NGO Feeds Widows, Empowers Barbers In Lagos Communities

A non-governmental organisation, King Ogunremi Foundation, successful conjunction with Kings Barber Connect, has reiterated its committedness to supporting susceptible groups particularly the elderly, widows, schoolhouse pupils and empowering barbers crossed Lagos State, done targeted assemblage improvement initiatives.

The assertion was made by King Ogunremi during the 75th day solemnisation of his mother, Deacon Abeni Ogunremi, arsenic the lawsuit was marked with a escaped aesculapian checkup different papliatives to the vulnerable.

Ogunremi, a UK-based Nigerian Master Barber and Humanist, highlighted the strides of the Foundation successful addressing economical challenges faced by section barbers and supporting the elderly, peculiarly widows.

“We are not conscionable giving haircuts, we are preserving livelihoods, restoring dignity, and sustaining tiny businesses that clasp up our communities,” helium stated.

Even astatine the bosom of the Foundation’s involution is the Sponsored Free Haircut Voucher Initiative for schoolhouse pupils, which has provided implicit 32,000 escaped haircuts and supported much than 500 barbershops crossed Nigeria.

He explained, “This inaugural ensures that barbers enactment successful concern by attracting caller customers done sponsored vouchers, particularly during this play of economical hardship and rising inflation.”

Beyond supporting the barbering community, the Foundation is profoundly progressive successful societal welfare, peculiarly successful the Itire assemblage of Lagos. Ogunremi revealed that proceeds from the voucher sponsorships were channelled into providing monthly stipends, superior healthcare, and nutrient supplies for aged widows and susceptible children.

“Our ngo is holistic economical empowerment indispensable spell manus successful manus with societal protection,” helium noted.

Speaking astatine the event, Oba Tajudeen Odubiyi, Onitire of Itire Land, felicitated with the celebrant connected her 75th day day and commended the Foundation’s interventions, describing them arsenic exemplary. “Taking attraction of our elders is simply a shared duty. This instauration has done highly good successful providing basal needs for the vulnerable. While the authorities has a relation to play, I’ll implore individuals to besides emergence to the occasion. What King Ogunremi Foundation is doing should beryllium replicated crossed communities,” the accepted person urged.

However, the Foundation is present seeking further sponsorship from individuals, celebrities, and firm organisations to grow the scope of the voucher programme. “Every voucher sponsored is simply a nonstop concern successful quality dignity, assemblage resilience, and youth-Driven enterprise,” Ogunremi said, adding that sponsors payment from beardown assemblage goodwill and marque vulnerability done the vouchers.

The King Ogunremi Foundation is besides investing successful King’s Barber Connect Nigeria (KBCN), a level connecting section barbers with tools, training, and opportunities to turn their businesses. “The extremity is sustainability. We privation barbers to not conscionable past but standard their businesses and animate the adjacent generation,” helium affirmed.