Nigerian
Superstar Actress, Philanthropist & President of Tonto Dikeh Foundation Mrs
Tonto Dikeh Churchill who wowed for years to Keep Nigerians highly entertained
using her acting prowess is now determined to continue extending her passionate
hands of philanthropy to the needy passing the love round to the less
privileged hand in hand, passion with passion with great dedication.
Over the
years, even before getting married, Tonto has been impacting alot via her
Foundation which is a Non Profit- Non Governmental organization that is focused
on advocating fr ladies molested via sexual assaults, rape and lending
assistance to the needy. She also focus to help the nursing mothers making it
possible for local and international organizations like UN women &
Commonwealth Nations to access the funding, tools, training and support they
need to become more effective and make our world a better place.
To young girls Raped and molested, The Tonto Dikeh Foundation
gives hope to the young girls by providing help to them through partners
depending on their individual cases. They support them during ante natal and
post natal period, mentoring these young women so they can fit into the society
again with a new sense of belonging and giving them a second chance in life to
be great. They also help these young mothers to take care of their kids by
placing the kids into special homes. They support their upkeep,feeding,
education and anything a child will need to become great and most of all they
give them shelter.
With all of these as her philanthropic platforms, Tonto Dike
Churchill was hands on deck with her husband Mr Churchill as The Big Church
Foundation (Her husband's) organized the walk for love event which
brought smiles on the faces of the less privileged. The WALK OF LOVE held on
the 3rd of December 2016 bringing together dignitaries and celebrities from all
around Nigeria to share, interact and give to the handicapped in Society. This
Act of kindness and love had Eagle Square as the meeting point from where the
walk began to the Millennium park where it all climaxed with Food, gifts,
medical support and so much more for the handicapped in Society.
Mrs Tonto while giving her speech on that day, saying
" I realized the
difficulties and challenges that the physically challenged people
at the Karimajiji Village are facing, without a good road, Electric power
supply, Potable Water, Schools and poor hygienic environment. I know these
people can never function optimally. It’s disheartening to know that government
can neglect a village where over 2500 physically challenged persons are living
in the capital city of Nigeria (Abuja)"
As tear rolled down in torrents from her eyes, she pronounced to
help them grade their major roads, pay some students school fees and will
regularly pays them a visit to see how she can help to better their lives and
of course to make the place popular for other noble Nigerians to give aids and
better their lives.
She further stressed that she will immediately deploy all the
machinery to make their life better.
Present at the event to share love and gifts to the Handicapped
were celebrities like: Multiple award winning TV presenter and humanitarian
Amb. Rachel Bakam aka Rachel the PIPER who covered all the proceedings of the
day to air on her television programme TRENDS & RACHEL. Also present
were: Sensational Musician Praiz, The Sweet Nollywood Aneke Twins, Actress
Halima Abubakar, Screen and Comic Goddess Helen Paul, Legendary Rugged Man,
Charming Emma Naira, Lyrical Bez, Nollywood A-list Actor Victor Ancrum,
Trailblazing Jaywon, Dapper Mamuze twins and so many others. Also present
was the female Coach who led the Nigerian team to victory at the Para-Olympics
held recently.
" We are proud to let you know that work will commence on all
the roads leading to Karimajiji Village from Friday 23rd and be completed on
Saturday 24th of December and 25th of December 2016 will be a time to
merry with the people at the disabled colony. So we use this medium to invite
every body to join us as we bring smiles to the faces of the less privileged.
Merry xmas and a prosperous new year to you all " ... She concluded...
This
event was to commemorate the United Nations World Disability Day with the
attendance of UN ambassador, Amb. Jonathan Ojadah Daniel.
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