From all corners of Lagos and past individuals gathered at Ojeez Chinese Cafe, Surulere to witness the official beginning of Jennifer Okorie Foundation, a Non Government Organization owned by the reigning African Queen and the disclosing of her Becoming You, woman Child Project that may reduce throughout the six geopolitical zones of the nation within the following months.
In her opening remarks the Founder and Chief Executive of the inspiration, Jennifer Okorie was misplaced in phrases in describing the sensation of getting arrived to the second, a journey she described as rigorous, exhaustive and tasking, however one that each step introduced extra ardour to proceed till the targets of getting a basis are realised.
Motivated by the necessity to salvage the African Child from the untold neglect and poverty he/she faces within the society with little or no concern from the federal government, the Ebonyi Born Philanthropist started a journey that may see her basis contact lives and impression positively and closely on the African Child whatever the gender.
The basis earlier than her Official Launch on March 25, 2018 has engaged in lots of Philanthropic initiatives reaching out to kids throughout Nigeria. It began with the Feed And Save Tomorrow (FAST) Charity mission in January 2017, a meals drive mission that coated Lagos, Anambra and Ebony State feeding at the least over a thousand kids on the streets of the collaborating states, with the targets meal can save a dying youngster.
The Foundation continued with Genotype Before Yes, a sickle cell sensitization mission that noticed the Association associate with Ebonyi State Ministry of Education and Association of Persons Living with Sickle Cell Disorder to teach over 720 college students drawn from numerous Primary Schools in Ebony State.
The beginning of the Foundation, in response to the founder will assist the inspiration leverage on stronger alternatives to achieve out to African kids whose state of affairs wants consideration. She maintained that her Foundation would concentrate on Poverty Alleviation, Social Education and Health of the African Child.
The basis unveiled her new mission ' Becoming You're a woman Child Project geared toward reaching out to younger ladies within the society and educating them on the necessity and realise their targets in a world that creates a divide with gender, leaving unequal alternatives. The mission would reduce throughout the Six Geopolitical Zones of Nigeria starting with the South West in May 2018.
The occasion witnessed many dignitaries together with Arakunrin Adigun-Abdullahi Arogundade Ward C Councillor/Chief Whip of Apapa Iganmu Legislative Council, Elder John Nwoye, Ifezuoke Michael CEO Fancysocialmedia, Chief Onyebuchi Chigbo, Pastor Tony and lots of others.