Foundation Pledges More Support for Widows, Disadvantaged Children

Nume Ekeghe

In commemoration of International Widow’s Day, Chinwe Bode-Akinwande (CBA) Foundation, a non-governmental organisation founded to promote the support of widows and disadvantaged children in society, has expressed its continued support to give hope and strength to widows and disadvantaged children in the society.

International Widows Day serves as a reminder of the collective responsibility to safeguard widows’ rights and well-being. International Widows Day is dedicated to the widows and to bring their hardships into the public eye to drive a change.

For close to a decade, CBA Foundation has continued to be the backbone, giving succour and strength to thousands of underprivileged widows. These women had experienced unbearable and life-threatening experiences following the demise of their spouses. In Africa, most homes have the husband and father as the breadwinner or the only source of making ends met.

The foundation in a statement added that institutions with well-defined structures and government support need to be established to ensure that the virality of such avoidable hardships is greatly controlled.

Underprivileged widows run to the established systems seeking help and protection, and yet nothing happens. There is a need to trust who should ideally be trusted. We need transparency, and when issues are brought forward, it is handled with a clear strategy, framework, and implementation plan on how it will be followed through.