Save Our Needy Leads Women and Girls To Financial Independence

Save Our Needy, a non-profit, non-governmental organization will be embarking on 2 weeks intensive training on make-up artistry for marginalized girls and women.

Project S.A.V.E (Skills Building. Vocational training. Empowerment) is a vocational training and skills- building program designed to empower financially challenged women and girls (teenage mothers, widows and unemployed school leavers) in order to become self-reliant.

Benefits:

*Free training on vocational skills
*Business start-up tools

Start date: Dec 11th

Partners: Abaabee beauty, Kuddy Cosmetics and Good Cheer Initiative.

Target: Financially challenged women and girls aged 15-40.

How To Participate:
*Follow Save Our Needy IG page and tag with the hashtag, #ProjectSAVE
*Send an email to info@saveourneedy.org OR saveourneedy@gmail.com with your full names explaining reasons you need the training and support.

For more information, kindly visit www.saveourneedy.org

You too can be a part of creating positive social change. You can support this program by sponsoring a participant with either training fees or business start-up tools. Kindly send all donations to:
Save Our Needy Organisation
0168556004
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank).

#ProjectSAVE #DoSomethingForNothing #WomenSupportingWomen #GirlsBecomeWomen #TogetherWeCanDoMore #LiftSomeoneUp #HelpBreakTheCycleOfPoverty #GiveAVoiceToTheVoiceless #BeTheChangeThatYouSeek

We look forward to hearing from you!
Compliments of the season.

Keystone Bank Partners With Save Our Needy on "Santa Comes To Visit" Initiative

The CSR team and staff of Keystone Bank as a way of supporting Save Our Needy's Xmas initiative entitled "Santa Comes To Visit" presented a huge goodie bag to Save Our Needy CEO, Marvella Odili, at their headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Marvella Odili, CEO, Save Our Needy (middle)

The goodie bag

All items donated will be given to beneficiaries, who are mostly widows and single-mothers, of the "Santa Comes To Visit" initiative. This act is to make the season merry and memorable for them as they cannot afford to celebrate.

Surprise visits will be made to the homes of selected lucky beneficiaries. The initiative, which is in its 3rd year has brought joy and cheer to many homes during the yuletide season. Food items, clothing, toys and toiletries have been freely given to disadvantaged women and their children since the inception of this initiative.

Join Us On ''Santa Comes To Visit'' Initiative

Christmas is almost here! Imagine the expectations on the faces of innocent children as they hear Christmas carols everywhere they go. 

As you celebrate or prepare to celebrate this season, don't just spare a thought, DO something remarkable for someone who won't be able to celebrate without your help. Yes, life is tough but remember that some have it tougher. 

Join us on our Xmas initiative entitled "Santa Comes To Visit." Show love to disadvantaged widows and single-mothers by making financial or material donations in order to make this initiative a huge success.

THANK YOU!

Happy holidays!!!

Testimonies From "Santa Comes To Visit" Initiative

The initiative "Santa Comes To Visit" may have come and gone but it remains indelible in the minds of all those who benefited from our generosity. Lucky families were asked to apply for the giveaway via popular Nigerian blogs: Stella Dimoko Korkus (SDK) blog and Nairaland. They were asked to state reasons why they needed the support and also give their personal details.

Testimonies abound of how happy we made families last Yuletide season; from December 21st to December 31st 2015.

Below are happy narratives from some of the beneficiaries:

Ms Blessing Esifa (single mother) from Ifako, Gbagada-

THANK YOU SAVE OUR NEEDY

I wanna say a BIG THANK YOU to save our needy NGO for putting a smile on my face.
A post was made on Dec 12th in IHN for Santa giveaway which I applied for because I'm a single
mum with a 3yr old son. I've been solely responsible for my son's upkeep right from birth.
My help finally located me through save our needy NGO. A man and a woman came to my
house with a massive Ghana must go bag filled with lots of goodies ranging from noodles,
groundnut oil,milk,cornflakes, toothpaste,cream, soap, sugar, jam, tin tomatoes, five alive, a
bedtime story book, a pair of shoes, frozen chicken, rice and plenty clothes. I burst into tears
when I saw those things especially the clothes because as at time, there was no foodstuffs at home neither did my son have clothes to wear as the little clothes he has were already faded and small. I'm so grateful. Thanks a million for putting a smile on my face. May God enrich save our
needy NGO and bring more sponsors that will fund it.
Thanks a lot Stella for making this happen. Wishing everybody a very merry Christmas and a
prosperous 2016 ahead.


