A charity and equal rights organisation based in the United States of America, Tilova For Africa (TFA), in partnership with some American families, is alleviating the burden of Nigerian families through its Financial Adoption Programme (FAP).
With the FAP, families are provided with periodic financial support to help them meet the educational needs of their children, among other things.
According to Amanda Adams, a mother of two daughters, Riley and Sophia, along with her partner, Kenneth, they had always wanted to help raise a child in Africa by providing financial support to the parents.
The family from Massachusetts, USA, had been searching for years for a reliable means to make their dream of lending a helping hand to an African child come true.
This was until they discovered Tilova For Africa’s Financial Adoption Programme (FAP).
The TFA’s FAP has made it possible for Amanda and her family to financially adopt Treasure Effiong, a seven-year-old child from Nigeria, and provide the parents with the financial assistance needed to provide basic needs for the young beautiful Treasure.
Amanda remarked on her Facebook page: “Since I was a teenager, making a change in any kid’s life has always been a dream of mine. To one day be the reason for his or her success would mean the world to me.
“Now, 32 years later, I am making that dream come true for this little girl in Nigeria. After days of endless messages, reading about all the people who need help through this organisation, I have finally chosen the little girl who I can’t wait to sponsor.
“Obinna Treasure you have no idea how much love and support you’re going to get. My family is excited to help you get through school, you’ll have forever pen pals, forever friends and, most importantly, a chance to make all your dreams come true.
“Thank you, Martin, my co-worker and owner of Tilova For Africa, for giving me this opportunity to make my dream come. If any of you are interested in sponsorship, please reach out to this amazing organisation.”
This is also the situation with Ploy Colleter, a pregnant mother of one, and a resident of Massachusetts, USA, who, along with her husband, Kenneth, also recently financially adopted two Nigerian children, Evangeline Adewale and Mmaduabuch Nwogu,
from two different parents through TFA’s FAP.
Explaining the content and character of the programme, Mr Martin Nwabueze, co-founder and CEO of Tilova For Africa (TFA), said: “The TFA FAP is designed to provide willing sponsors from around the world the opportunity to take financial responsibility for raising an African child in need of support by providing the adoptee’s parents a specified amount of money yearly for the adopted child’s upkeep.
“In addition to the specified yearly stipend, the adopter is equally free to provide any other form of assistance to the adoptee in the form of gifts or money.
“In most cases, the adopter prefers to establish a communication link with the adoptees’ family in order to build a relationship and monitor the progress and well being of the adoptee but in other cases adopters may choose to remain anonymous or simply provide financial assistance without establishing a personal relationship with the adoptee.
“In all situations, the decision to either establish a personal relationship between participants in the programme lies with the adopters and adoptees. TFA will only help facilitate communication when the participants have mutually agreed to be in contact.
“Many Nigerian children have benefitted from this programme by applying through TFA’s social media handles such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.
“We are committed to finding help for those children in need in Africa from sponsors all over the world by linking the donors and recipients together through our Financial Adoption Programme.
“We take it upon ourselves to verify that all children put forward for adoption are real children in real need and that the sponsors are decent families with strictly authentic, humane and honorable intentions. By doing so, TFA guarantees that both the adopters and adoptees are safe and comfortable in each others hands.
“Once we establish such a relationship, we allow the involved parties the freedom to enjoy their friendship but still keep in touch with them for advisory purposes.”
On her part, Faith Effiong, mother of Treasure, who was adopted by Amanda, expressed gratitude to TFA for the opportunity the organization provided her and her family. She also thanked the adopter, Amanda Adams, praying for God to bless her and her family abundantly.
TFA for years has been the voice of the voiceless and providing relief for those in desperate need through poverty alleviation measures provided through social media handles, on the ground and through their website.
To see how you can benefit from any of TFA’s programmes follow them on Facebook TikTok and Instagram.
