A two-city outreach in Lagos and Abuja delivers financial literacy, psychosocial support, and welfare relief to women facing displacement, disability, and economic hardship.
On March 12, 2026, Women Impacting Nigeria (WIN), in partnership with IHS Nigeria Limited, launched “Give To Gain: Women’s Resilience & Financial Empowerment Outreach”, a transformative initiative commemorating International Women’s Day across two Nigerian cities.
The program reached 200 vulnerable women in Bariga, Lagos, and Wassa IDP Camp, Abuja, combining immediate welfare support with long-term capacity building to address the complex challenges facing women experiencing displacement, disability, widowhood, and economic instability.
The outreach recognized that true empowerment requires more than material aid. Participants engaged in comprehensive psychosocial resilience sessions led by expert facilitators, including disability inclusion advocate Ayokunnu Akintayo in Lagos and trauma specialist, Miss Naja’atu Muhammed in Abuja. These sessions provided safe spaces for women to process trauma, build emotional coping mechanisms, and establish peer support networks.
Financial literacy training formed the backbone of the economic empowerment component. Facilitators Victoria Mbika (banking professional) and Ramat Babah (Director of Treasury, IHS Nigeria Limited) delivered practical sessions on budgeting with limited income, managing irregular cash flows, savings discipline, and micro-business financial management skills, designed to create pathways out of poverty.
Who We Reached
The program specifically targeted women facing intersecting vulnerabilities:
- Women Living with Disabilities: 55 total (27 Lagos, 28 Abuja)
- Young Widows: 73 total (43 Lagos, 30 Abuja)
- Low-Income Nursing Mothers: 57 total (26 Lagos, 31 Abuja)
- Mothers of Children with Disabilities: 15 total (4 Lagos, 11 Abuja)
Impact Beyond the Day
Each participant received branded welfare packages containing food staples, household items, and hygiene products, plus transport stipends, providing immediate relief to 200 households.
However, the program’s true impact extends further. As primary caregivers and household managers, these women will cascade financial knowledge and emotional resilience strategies to hundreds of family members across both communities.
A Partnership for Progress
Each participant received branded welfare packages containing food staples, household items, and hygiene products, plus transport stipends, providing immediate relief to 200 households.
However, the program’s true impact extends further. As primary caregivers and household managers, these women will cascade financial knowledge and emotional resilience strategies to hundreds of family members across both communities.
This initiative demonstrates how corporate-social sector collaboration can deliver both immediate relief and sustainable empowerment. IHS Nigeria Limited’s sponsorship enabled WIN to implement a community-centered intervention that treats women not as passive beneficiaries, but as drivers of household stability and economic progress.
Women Impacting Nigeria remains committed to expanding such initiatives, building on the foundation established through partnerships like this.
