By Bernard Ibelih | Communication Programmes Coordinator
Dear Donor,
Happy New year.
The LEAP Africa COVID-19 Response launched out with a goal; to work through our network of social innovators and alumni members to reduce the pandemic's impact on the most vulnerable communities across Nigeria. Below are some of the actions we took:
Mamamoni is a Fintech social enterprise in Lagos to empower low-income rural and urban women with instant money loans to support/start small businesses. Nkem, the founder of Mamamoni, supported her network of women who depend on their daily income to survive and support their families. Their livelihoods were threatened, with their families at the risk of starvation.
Hope behind bars Africa provides access to justice for underserved inmates in Abuja. At the onset of the pandemic, with the restrictions placed on prison visits by the prison authorities, Funke, the founder of Hope Behind Bars, supported the inmates with food, toiletries and other essential daily needs.
Working with twelve social innovators across different states in Nigeria, sharing hope and love in bags of goodies, the vision for LEAP Africa COVID-19 response was to ensure that no family went to bed hungry. Mrs Agnes, a 65-year old widow who depends mostly on gifts from people to survive, lamented that the hope of receiving gifts from visitors was almost non-existent due to movement restrictions, and she had resigned herself to fate. However, during one of the outreaches, she happened to be a beneficiary.
After receiving her package, with her grandson's help, she was moved to tears and prayed fervently for the donors. The echoes were the same everywhere; Lagos, Kwara, Abuja, Kano, Nasarawa, Osun, Ondo, Delta, and Rivers.
Many community dwellers said they were weighed down not just by the fear of the virus itself but also by the uncertainty of where their next meal would come from. With 3,933 households and 17,588 individuals, we are grateful for your support on this journey, and together, we can do so much more.
Thank you for your donations.
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