CVL Widows Support Centre

CVL WIDOWS SUPPORT CENTRE

CVL (Centre for Values in Leadership) is a not-for-profit organization, a part of the Pat Utomi Legacy Foundation. It was officially launched on the 10th of March 2004. The Centre coordinates the activities of the Widow Support Centre (WSC). The Widow Support Centre is a programme initiated by Prof Pat Utomi through the PAT UTOMI TRUST FOR HUMANE CO-EXISTENCE.

WSC has been set up to add value to the lives of widows and their children and also to help them overcome the burden and challenges they face due to the demise of their husbands. The centre also play advocacy role in addressing some social injustices against widows through citizen educationprogrammes, challenging specific cases of injustices in the law courts and seeking legislative agenda that can result in a system that is more sensitive to the plight of the widows.

 The Centre runs the following programmes for the widows:

•Skill acquisition programmes
•Provision of Non-interest loan and micro-credit for their business
•Computer training for the widow and their children
•Mentoring programme
•Monthly ministration
•Free medical care
•Annual Lectures for widows
.Season Of Love (End Of the Year Party)
BLUE ROSE FOR WIDOWS PROJECT
•The BRWP is a social investment/enterprise initiative of the CVL Widow Support Centre. It was flagged-off by Prof. Pat Utomi with rest of the CVL team on the 8th of March 2012 during the celebration of the 101 world International Women’s Day.
•In the quest to keep impacting significant change in the lives of the widows and their children, we have emerged with the Bluerose Widows Project. The project is embedded with programmes and activities that were derived by conducting a Need Assessment Scheme which we tagged: Know Your Widows.
•BRWP is guided by these core objectives:-Motivation; Enterprise; Investment Partnership and Advocacy.
•BRWP is an empowerment scheme for the widows which will help them to grow their small-businesses overtime. The scheme requires participants to be involved in the different phases of the project.
Outline of programmes and activities:
  • Know your widows
  • Widows capacity development and wealth creation scheme
  • Micro-credit Scheme
  • Product Exhibition
  • Social Investment Partnership

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Prof Pat Utomi with the widows during one of the CVL widows sessions

 

Support the widows

CVL Account details:

Bank:                                   Keystone Bank

Branch:                               707 Adeola Hopewell Street, V.I. Lagos

Account Name:                 Centre for Values in Leadership

Account Number:             1000238125

Sort Code:                           082150020

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Bank:                                    StanbicIBTC Bank

Branch:                                 Oke-Arin

Account Name:                   CVL Limited By Guarantee

Account Number:              0003331122

Sort Code:                           221151042