A cooperative, not a handout.
Cooperative societies, skills acquisition, housing and direct relief for widows in Anambra State, run under the Touch-A-Life initiative.
What the programme does
The Widows Cooperative programme supports widows in Anambra State through cooperative societies, skills acquisition and the establishment of small and medium enterprises, so that women left without support can become independent and self-sufficient.
Alongside the cooperative, the Foundation builds and furnishes homes for widows. Ten fully furnished houses at Oraifite were commissioned by the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in January 2024 under the Touch-A-Life initiative.
Direct relief runs in parallel: rice distributions in Oraifite and surrounding communities have reached more than two thousand widows at a time.
The record
Reported activity under this programme.
News from this programme
CommunityHopes Rekindled As 10 Widows Get Brand New Fully furnished Homes
The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima GCON on Thursday commissioned 10 New houses for widows at Oraifite, Anambra State built by the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) under the Touch-A-life…
CommunitySEOF Launches Rice Distribution Program, Shares 2,000 Bags of Rice to Widows
In our noble mission to empower and support widows in Anambra State with palliatives in harsh times like this, over the weekend we began the distribution of 40,000 bags of rice which we kickstarted by disbursing 2,000 bags of rice to the SEOF widows…
CommunityEncomiums As SEOF Distributes Bags Of Rice To Over 2,000 Widows
The faces of many widows in Oraifite, Anambra State are currently beaming with life-changing smiles following the distribution of rice by the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF).
CommunityOraifte Agog As Over 2,000 Windows Get Bags Of Rice From SEOF
Thousands of widows went home with Easter gifts of 50kg rice distributed by Dr. Emeka Offor via his Foundation, Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF).
CommunityEaster Smiles for Widows Courtesy Sir Emeka Offor Foundation
On the 25th of March 2018, the Founder of SEOF, Sir Emeka Offor kept his promise to the 2,000 widows under his Foundation during Mothering Sunday. He had assured them that each person would go home with a bag of rice before Easter celebration.
CommunitySEOF Celebrates Mothers' Day
As Anglican women world wide marked their Mothering Sunday, the founder of the SEOF, Sir Emeka Offor and his wife Barr. Mrs. Adaora Offor had lunch with widows in Oraifite at the foundation headquarters.
SEOF 2013 Yuletide and New Year 2014 Celebrations
The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation performed outstanding ceremonies to mark the 2013 Christmas and usher in the New Year (2014).
African Leadership Magazine Interviews Sir Emeka Offor
African Leadership Magazine put a wide range of questions to Sir Emeka Offor for its May 2013 cover profile, “Determination is everything”, written by Sam Hart. His answers on the Foundation’s work are reproduced here.
SEOF Holds Interaction Session With Widows Cooperatives
The Founder, S.E.O.F, Sir Emeka C. Offor and the management S.E.O.F held an interactive session with the eight (8) Groups of the S.E.O.F Widows Multipurpose Cooperative Societies Ltd on 1st April, 2013 (Easter Monday).
Sir Emeka Offor Foundation’s (SEOF) Widows Cooperative Societies Ltd Visit To India
A delegation of The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation Widows Cooperative Societies Limited visited the State of Karnataka, India in October, 2012.
Other programmes
Health Services
Rural medical consultations, hospital equipment, polio eradication with Rotary International, and glaucoma research.
Education
University scholarships, book distribution with Books For Africa, and model schools and classrooms.
Youth Empowerment
Micro-finance grants and loans for small and medium enterprises, including the motorcycle transit venture.