Chevelyns Care Foundation 2018 Women Empowernment Program

The event which took place on Friday, 9th March, 2018 at Hard Breaks Hotels, New Haven Enugu was aimed at empowering widows in Nigeria by building Vocational Institutes in all the states of the federation where Widows will learn different Technical/Vocational skills to be able to sustain themselves, take care of their children and contribute meaningfully to their Community. The purpose is to create self-employment for the Widows as well as building a stronger economy, and achieving internationally agreed goals for development and sustainability.
The Pilot Plant will be built in Enugu State. The Centre is intended to house Technology Incubation Units for Women Entrepreneurs, Administrative Blocks, Skill Acquisition Center, Adult Education blocks, library, laboratory, hostels, and a multipurpose hall/event center. The idea is that the center should be able to generate some revenue for its maintenance.
The Widows were categorized according to their fields of interest. Farming, petty trading and those that will be involved in the skill acquisition training. The widows who are interested in farming will be given land, fertilizer, and modern farming equipment to farm, the petty traders will be offered low interest rate loan to start while those that are engaged in skill acquisition training will be offered starter packs upon completion of their program. The younger Widows were offered the opportunity to complete their Education on Scholarships.
Chevelyns Care Foundation, at the event, shared a lot of gift items ranging from wrappers, bags of rice, cartoons of vegetable oil etc, to more than 150 Widows picked randomly from 10 out of the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State.