Some 5000 young girls and women among the thousands of suffering Cameroonians refugees living in Nigeria will soon be assisted with sanitary pads.
Welisane Foundation donating campaign sanitary pads to Cameroonian underprivileged kids
The donation will be made in the months ahead by Welisane Foundation – an NGO that fights to address issues that block the female folk from advancing in the society to reach their utmost capacity.
Mokwe Welisane Nkeng, the founder/coordinator of the foundation disclosed the plan among many other things envisaged by the foundation in 2021 on the sidelines of ‘The Guardian Post Annual Achievement Awards’ ceremony. She was reacting following the recognition of her foundation as “2020 Gender Empowerment” award winner.
“This year we want to support Cameroonian girls living as refugees in Nigeria as a result of the armed conflict in the North West and South West regions. We want to donate pads to 2000-5000 girls,” she disclosed.
The diplomat cum journalist called on all stakeholders working on menstrual hygiene, and all those who sympathize with the project to rally behind the foundation so that as a coalition, they can federate forces to assist the suffering girls and women in Nigeria.
Foundation gets recognition for their services to better the lives of young girls, women
The Global Goodwill Ambassador (GGA) and World Pulse Ambassador went further stating that the foundation will make more efforts, create more impacts with the launch of its menstrual hygiene project campaign in the month of May, launching of its holiday activities dubbed “holidays without pregnancy” aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, giving more push and media visibility and in-person sensitization to its “one girl one dream project” as well as amplify the back-to-school project which will bring many more people on board to raise funds to get didactic materials for underprivileged kids.
The foundation, she added, looks forward to making this year’s “Pink October” event bigger by bringing on board financial institutions, multinationals corporations, associations and organisations as partners. The foundation plans to end the year with a visit and donation of gifts to many more orphanages as part of its end-of-year charity project.
Successful 2020
Despite the challenges brought about in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation still realized its roadmap in strict respect of government prescribed barrier measures top among which were the successful execution of the “one girl one dream campaign”, assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and underprivileged girls.
It also got more partners and successfully organized its sexual reproductive health and rights programme notably its “breast cancer awareness walk” and “Pink October walk” as well as donated sanitary kits to underprivileged girls and women as part its menstrual hygiene project.
The gender advocate who also doubles as pioneer United Nations Global Sustainability Leader and a Malaria Ambassador used the opportunity to challenge young girls and women to believe in their dreams and fight to become what they wish.
“Go out there, strive, be phenomenal, and be unapologetic. You can change your dreams and succeed if you put your heart into it. Do not pay attention to what people say especially in fields considered to be male-dominated.
You need to put an effort. If you have a dream, you need to go after it. Find your passion, find your niche and chase it passionately and you will succeed and make great strides,” she advised.
By Doh Bertrand Nua
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