Nigerian Actress, Philanthropist & President of Tonto Dikeh
Foundation, Mrs Tonto Dikeh Churchill who wowed for years to keep
Nigerians highly entertained using her acting prowess is now determined
to continue extending her passionate hands of philanthropy to the needy
passing the love round to the less privileged hand in hand, passion with
passion with great dedication. Please continue...
Over the years, even before getting married, Tonto Dikeh has been
impacting alot via her Foundation which is a Non Profit- Non
Governmental organization that is focused on advocating for ladies
molested via sexual assaults, rape and lending assistance to the needy.
She also focus to help the nursing mothers making it possible for local
and international organizations like UN women & Commonwealth Nations
to access the funding, tools, training and support they need to become
more effective and make our world a better place.
To young girls Raped and molested, The Tonto Dikeh Foundation gives hope
to the young girls by providing help to them through partners depending
on their individual cases. They support them during ante natal and post
natal period, mentoring these young women so they can fit into the
society again with a new sense of belonging and giving them a second
chance in life to be great. They also help these young mothers to take
care of their kids by placing the kids into special homes. They support
their upkeep,feeding, education and anything a child will need to become
great and most of all they give them shelter.
With all of these as her philanthropic platforms, Tonto Dike Churchill
was hands on deck with her husband Mr Churchill as The Big Church
Foundation (Her husband's) organized the walk for love event which
brought smiles on the faces of the less privileged. The WALK OF LOVE
held on the 3rd of December 2016 bringing together dignitaries and
celebrities from all around Nigeria to share, interact and give to the
handicapped in Society. This Act of kindness and love had Eagle Square
as the meeting point from where the walk began to the Millennium park
where it all climaxed with Food, gifts, medical support and so much more
for the handicapped in Society.
Mrs Tonto while giving her speech on that day, said " I realized the
difficulties and challenges that the physically challenged people at
the Karimajiji Village are facing, without a good road, Electric power
supply, Potable Water, Schools and poor hygienic environment. I know
these people can never function optimally. It’s disheartening to know
that government can neglect a village where over 2500 physically
challenged persons are living in the capital city of Nigeria (Abuja)"
As tear rolled down in torrents from her eyes, she pronounced to help
them grade their major roads, pay some students school fees and will
regularly pays them a visit to see how she can help to better their
lives and of course to make the place popular for other noble Nigerians
to give aids and better their lives.
She further stressed that she will immediately deploy all the machinery to make their life better.
Present at the event to share love and gifts to the Handicapped were
celebrities like: Multiple award winning TV presenter and humanitarian
Amb. Rachel Bakam aka Rachel the PIPER who covered all the proceedings
of the day to air on her television programme TRENDS & RACHEL. Also
present were: Sensational Musician Praiz, The Sweet Nollywood Aneke
Twins, Actress Halima Abubakar, Screen and Comic Goddess Helen Paul,
Legendary Rugged Man, Charming Emma Naira, Lyrical Bez, Nollywood A-list
Actor Victor Ancrum, Trailblazing Jaywon, Dapper Mamuze twins and so
many others. Also present was the female Coach who led the Nigerian team
to victory at the Para-Olympics held recently.
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