By SINL Reporter
Sesor Empowerment Foundation, a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO), has provided micro funds and better livelihood support to 289 families in Nigeria, to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Executive Director of the NGO, Ier Jonathan-Ichaver, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
According to her, the beneficiaries, who are mostly internally displaced women are low skilled and operate micro businesses for a living.
She advised women to pay daily attention to the health of their family members, especially as religious and social-economic activities are to become fully operational.
“With the lockdown and movement restriction, Sesor observed all precautionary and safety measures but still reached out to these women as we know that their finances would guaranty the socio- economic stability of their family members to a great extent,” she said.
Jonathan-Ichaver said the feat was achieved majorly through the Sesor Livelihood Support Programme (SLSP) 2020, with about 57 women beneficiaries recorded in the month of July only.
She however, advised Nigerians to continue with the safety measures in place as the country enters the next phase of COVID-19.
Eunice Katung, Executive Programme Manager of the NGO, said “a breakdown of the number showed that the disbursement was carried out in trenches with twenty six (26) women participating initially and an additional thirty-one (31) in the second batch.
“This is just the start, as we aim to empower 145 or more IDP women in Lagos and Benue states, as we have identified more prospects for our SLSP programme.”
She explained that for the sustainability of the project and attainment of high repayment, the beneficiaries were trained on basic book keeping, savings and other business management skills.
