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Ark of Light Food Bank Celebrates Widows, Elderly, Donated – Sunday Magazine – The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

A renowned philanthropist, Dr. Isaiah Macwealth, has been reaching out to the less privileged in various communities in Nigeria and beyond for over two decades.

With the creation of the Isaiah Wealth Initiative (TIWI), which includes fifteen non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Macwealth is using the organizations to meet the diverse needs of the people, alleviate suffering and empower the less fortunate in various communities. strengthen.

To make food available to everyone, he added the Ark of Light Food and Emergency Bank (ALFEB), a food shelter and emergency response center, to the group.

The initiative, which embodies his belief that no one should face the indignity of food insecurity, aims to feed at least 20,000 families annually and over 1,000 families in Lagos and its environs benefited from the outfit during the Open Pantry Day in December in 2023.

On March 29, 2024, ALFEB re-opened its stores and sparked hope and joy in the lives of more than 3,000 people, including widows, widowers, the elderly, retirees, mothers, single mothers and orphans, by generously distributing various food items, including bags with rice, beans, noodles, yam tubers, clothes, drinks and even toys for children. In addition to the food items, some sums of money were added to the package to alleviate the current hardships in the country.

In addition, beneficiaries were welcomed with a dose of good music as a way of instilling hope and joy in them.