We hosted a youth empowerment program, a one-day chit-chat and skill-acquisition event, on October 3. About 50 community youths, 34 of which were female, were trained in various skills such as shoemaking, wigmaking, haircutting, and nail dressing. This is one of the few ways SOP… Read More »Girls Chat vs Men Indeed: A Chit-Chat and Skill Acquisition Event
World Humanitarian Day 2022 was established to honor those who provided immediate assistance such as shelter, healthcare, food, protection, water, security, and other critical services during a crisis. Selflessness, kindness, and compassion are clearly what the world requires at all times, but especially during times… Read More »World Humanitarian Day 2022: It Takes A Village
The Amuwo Odofin Community Carol Service (AmuwoCarol™ for short) is an annual charity carol concert by the SOP Initiative, put together by an interdenominational mass choir that has its members from churches located in Amuwo Odofin and environs. The group has vanguarded a five-year-old charity… Read More »AmuwoCarol 2022
The objective of the SOP Creative Bootcamp series is to empower community youths through sponsored creative bootcamps while contributing to reducing the global talent shortage. The second edition of this series, which was supported by Hub30 co-working space in Festac town, allowed for hybrid participation… Read More »2022 – SOP Creative Bootcamp 2.0
The AmuwoCarol 2021, like all previous editions, aimed to foster communal love while encouraging Christian responsibility to the community, seeking to unite the body of Christ in the community, raising funds for community charity causes, and eventually soul-winning. The annual event, which took place on… Read More »AmuwoCarol 2021
The objectives of this project were to: Sow used clothes and wears (i.e. shoes, accessories etc.) Sew clothes that can be given also (for those who can) Matthew 25:36 talks about clothing the needy as one of the good works that God notices, and of… Read More »2021 – Sow & Sew
To commemorate the United Nations World Humanitarian Day (August 19th), and as part of our service to humanity, the SOP Initiative’s ConnectCharity Special Projects Arm once again engaged communities in Lagos in a blood drive. We believe that every human being deserves a chance to… Read More »2021 – Blood Drive – #GiveBloodSaveLives
The year 2020 was an amazing year as we were faced with diverse challenges and hurdles. The COVID-19 pandemic struck hard and lots of families, businesses, and service providers were wretchedly affected. As though that wasn’t enough, there were fallouts from the peaceful protest, affecting… Read More »2020 – The Foodbox Project
World Humanitarian Day 2019 was set to celebrate unsung heroes, who have long been working on the front lines in their own communities – Women Humanitarians. We saw it as a time to salute the efforts of women in Amuwo-Odofin, who rally to people in need… Read More »2019 – Celebrating Women Humanitarians: #WonderWomen
We provided 24 hours WiFi to residents of Amuwo Odofin and users of the Borno House Library situated in the Mile 2 Estate. The WiFi was presented to the Amuwo-Odofin Public Library on May 17, 2019, in Lagos in commemoration of the ‘World Internet Day’.… Read More »2019 – Free Wifi for Community