New France-Africa Summit: A New Beginning, A New Partnership

From Paris to Montpellier, France, it was a week of activities from October 4th to October 10th for our Founder/CEO, Marvella Odili, who was invited by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the French Embassy, Nigeria to participate in 3 major events: Ambition Africa, The Bpifrance Inno Génération (BIG) and The New Africa-France Summit hosted by President Emmanuel Macron.

Entrepreneurs, artists, creators, researchers, captains of industry, technocrats, innovators, students, sports personalities and NGOs from France and all over Africa came together under one platform to brainstorm, share ideas and collaborate on the New France-Africa partnership where civil society will take centre stage.

For President Emmanuel Macron, France must assume its fair share of "Africanness" noting that nearly 7 million French people are intimately linked to Africa.

He reiterated France's pledge to return artworks that were looted from the Abomey Palace in Benin at the end of the 19th century.

During this working visit to France, Marvella talked about her work on the empowerment of marginalized women and the education of marginalized girls to people from all walks of life.

She was fortunate to meet the incoming France Ambassador to Nigeria who was gracious enough to take pictures with her.

It was also a time to rediscover Paris and discover Montpellier.

Suffice it to say, it was truly a great learning and exchange experience; an unforgettable one.

Marvella Odili Wins World of Difference Award

Marvella Odili, Founder/CEO of Save Our Needy was recently awarded the "World of Difference" Award by The International Alliance of Women (TIAW) in faraway Australia in recognition of her outstanding contribution in making "all the difference in the world" to the economic empowerment of women.

Marvella Odili

Marvella is a social innovator, humanitarian and Champion of women and girls' rights who has contributed to the economic empowerment of more than 4,000 marginalized women leading to the realization of their financial independence both in Nigeria and Benin since 2011. Big congrats to her!!!

Connecting Marginalized Women To Technology and Development

Apply NOW for Save Our Needy's women empowerment program which offers FREE training on graphic design, website building, animation, and digital marketing.

Send application stating why you want to participate in the program, your location and full contact details to info@saveourneedy.org

Project Location: Lagos and Adamawa.

Eligibility: Age 18-40

Duration of program: 8 weeks 

Proudly supported by Fondation La France S'engage (FFE).

This project aims to inspire and encourage women to innovate.

Technology is for all: beyond generations, beyond gender, beyond borders, beyond professional and social inequalities.

Deadline extended to December 23^rd 2019.

Save Our Needy Launches New Program To Empower Marginalized Women In Nigeria

Save Our Needy recently launched a new program to promote women economic empowerment (WEE) program which will open doors to entrepreneurship, provide access to finance and tailored assistance for marginalized women in business.

Marginalized women are empowered with entrepreneurship skills.

Participants of the program are empowered with financial literacy skills.

The organization is committed to fostering women and girls economic inclusion, advancement and empowerment through entrepreneurship, support and development. We are working to assist marginalized women and girls break barriers to accessing finance and achieving business growth in order to provide for themselves and their families.

Marvella Odili, CEO, Save Our Needy with some of the participants of the program

Over the years, we have empowered many young people and women to start and grow their own small businesses, build wealth, create multiple streams of income, and achieve financial independence through skills and capacity-building training, financial literacy and life-skills education.

We empower and equip marginalized and vulnerable groups particularly women to prosper through holistic sustainable community based models by way of capacity building/trainings, access to finance, advocacy, networking and partnerships.

The skills building training and support helps marginalized women to start or grow their small businesses.

Our women economic empowerment programs have demonstrated that financial and social independence for women can bring about a significant improvement in the well-being of their families. We are committed to delivering real results that create transformational change for women and young people in Africa.

Marvella Odili (L) with some of the participants of teh program

Marvella Odili, CEO, Save Our Needy (2nd right) with some of the participants of the program.

Marvella Odili (2nd right) with some of the participants who expressed satisfaction at the program.

We are always excited and open to work with various funders and partners towards our mission to build sustainable livelihoods for 200,000 women by 2025.