healthcare
WOSSA has intervened in over one hundred & fifty (150) widows’ Accommodation problems, either augmenting or paying full house rents ranging from Fifty (50) Thousand to Three Hundred and Fifty (350) Thousand Naira. WOSSA has also intervened in the cases of widows with health issues. Hospital bills are paid for widow with one ailment or the other. Special Medical Grants are given to widows with long term illness such as Diabetes, Hypertension etc. (This grant is split into months to assist them in purchasing their medication). To God be the Glory.
Material Needs & Welfare
Every year since 2015, WOSSA organizes annual “End of the year welfare package” for its registered beneficiaries. In this programme, items such as bags of rice, bags of beans, cartons of indomie noodles, cartons of tin tomatoes, gallons of oil etc are distributed. Apart from this, the Foundation approves Annual Feeding allowances to families with feeding challenges. (The approved grants are used to purchase food items for such families on monthly basis).
Prayer & Thanksgiving
Since inception, WOSSA organizes annual “Prayer and Thanksgiving Programme”. In this programme, the importance of prayers and thanksgiving is emphasized. All the beneficiaries are gathered for counseling, training and for prayers for God’s Mercies and Graces.
Vocational Training & Skill Acquisition
WOSSA in partnership with DE benze Petroleum Limited and Jodappa Nigeria Limited has sponsored over twenty widows for different vocational training programmes. The areas of training are bead-making, decoration, baking, cosmetology, soap making and catering. Some of the beneficiaries of this programme are: Mrs Bose Adeleke, Mrs. Nike Oduntan, Hajia Hadiza Mohammed, Mrs. Patience Jacob, Mrs. Chukwuemeka Joan and so on.
