As part of its humanitarian gestures, a nongovernmental organisation, Tosin Quota International Foundation (TQIF), has partnered with Foodclique Support Initiative to feed 400 widows in Lagos.
The 25th day of August 2020, appears a memorable on as hundreds of widows in Lagos enjoyed the magnanimity of the partnership of two NGOs.
Both Tosin Quota International Foundation and Foodclique Support Initiative organisation are NGOs with the goal of eradicating hunger in the world, especially among helpless citizens like widows.
After words of the relief packages distribution got out, widows trooped down to TQIF’s office in Bariga, Lagos, to register their names and contacts for them to be beneficiaries.
At exactly 1pm Foodcliques Support arrived at the venue with a van full of edibles and the distribution started at 2pm. Each dejected widow received a package filled with edibles of all sorts, as a way of ameliorating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expressing her sincere gratitude, a widow who simply introduced herself as Mrs Hussein from Makoko, said: ‘My children and I had nothing to eat prior to this day but when I get home with the box full of foodstuff, we can eat to our satisfaction. God will bless Tosin Quota International Foundation for remembering the widows’.
In her words, another beneficiary, Mrs Atanda, who said she came all the way from the Ikorodu axis of Lagos, said: ‘When I heard of the programme, I had to borrow money from a friend for my transport fare to Bariga and I don’t regret it. The foodstuff was so much that it brought tears out of my eyes because I can’t even remember the last time I had that much food in my house and my family really appreciates it.’
While thanking sponsors and volunteers for the initiative, the Founder of TQIF, Tosin Olayiwola, said: ‘This event gives me so much joy, to see the smiles on these women’s faces makes the effort put into organising it very much worth it. I believe nobody should go hungry, definitely not our mothers. I wholeheartedly thank Mr Bolajoko Fadipe of Foodclique Support Initiative for the awesome partnership but most importantly, I thank God for making the event successful.’