Enyinna Omoke,Abakaliki
A Non-governmental organization popularly known as WISTOP Mega Foundation has empowered over 2,000 youths and Churches across Ebonyi state through its foundation to ensure that they are self reliant in order to alleviate poverty.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the group, Comrade Enwogu Chukwuemeka Wisdom disclosed this in Abakaliki,the capital of Ebonyi State while addressing newsmen on the activities of the organization in different parts of the state.He stated that the NGO is basically into Human Capital Development, Capacity building, Mentorship,Skill acquisition,among others which are designed to make them self independent, informed and financially free.
Comrade Wisdom further explained that the mission of the organization is to using the strength of modern knowledge together with digital asset and technology to ensure the total care of the less privileged and uninformed because why they not achieving their expectations in life, is because they lack a specific knowledge on how to surmount the contemporary challenges with modern knowledge, while their vision is to reach out to the less privileged and uninformed; training and making them to be informed,self dependant and financially free, thereby fulfilling their purposes on earth.
`It is an NGO that are basically into Human Capital Development and also into Capacity building and enhancement.We have been into this foundation since 2019.We have trained Over two thousand youths in Ebonyi state.We have an office where we train every week for mentorship class.We also have an outdoor program where we go to villages to train them on skill acquisition based on what the Community demanded for.We have toured over 16 states in Nigeria for training.
`The vision of WISTOP Foundation is to reach out to the less privileged and uninformed; training and making them to be informed,self dependant and financially free, thereby fulfilling their purposes on earth which is our vision.
`Our mission is using the strength of modern knowledge together with digital asset and technology to ensure the total care of the less privileged and uninformed.So,we believed that when are not achieving their expectations is because they lack a specific knowledge because if you know, you can do more.
`Our foundation is out to equip people with modern knowledge because it is not the way it is being done few years ago that is being done now.Strategies has to be changed in order to adopt the contemporary one to solve the problem.
`We also make sure we equip people that are under our mentorship on the modern skills needed now because it is nomore the skills that needed twenty years ago to succeed that is needed now.So,we open the eyes of our people on the modern skills that can make them self reliant and self employed.
He also noted that the organization has done alot about widows care in various communities where 350 widows were empowered while about 1,060 others have been profiled from 5 LGAs for another empowerment.
`We are also into wisdows care.We have been able to empower over 350 widows between 2019 and 2020 while about 1,060 other widows have been profiled from 5 local Government in Ebonyi State for our next move as soon as we raise funds and support.Our widows are divided into 14 units to enable have easy access to reach them.We have been able to empower their leaders with 28 phones on November 2021 so that we can be able to communicate with them easily;we do meet with them ones every month.We have assisted them with wrappers, food items, among others.
`On digital Empowerment,we have empowered 10 churches, Catholic, Assemblies of God,Watch man,etc.some pastors were also empowered and it comes every 11th of November.We believe that if we catch the leaders and empower them,the followers will be easier to be captured and be empowered.Not only that,we have given them access to digital opportunities.
