Who we are

Introduction and Background

 

Oasis of Love International Center for Women and Children (OLIC) is a registered non-government and non-profit organization based at Iba New site, Ojo Lagos Nigeria. OLIC prime motto is capacity building and services delivery to the deprived and marginalized people of the society.

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The organization was founded in April 2018 by Mr. Samuel Chukwuemeka Okafor and Mrs. Oge Jessica Okafor. The founders identified the mental health needs of the Nigerian communities and want to use preventive measures to tackle the mental health challenges in Nigeria. Nigeria is a developing nation with so many risk factors for mental health such as poverty, war and conflicts, abuses, loss of love ones, family dysfunctions, high level of stress as a result of poor infrastructural development and social amenities.  The organization creates an avenue to minimize the risk factors and create awareness for mental health and illness in Nigeria while addressing the most urgent and pressing needs of the people of Nigeria. The organization wants to create a safe haven for less privileged women and children. True to this spirit, the organization was named Oasis of Love International Center for Women and Children (OLIC).

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Considering their association with the communities, the organization was cognizant of the plethora of mental health and physical health problems plaguing the communities. Consequently, the organization’s focus was not kept limited either in terms of geography or sector. Whilst operating in different communities of Nigeria, OLIC has been carrying a range of awareness and interventions in the areas of mental health, education, health & hygiene, youth & women empowerment, Child abuse & domestic violence, advocacy, health promotion and illness prevention, etc.

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The type of activities undertaken by the organization range from capacity building to service delivery, with focus remaining on the deprived and marginalized segments of the society. Whereas in terms of operations what characterizes OLIC’s functioning are its efforts to (a) enlist involvement of the locals when initiating activities at the grass root level.  

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Although a somewhat new entry in the development arena, OLIC – is making effort to collaborate and partner with national & international funding agencies –like USAID, UN-WOMEN, Lagos State Ministry of Women affairs and Poverty eradication, Federal Government of Nigeria, etc..

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Oasis of love international center for women and children was established for the children and women in need. The children and women who are abandoned, abused, neglected, orphaned, victims of child labour and trafficking and the less privileged women and children in our society. We also provide free psychological support to school children, adolescents, youth and women to enable them become productive and healthy

 

We provide psychological, emotional, physical,  economic and spiritual support to them. We also provide vocational skill training to disadvantaged women and widows