Ms Aduralere Odeyemi (single mother) from Aradagun, Badagry-

SAYING THE LOUDEST THANK YOU TO SAVE OUR NEEDY
Madam Stellla ooooooo,save our needy came to my house live in badagry o, they brought
indomies, clothes for my son, toys, shoes, rice, and all sorts..... oh dunno how
to say thank you, pleassssssseee help me post this in appreciation o!  thanks so much.

Mrs Kazeem (widow) & Bola from Barracks, Badagry-

SAVE OUR NEEDY THANK YOU OOOOOO
I want to appreciate save our needy for the love they showed to my friend Mrs Kazeem whose husband was killed by boko haram in bornu state.I applied for giveaway on her behalf last
year,they came and gave her many gifts in which i was not left out.This year,they also remembered her even without applying for their giveaway.They brought foodstuffs,provision,clothes,a package from shoprite and so many other things that i can't mention.I Was also not left out as they gave me gifts also.May God bless you abundantly in jesus name,you shall go from glory to glory and from strength to strength.many thanks to SDK for this platform,may God bless you abundantly in Jesus name.
from bola

Mrs. Abiodun Adedayo (widow) from Ikotun-

APPRECIATION TO SAVE OUR NEEDY
Compliments of the Season to you, Stella. I say kudos to you for the good work that you do and I pray that God reward you exceedingly with good success. Stella, I write to appreciate the Save Our
Needy Organisation for their kindness and Love towards my Family and I. They visited us
and came with beautiful designer shoes,dresses,foodstuff,beverages. It is a pity that
my phone cannot attach pictures. It is indeed true that God still rules in the affairs of men. We would be celebrating Christmas happier since about five years. Our prayer is that d organisation grows from
strength to strength and that  God grant the hearts desires of the initiators and contributors of
the project. We are grateful.

Chinwe Adeyinka Ayeyemi (widow) from Ikotun-

THANK YOU TO SAVE OUR NEEDY

Stella nwunye Korkus, I hail you oooo, you have been saving lives since long time ago, and today am so grateful to you for using this platform to reach me a poor widow like me. I saw the post on your blog and I apply for it.
Save our needy organization visited me and my children today and brought to us, foodstuffs,cloths, beverages, books,shoes, as if they knew I was not having Handbag, lol, they also brought for me and so many other things. They are so nice to me and my children, so friendly and fun to be with. What can I say than to say thank you Lord., thank you Stella, it's only God that can reward you, thank you save our needy, you will never run dry, you will grow from strength to strength, Am short of words. Am so grateful to you.  May God bless you.

Ms Marian Onu (single mother) from Iba-

THANK YOU SAVE OUR NEEDY

Save Our Needy may God continue to bless u guys for putting a smile on my face, and for the beautiful cloth u gave to my girls, the foodstuff and toys u gave to my kids. May d blessings of d Lord never depart from u guys.

"Santa Comes To Visit" initiative

The SON team made the last Yuletide season memorable for 15 disadvantaged widows and single mothers as well as their kids as we paid them surprise visits in their homes armed with big goody bags, from December 21st-December 31st 2015.

An excited family receive the SON team in their home at Ikotun, Lagos.

Mrs. Ayeyemi, who lost her husband to cancer last July happily poses with her kids

So much excitement and smiles as the SON team reveal the gifts

The SON team gladly plays Santa to Mrs. Ayeyemi and her family.

Opeyemi and Eniola, already deeply engrossed in the story books donated to them.

 It was as much fun as it was emotional as a widow who lost her husband to cancer, a widow who lost her husband to Boko Haram, a single mom who never had any form of support since she birthed her son, another single mom, victim of domestic violence and so many others shared their stories with the SON team. They were given gifts of food items, clothing, shoes, toys and toiletries.

Little Sarah and her brother strike a pose with their new toys

Little Sarah (5), shyly shows off her new top

Ms Onu, a single mother living in Iba, Lagos, shows appreciation as she receives gifts for herself and her kids

Little Chantal is happy to get new dresses for Christmas and the New Year celebrations

The smile on the faces of the kids as well as their mothers was so rewarding and priceless.

Mrs. Kazeem, a widow who lost her husband to Boko Haram attack, is so grateful we played Santa to her and her family

Mrs. Erayoma, a victim of domestic violence, was very thrilled to receive the SON team in her family home in faraway Ikorodu.

