Season’s greetings to you and your loved ones. As we begin to wrap up the year 2023, we have witnessed a high demand from many vulnerable people in our communities who have struggled to cope with the rising cost of living. The Russian – Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas wars along with numerous natural disasters, have…
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May
May
Extra-time winner secures the Scottish Cup for the juvenile club for the first time in their 27-year history. Westdyke Community Club are Scottish Cup champions for the first time in the club’s history. The Westdyke under-13s team, who play in the A League of the Aberdeen and District Juvenile FA, beat Airdrie Pumas 2-1 in…
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Apr
Apr
In partnership with Archibol cake and events based in Nigeria. We are currently running a 4-week widow empowerment course that is training six widows to bake cakes and make sweet treats. The programme started on the 12th of April,2023. At the end of the course, each widow will receive an oven and a basic baking…
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Apr
Apr
GOOD NEWS The Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK) nomination. We are excited to announce that one of our partners in the UK, the AFBE-UK has nominated our foundation as one of the organizations to be supported during their annual Gala event, which is scheduled for November 2023 in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom….
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Apr
Apr
On the 26th of March 2023, we held our 2nd annual football tournament in Lagos Nigeria and it was a great success. We partnered with Ambassadors FC, Otumara and Five stars FC, Egbeda who have been working with these kids. These clubs provide a safe space for these children as well as help them…
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Apr
Apr
Spring is here and it seems only a few weeks ago we were celebrating Easter. We hope you had a lovely and peaceful time with your family. The year 2023 has started with a lot of activities for the foundation. We paid a visit to Nigeria between March and April to support and assess some…
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Oct
Oct
On the 28th and 29th of August, 2020, Lydia Wilson foundation partnered with RADi, to empower displaced widows from various villages in Kajuru Local Government of Kaduna State as part of its widow empowerment programme. This empowerment is to allow the widows to run micro businesses that will further alleviate their sufferings and enable them…
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Oct
Oct
We were alerted to the plight of 3 widows in Kogi state, Nigeria, in dire hunger. Through the help of one of our representatives, we reached out to the 3 widows with some foodstuff and cash. We plan to also empower them with a start-up business so that they can fend for themselves. This is…
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Apr
Apr
As we started the year 2022, we had no idea that recovery from 2 years of COVID will be disrupted by an unprovoked war on Ukraine by Russia. This war has extended beyond the borders of both countries and the high rise in the cost of gas prices is creating untold hardship globally. We are…
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Mar
Mar
Lydia Wilson Foundation (LWF) UK is collaborating with AFBE-UK to reach out to the vulnerable members of the ‘Black, Asian and minority ethnic’ (BAME) community. The collaboration will allow LWF to reach out to members who may struggle to obtain adequate support from the UK government. AFBE-UK will help identify members of the BAME community…