By Ovat Abeng
Anglican mothers under the Awka Diocesan Mothers’ Union have expressed intention to partner with the non-governmental crusade of Anambra governor’s wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo to train youths and women in different vocational skills.
The women stated this when they visited the governor’s wife at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia to celebrate Mother’s Day with her, over the weekend.
Reading her presentation, the leader of team and wife of the Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Dr Mrs Martha Ibezim, said that the collaboration to train women and youths in different skills will create jobs, reduce crime and empower women to become self-reliant.
She listed other areas that women of the diocese have also ventured into including scholarships for less privileged children, humanitarian visits and other social support programmes, and said that the support from the government is also needed to expand the reach of their programmes.
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Addressing the women, the governor’s wife, Mrs Soludo, commended the Anglican mothers for championing positive change in their diocese and for channelling resources to the right objectives.
She reminded them about the mother’s role in building the best home and society, and asked them to continue to teach fellow women what is expected of them in terms of child raising and being the best mother to their children and to other children.
Mrs Soludo pledged to support the women in their project and reiterated her commitment to taking children off the streets and into the classrooms.
Mothers’ Union, under the Anglican Communion, is a group of women who are married and wedded in the Anglican denomination.