The AVE Brothers Charity Foundation, a non-profit humanitarian organisation, has extended its intervention to vulnerable residents of Edjekota-Ogor community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, providing cash empowerment, maternal health supplies, educational materials and food items to beneficiaries.

The outreach, which took place at the Edjekota-Ogor Primary Health Care Centre, saw a petty trader receive N40,000 cash support to strengthen her small-scale business and improve her livelihood, while vulnerable pregnant women and nursing mothers received delivery kits, pampers, washing soaps and other essential items.

Schoolchildren from the community and neighbouring areas also benefited from the distribution of exercise books, writing materials and food items, in what the organisers described as an effort to ease the economic burden on families and encourage children to remain focused on their education.

 

The beneficiaries were drawn from Edjekota, Ogor and neighbouring communities, including Ewu and Oviri-Ogor.

Speaking during the outreach, the founder and President of the foundation, Pastor Kevin Ehwebayire, said the initiative was born out of a strong conviction to establish a platform that would provide practical support to vulnerable individuals and underserved communities.

Ehwebayire explained that the vision followed what he described as a revelation from God, after which he embarked on prayers, counselling and consultations before establishing the AVE Brothers Charity Foundation.

According to him, the organisation was established primarily to touch lives and improve the welfare of vulnerable members of society, rather than for personal enrichment.

He said the cash empowerment component of the outreach was designed to help petty traders strengthen their businesses and create a more sustainable means of livelihood.

 

The founder acknowledged that transforming the vision into a functioning humanitarian initiative came with several challenges, particularly in determining where and how to commence the intervention.

 

He called on individuals, corporate bodies and other charitable organisations with similar humanitarian convictions to remain committed to supporting vulnerable members of society.

 

The foundation president urged philanthropists and humanitarian organisations to execute interventions with sincerity, diligence and without using charitable activities as a platform for personal gain.

 

The Officer-in-Charge of the Edjekota-Ogor Primary Health Care Centre, Mrs Ijolo, expressed appreciation to the foundation, describing the intervention as a significant relief to the facility and its beneficiaries.

 

Ijolo said the health centre had not received such support since she was transferred to the facility, adding that the donated delivery kits, gloves and delivery mats would strengthen the capacity of healthcare workers to provide safer maternal services.

 

She noted that many expectant mothers who visit the facility struggle to afford basic materials required for childbirth, saying the intervention would reduce the financial pressure on vulnerable families.

 

According to her, the donation of delivery materials would also enable health workers to provide better services to pregnant women, particularly those from low-income households.

 

Residents of Edjekota, Ogor, Ewu and Oviri-Ogor communities prayed for the continued growth of the foundation and urged other philanthropists and organisations to emulate the initiative.