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Group Photograph of Beneficiaries with Management Team of Blue Hope and Care Foundation.
Group Photograph of Beneficiaries with Management Team of Blue Hope and Care Foundation.

Economy

Blue Hope and Care Foundation Empowers Delta Market Women


By Elizabeth Ide

Following the economic hardship in the country, a non-governmental organization, Blue Hope and care foundation has provided seed grants to market women in Delta State.

The foundation through its cash revolving program which seeks to provide financial literacy, business skills, and interest free loan for women in rural communities, presented the sum of one million fifty thousand naira to beneficiaries on Friday, November 1, 2024, in Asaba.

The State Focal person of the foundation, Onyeukwu Chiedozie while speaking stated that the Cash Revolving Program aim to “give them (women) a hope that has potential, give them a care they can resonate with”.

Onyeukwu Chidozie - Blue Hope and Care Foundation

Onyeukwu Chidozie – Blue Hope and Care Foundation

Chiedozie further said that the initiative is to bankroll the women, help them build capacity, separate their business account from their personal accounts, help them grow their business by setting them in a corporative society and training them on financial literacy by giving them a seed grant.

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He emphasized that the aim of the foundation is to establish corporative groups for artisans and market women, Provide financial literacy training and business skills development, Offer zero – interest loans with flexible repayment options, Foster simple account and business record- keeping practices and Encourage sustainable business planning and growth.

“We are giving to them a million fifty thousand, there are 21 women, we are giving them this money because we want them to grow. “We are going to give them tools, simple business recording tools, accounting tools, so that as they go to market and back they can put in their business ledger what they got.

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He also disclosed that the women would not be empowered without monitoring, stating that “In three months’ time, we are going to evaluate them to know their progress, anyone that meets all the criteria will be rewarded an extra fifty thousand naira grant after evaluation,” Chiedozie stated.

blue hope and care foundation

blue hope and care foundation

Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Palmer Augustina, a palm oil and crayfish seller, thanked the foundation for empowering petty traders and conveyed the beneficiaries’ assurances to use the funds received judiciously.

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The Blue Hope and Care Foundation, founded by Ijomah Chibueze Charles, had its first outreach in July 2024, in Kuchingoro community in Abuja, where it provided 100 Uniforms for students.


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