On May 4th, 2025, the Lydia Wilson Foundation proudly championed a remarkable initiative led by one of our own, Wilson Balogun. As he took on the Baku Half Marathon in Azerbaijan, his footsteps echoed far beyond the racecourse. This was not a competition against the clock—it was a global appeal to raise £2,500 for the…
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The Football ambassadors of Lagos Island hosted the 5 Stars of Egbeda!
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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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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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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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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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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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Relief materials of toiletries and bags of Fertilizers procured for the IDPs were delivered in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State by Lydia Wilson Foundation through their local partner RADi on the 20th of July 2020. The IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons), under Kallah Ward in Kajuru LGA, were displaced when their villages were attacked and occupied…
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