The Talata Mafara Orphans Care Foundation has distributed a total of N10 million to 200 widows with children to enable them to start small businesses.
Speaking during the distribution ceremony held at the First Jumu’at Mosque in Talata Mafara, the Chairman of the Foundation, Sheikh Hamza Abubakar Marafa, said the gesture was aimed at supporting widows left with children to start businesses and ease their daily struggles.
He said the foundation began the program last year with 61 beneficiaries who each received N30,000. This year, he added, the foundation supported 200 beneficiaries with N50,000 each.
According to him, the funds were generated from donations by well-meaning individuals in the town and members of the committee who voluntarily contributed as endowment to the foundation.
The Emir of Talata Mafara, Alhaji Dr. Bello Muhammad Barmo, was among the dignitaries who attended the event. He urged the beneficiaries to ensure judicious use of the resources.
The Emir also donated N400,000 to the 200 beneficiaries as additional support to strengthen their start-up businesses.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke to a _Danfako Media_ correspondent expressed gratitude to the foundation and pledged to use the support to grow their small-scale businesses.
Other dignitaries at the ceremony included the Chairman of Talata Mafara Local Government, Hon. Yahaya Yari Abubakar; Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Amb. Bala Muhammad Mairiga; Marafan Mafara, Alhaji Umar Mohammed; and Galadiman Mafara, Alhaji Malami Abubakar Sibo, among others.
