By Ighomuaye Lucky. O
The founder and Executive Director of Tomiya Helping Hand Foundation , A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Lion Prince Thomas Iyare has tasked Nigerians to extend a hand of fellowship to the less privileged in the society with the view of making the world a better place to live in.
He gave the task while speaking with Journalists recently on the activities of the foundation which is located in Benin City.
Mr. Iyare said the Tomiya Helping Hand Foundation has been on ground for over four years now with the main mission to create a world where nobody goes to bed without food in their bellies.
Iyare maintained that the organization provides education and skills empowerment, financial support to boost their businesses and generally rendering humanitarian services to the indigent and less privileged members of the society.
Continuing, he said the foundation also do visitation to schools, empower the pupils/students with writing materials, books, school uniforms and ensure they have launch with them on such visitation which is done on a regular basis.
He added that the foundation has also extended the empowerment to those on the streets who do not have any abode of their own as they are catered for and fixed up.
The Executive Director of Tomiya Helping Hand Foundation explained that they also give accomodations while their rents are paid as well.
While explaining his source of funding, he said he has been able to carry on with the humanitarian services with the little he gets from his business as a real estate manager and also with contributions from his families and friends who believe in the vision of making the society a better place for all.
He subsequently said every December the foundation also carry out a programme called “smile” to put smile on the faces of widows and widowers, the orphans and others that are handicapped, bring them together under one umbrella to make them enjoy and feel the season of the Christmas celebration which has been going on since the birth of the foundation four years ago
“God has kept us in the position we are today so that we can be able to help others and be our brothers keeper by extending a helping hand to those who need help and assistance so that the society will be a better place for us all ” he said
The founder of the foundation then urged those in position of authority to provide the enabling environment to non governmental organizations that are genuinely carrying out humanitarian services to the people
He further called on Nigerians who are privileged to put smile on the faces of the indigents, less privileged, widows, widowers and those that are being faced by one difficulty or another so that the society will be a better place for us all.
