By Martha Omafu
The Jennifer Etuh Foundation (JEF) has supported about 1,000 widows in Nasarawa State with money, wrappers and meals objects to alleviate their hardships.
Mr Joe Otu, Programme Manager of JEF, disclosed this through the basis’s widows’ outreach held on Sunday on the Peace House Tent in Lafia.
Otu stated the outreach was a part of the inspiration’s efforts to assist weak ladies and reveal love and take care of widows.
He stated the initiative additionally commemorated the primary anniversary of the deaths of two members of the inspiration’s staff, Mr Josiah Musa and Mr Alfred Arome, who died in 2025.
He defined that Musa and Arome had been dedicated members of the inspiration’s evangelical staff and actively participated in its medical outreaches.
The programme supervisor stated the inspiration determined to increase its actions to Nasarawa in honour of the deceased, who had labored within the state and wished to see comparable interventions profit their communities.
According to him, the inspiration is starting its actions in Nasarawa state with the widows’ outreach earlier than commencing a five-day free medical outreach for residents of the state.
Otu stated the inspiration centered on ladies and the girl-child, significantly in training, healthcare and financial empowerment.
He defined that the inspiration operated six hospitals throughout Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, largely in hard-to-reach communities, to offer healthcare providers to underserved populations.
“We usually reach out to widows to see how we can support them, show them care and love, and let them know that they are valued,” he stated.
Otu stated the beneficiaries had been drawn from completely different communities and native authorities areas throughout Nasarawa State, including that the inspiration would attain 1,000 widows by means of the initiative.
Otu stated the free medical outreach would happen on the Specialist Hospital, Akwanga, with almost 80 medical volunteers anticipated to offer providers for 5 days.
He stated the providers would come with normal and specialised medical care, surgical procedures, dental providers and eye care, with explicit consideration to situations akin to cataracts, fibroids and different well being challenges.
Otu stated the inspiration, working with Pro-Health International, Peace House Mission and the Nasarawa Government, hoped to offer medical help to between 3,000 and three,500 folks.
In a sermon on the occasion, Pastor Elisha Kure urged the widows to stay steadfast of their religion and belief God to maintain them and the households left behind by their deceased husbands.
Kure cited Psalm 68:5, which describes God as the daddy of the fatherless and defender of widows, and prayed for God’s continued blessings on the inspiration.
Reacting to the gesture, Mrs Rita Arome, widow of one of many deceased staff members, stated the outreach was organised to honour the lives and repair of her husband and Musa.
She expressed pleasure that the inspiration had fulfilled their want to assist widows, including that the intervention mirrored the compassion and dedication they demonstrated throughout their lifetime.
Arome stated she was grateful that the inspiration had introduced reduction and encouragement to about 1,000 widows who had gathered for the occasion.
She urged folks to stay dedicated to serving God and humanity, noting that life was brief and that everybody ought to make significant contributions whereas alive.
Also, Mrs Patience Dauda-Osah, a beneficiary, expressed gratitude to the inspiration, saying the gesture had reassured widows that they’d not been forgotten.
“Sometimes we feel forgotten, but this makes me feel that I belong. It means God has not forgotten us and has raised people to remember us,” she stated.
Dauda-Osah, who stated she misplaced her husband in Sept. 2025, prayed for God to strengthen the inspiration and allow it to increase its humanitarian actions.(NAN)
Edited by Isaac Ukpoju
