by Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna

KADUNA: In a captivating revelation, an emerging Non-Governmental Organization, known as ‘Edi-Care Foundation,’ that is bent on placing less-privileged persons (including the blind) on salary, has been unveiled.

The Foundation, which is temporarily located in Angwan Romi community, in Kaduna State, also extends the good gesture – with scholarship awards – to poor parental students for their studies.

Speaking to our correspondent in Kaduna, Chairman-cum Founder of the Foundation, Igili Isaac Emmanuel, said his motivation “spring up out of love for humanity and for the underprivileged people in the society.”

“Especially for those, who cannot have access to the standard of living the society envisaged and, who are deprived of their rights to good things of life, we started out of compassion and love for humanity.

“I told my pastor the slogan (or motto) of my foundation should be ‘Bridging the gap between humanity and poverty,’ because I discovered that, out of poverty, man can do anything – you can even sell your soul to the devil because of poverty. 

“Bridging the gap between humanity and poverty – is for humanity to have sense of reason. That was how we started the journey of the Care movement. We’ve not been able to secure any funding yet. Out of what God gives us, we give to the people. 

“We started when I was in Port-Harcourt as a Barber. I was doing it with my mother in the Lord Prophetess Christy Ndubisi where I served as a minister, as a Resident Pastor in Ibruta. Sometimes, I will give her money to go to orphanage, and doing it like that. 

“When God started blessing me, I said let me pursue this course like that. We started last year, 2nd February, which was supposed to be my birthday. So, we used that medium to present the Edi-Care Foundation to the people in the society. 

“By so doing, we were able to gain the love of the people. Since that time, God has been helping us and we‘ve been there trying to bridge that gap between poverty and humanity in our community. 

“In February, 2019, I started going out with my prophetess in P/Harcourt and started giving to people donations after doing Town Service and barbing, until February 2nd, 2023, when we finally launched Edi-Care Foundation. 

“Before then, I was working with other NGOs, before we finally coame with our own, using them to donate. Since then, we’ve worked in Benue State and in Kaduna State where we’ve handled so many projects like Edi-Care Competition, and feedings when we went to Muslim community at Kano Road and eat together with them; and it was great,” he said.

On challenges, he said, “Mobility was an issue; families have been supporting, but not enough. We went into agricultural farming and transport business. We have students we’ve pushed to schools and we cannot afford to abandon them; but through prayer, I believe God will do it.

“We give scholarship to the students in P/Harcourt, Kaduna, Benue. We took responsibility of a girl, who was impregnated and abandoned in community; took her to hospital. We have people we put on salary – like the blind.

“We have other people we put on salary, including a blind man in our community. A woman, who lost a daughter, cultists burnt down houses including her own – we put them on salary. 

“Sometimes, the monies will not be there to pay them; so, default. When I’ve money sometimes, we pay them in advance of two-to-three months ahead. That’s how God has been helping us,” Igili Isaac Emmanuel explained.

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