WidowsAlive

Hakeem Smith
Jul 27, 2017 · 2 min read

Yes, you read aright — WidowsAlive. It sounds like a detour, but it is a WhatsApp Group Chat that takes a fresh approach to how widows are faring and what you and can play a part, to make life easier for them.

My team-mate, Charity Okegbe and Hakeem Smith decided to do this as our final project to conclude a internet use program for oldies at a cute place called CCHub in Lagos. She is a widow; I am the son of a widow.

Yes widows, again! “Don’t you guys get tired of flogging this subject?” Nope! Not when African governments do not care for widows! Newsflash: the Nigerian yesterday voted down the Affirmative Action for Women Bill! A shame, don’t you think?

Widowhood is the greatest stressor Statistically, husbands, in most marriages, die before their wives worldwide, including in Nigeria. There about 258,481 widows and 584,574,300 orphans (2014) worldwide.

In Nigeria, there are 8 million widows and 21 million orphans, by 2015 estimates. Because these soul-rending figures are on the increase worldwide, due to senseless wars and domestic strifes, WidowsAlive becomes even more necessary and important.

In a world made smaller and smaller by mobile and other technologies, to reach these widows and their families is much easier; especially in the third world where governments do not care for the less privileged and the disenfranchised.

WidowsAlive is first and foremost for widows, being the one of the most vulnerable groups due to the cultural, emotional, economic, religious, psychological and social traumas and stereotypes they are subjected to. support and encouragement from you and me! You can join today!

Join us to seek support from local and international bodies to execute online and offline reach-outs to widows and their immediate families. WidowsAlive has big potentials.

In 6 months, we should have gone far.

Are you on WhatsApp? if yes, check to join at medium.com/@omosmith 08037194148 or medium.com/@charityokegbe 08033855444.

Ready…Let us go with WidowsAlive

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