Little Opeyemi and her siblings are grateful to be celebrating Xmas again after their dad abandoned them 3 years ago.

                   Ms Aduralere, a single mother, excitedly unveils gifts she received from the SON team

All smiles as 3 year old Chibike got unexpected gifts for the yuletide season.

 

Ms Blessing, a single mom from Ifako, Gbagada, Lagos, was so overjoyed that she teared up

"Santa Comes To Visit" is an annual project initiated by Save Our Needy to provide relief to the disadvantaged during the Christmas season and to usher in the New Year celebrations.

Gifts of food items, clothing, shoes, toys and toiletries are donated to needy widows and single mothers during this period.

Mrs. Adedayo, a widow, who recently survived gunshot wounds from a robbery attack was really happy to welcome the SON team

A very big THANK YOU to Shoprite Community Network, Verdant Zeal Marketing and Communications Company, Madrew's, Baby Crib (23, Idimu road, Egbeda bus-stop, Lagos) and Stella Dimoko Korkus blog, for generously supporting us.

Support Project SAVE

We hope to commence a three-month (3 month) program entitled S.A.V.E (Skills Acquisition, Vocational training & Empowerment) to provide free training on vocational and life skills to one hundred and twenty (120) disadvantaged young people and women.

Through Project SAVE, we wish to train and empower single mothers, widows, unemployed graduates, school dropouts and at-risk youths on valuable and income-earning skills including cake baking and decoration, make up artistry, bead making, tailoring, catering, arts and crafts, hairdressing/barbing, event venue decoration and ICT.

Participants will be provided with the necessary tools at the end of the program, in line with the training they received, to help them start their own small businesses.

Unemployment particularly among youths is fast becoming a time bomb in Nigeria. Also many widows in Africa face not only emotional distress but most times, financial insecurity when they lose their husbands. These women are abandoned to their own fate and left to cater for their children although they cannot boast of a source of income. The militant group, Boko Haram, has rendered many women particularly in Northern Nigeria, widows. It is time to save these women from a life of despair.

Project SAVE is a campaign which is inspired to help lift every disadvantaged woman out of poverty so that they can take hold of equal opportunities, break from cultural and social constraints that may be holding them back, and become drivers of poverty reduction.

Please join us as we restore hope to the hopeless and give underserved women and youths, the opportunity to secure a brighter and less burdensome future.

The Program will insist on deliberately  targeting 75% women within its beneficiaries because we strongly believe in the saying, ''Empower A Woman, Empower A Nation.''

The start date for the program is October 2nd 2015. It will take place in Lagos State and Abuja.

We hope to touch more than 1,000 lives either directly or indirectly at the end of the program.

We humbly ask for your support in cash donations or in kind to make this program not only a reality but a huge success.

Kindly send your cash donations to:
Save Our Needy Organisation
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank)
0168556004

Donations in kind should please be in form of materials needed for the implementation of the project.
Drop off location is:
Ikeja Plaza, near Ikeja bridge, Ikeja General Hospital

Your contribution(s) will be duly acknowledged on all our social media pages unless you wish to remain anonymous.

If you wish to partner with us on this project or any of our projects, please send an email to: saveourneedy@gmail.com OR call +2349025600734, +2348151546111. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please visit our website to see a more comprehensive list of our work and the lives we have touched so far: www.saveourneedy.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SaveOurNeedy
Twitter: @SaveOurNeedy

THANK YOU and God BLESS you abundantly.

Save Our Needy Plays Santa To Disadvantaged Families

From Dec 21st to 28th, we played Santa to 7 disadvantaged families in
the spirit of Christmas. These families have never had cause to
celebrate the Yuletide season due to financial constraints and other unfortunate circumstances.

It was exciting and fulfilling as the SON team visited the beneficiaries in their homes and brought them love and cheer in form of food items, clothing, toiletries and gifts for the kids.

The beneficiaries particularly single mothers and widows as well as their children were full of gratitude for the love they got from us.


 


We sincerely thank Stella Dimoko Korkus, arguably Nigeria's favorite blogger for using her blog as a medium to support this project.  We will also like to thank Mr. Andrew O. Akindele and an anonymous donor under the alias of "bosslordd" for financially contributing to the success of this project. May the good Lord continue to bless you and replenish your pockets. Amen!!!

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Please visit our website to check out our other projects and events.
You can also contribute, support or donate to any of our numerous
projects: www.saveourneedy.org OR contact us: saveourneedy@gmail.com
Tel: +234 9025600734

God bless you.