The Eniola Home Place Foundation has empowered 150 women with N50,000 each in Idanre, Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State for their small-scale enterprises.
The founder of the foundation, Mr. Tosin Eniola, while presenting the checks to the beneficiaries on Saturday, said that a similar gesture was held in 2024.
According to Eniola, hundreds of women from various walks of life got clothes, cash, and food items during the 2024 edition.
Eniola, a Canada-based youth, explained that the cash donation would enable the beneficiaries to either start or boost their existing small-scale enterprises.
He said that the gesture would be more enduring than giving clothes and some measures of raw foods, which had temporary relief.
“Over the years, the foundation has provided scholarships to numerous students and implemented impactful initiatives that transformed lives. We will not relent in touching lives positively in the society.
“In the 2025 edition, we will provide potable water to deserving communities, launch skill acquisition and empowerment for youths, and provide JAMB forms for 500 students free of charge.
“I appreciate the people who collaborated, supported, and partnered with the foundation to achieve the success story being recorded,” he said.
The foundation also offered scholarships to 28 pupils in the local government area.
Appreciating Eniola and the foundation, a beneficiary, Miss Jose Ifeoluwa, a primary five pupil of Choice Primary School, Alade-Idanre, said that the gesture had brought joy and great relief to her family.
Also, Mrs. Oluwasusi Kate, a 25-year-old fashion designer, noted that the money would boost her vocation and prayed for the continued success of the foundation.
Similarly, Mrs. Fola Adeboyejo, a widow, thanked Eniola for the gesture, praying for the favour of God on the founder as he had shown mercy on the needy.
A prominent community leader, Mr. Adekunle Akinlalu, said that Eniola had been in humanitarian gestures for years without discrimination.
Akinlalu urged other Idanre indigenes blessed by God to emulate the commendable gesture of Eniola.
Meanwhile, Pastor Roland Eniola, the father of the donor, urged Nigerians to emulate the foundation and give to others for blessings from God.
The cleric, the former chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Idanre, said, “The donor inherited the traits of giving and helping from us as parents right from his formative years.”
He advised the beneficiaries to utilise the money given to them judiciously and thanked those contributing directly or indirectly to the success of the foundation. (NAN)
