No fewer than 30 widows in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday recieved food, cloth and other items from a non-Governmental Organisation, popularly Known as Smile Attracts Smiles Foundation in the Federal Capital Territory

While Speaking on Thursday, the Chief Executive Officer, a benevolent Woman Mrs Bukola Adewumi, at empowerment progogramme, she said the gesture was in line with the spirit of God about charity and philanthropy.

According to her, God says the most acceptable service to him is to take care of the windows, orphans and the less-privileged

“We see this as a rare privilege to contribute our quota to the growth and development of our widows who are considered vulnerable in the society,” she said.

According to her, Thursday’s event was the seventh edition of the empowerment programme.

“We have done the widows empowerment consistently in the last few years without looking back and the testimonies and the feedbacks we are getting have been quite encouraging.

“We understand that the circumstances that turned most women to widows are better imagined than experienced, some are quite painful.

“However, no matter the circumstances, no woman would pray that she becomes a widow.

“But since God has destined it the way it is, we need to take solace in the fact that He (God) has promised to be the husband to the widows and fathers to the fatherless.

“We share in your grieve, pain and that is why we deemed it fit that we put smiles on your faces,” she said.

See added that,  the organisation’s goal is to make them happy by setting up a skill acquisition centre where widows could be trained on any skill for their survival.

“We know many of you desire to work and make a living for yourselves without having to depend on others, but the means to achieve this are far-fetched.

“This is why we set up this NGO to ensure that our widows are well taken care of and get the best to live their dreams,” she said.

One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Maria Uhuabe, who thanked the foundation for the gesture said that she lost her husband after a protracted illness.

Uhuabe said that she spent all her business proceeds to take care her husband while he was on sick bed.

According to her, her business collapsed after the death of her husband, but she thanked God for survival.

Also, Mrs Christie Osita, who lost her husband 19 years ago, said she did all kind of jobs to train her five children.

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