By Sharon Akuboh
The Hope Raisers Global Foundation, is a non profit Organization duly incorporated in Nigeria in 2017. Before then she had worked tirelessly from 2011 in few states around Nigeria from talent development among children in primary schools in Abia State, to supporting stay at home mothers, with products for sale and birthing entrepreneurial spirit in them, supporting the girl child with school materials to enable her stay in school especially with her menstrual hygiene, location: Owerri, Imo State. Expand scholarship programme for 1000 children in 2025.
Vision : We are the people’s eyes pointing to the direction of a Hopeful future with Hands empowered to reach where the Heart is.
Mission : Reaching the unreached with the Hope to enable them attain their God given potentials by connecting with their hearts, enlightening their mind and empowering their hands to be vulnerable to humanity.
We have a guiding principle called DEEDs:
Discover
Educate
Empower and
Deploy
These are our guide as humanitarian work can spread across so many areas leaving the organisation overwhelmed if not properly guided.
Moreso, in 2021 the Foundation, decided to pitch our tent in the IDP camps as their challenges were in line with our DEED acronym. We had a well tailored plan for the children, where we tutored them weekly and that lasted for two whole years.
The foundation later narrowed the teachings to summer holidays, this we have successfully carried out for another 2 years without fail, bringing in seasoned professionals who handle topics in their respect fields to meet the needs of the children.
Along the line as we progressed with the children we saw that we can not focus on the children without meeting the need of their mothers which is the Empowerment in the DEEDs acronym, we started looking at what areas we could be of support to the women.
Some areas we pinned down were:
Health Care : Campaigns on reproduction as they were having children without plan, child spacing and particularly “control”.
Education : An enlightened mind becomes a potential catalyst for growth whereever she goes.
Skill acquisition : which will be the catalyst for financial inclusion and economic Empowerment for stable income generation.
Overview:
In 2024, Hope Raisers Global Foundation (HRGF) continued its commitment to transforming lives and communities. We have achieved significant milestones, thanks to our dedicated team, partners, and donors.
Key Accomplishments:
*Education:
- Scholarships : 50 students benefited from our scholarship program.
- 8 School tour in Lagos to see to the needs of students and pupils across primary and secondary schools.
- Valentine event in Fugar Community School Edo State tagged “Beyond Love”.
- Digital Literacy: Trained 43 women in digital skills.
- Informal Education : Over 150 children benefited from our Summer Splash program which included digital skills learning, leadership, hygiene, national Values etc.
Economic Empowerment:
- Entrepreneurship Training: Trained 120 entrepreneurs.
- Microfinance: Disbursed $2,000 in microloans to 20 IDP women who are now small business owners.
- Job Creation: Created 100 direct jobs through our vocational training programs.
Community Development:
- Disaster Relief: Provided relief materials to 500 families affected by economic hardship.
- Community Engagement: Organized more than 20 community events, engaging 1000 participants.
States touched:
Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Federal Capital Territory, Anambra, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Delta
Plateau, Nasarawa.
Partnerships:
- Collaborated with 15 organizations.
- Secured funding from individuals, partners and 1 sub grant from a local tech organisation.
Financial Highlights:
- Total Budget: $10,000.
- Program Expenses: 80% of total budget.
- Administrative Costs: 20% of total budget.
Testimonials:
“HRGF’s scholarship program helped my child from nursery school now he’s in Grade 3” – Emmanuel, Scholarship Recipient.
HRGF helped pay my senior WAEC fees today I passed my WAEC looking forward to going higher in my education. Thanks to the God sent Non Profit. — Confidence
“The digital training empowered me to start to revamp my LinkedIn profile for visibility” -Annonymous, Digital Literacy Trainee.
Looking Ahead:
In 2025, HRGF aims to :
- Expand scholarship program to 1,000 students.
- Launch a mentorship program for young entrepreneurs.
- Carry out more outreaches in rural and semi urban cities.
- Expand our Board Membership, include some foreigners into our Management team.
- Deploy data driven techniques to further increase transparency in our work
- Deploy innovative solutions in carrying out our activities.
Get Involved:
Support HRGF’s mission by:
For partnership/Volunteering/Donations
Contact Us:
Email: info@hrgfoundation.com
Phone: +234 912 219 6316
Website: https://www.hrgfoundation.com