Chinwe Bode-Akinwande Foundation to the Rescue

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To look beyond socio-cultural differences and see the person beneath is one of the true characteristics of humanity. With suffering as a prevalent trend in society, this characteristic is gradually disappearing. However, thanks to individuals such as Chinwe Bode-Akinwande, the spark of humanity is still very visible.

Bode-Akinwande has extended a hand of fellowship and assistance to underprivileged widows and children in Nigeria once again. Through her foundation, the Chinwe Bode-Akinwande Foundation (CBA), the esteemed corporate Amazon has stirred the hearts of many such widows and children in the country. Her actions show us that having boundless wealth is not the key to executing genuine humanitarian gestures, a boundless heart does. It is what sets the philanthropic ball going.

To Bode-Akinwande, the plight of the common man, woman, and child is something that the entire society should care about. This is the case for women, especially, who could be argued to be the soil from which human civilization sprung up. When these women, particularly those who have lost their husbands or means of sustenance, suffer, the world inadvertently suffers with them. This is one of the things that Bode-Akinwande set out to change: to make the world a better place by relieving widows of their heavy burdens. And CBA has accomplished much in this regard.

Since the foundation’s conception in 2015, Bode-Akinwande has graciously handed over food packages to around 10,600 Nigerian widows. She has also improved the lots of 8,600 widows by empowering them through capacity-building programs, not to mention the many health-related initiatives and interventions that CBA has launched for widows.

Then there are the children. Here, Bode-Akinwande’s foundation has helped at least 158 children start basic education from scratch. This time, their focus would be on acquiring quality education and training, rather than just attending public schools with oil-stained and frazzled fabrics that look like uniforms.

As Bode-Akindele has explained, our legacies ought to outlive us. More than that, they ought to outshine us. What better legacy is there than that of relieving human suffering? In this regard, Bode-Akindele is ahead of her peers.