There are many shades and perspectives to telling the story of this beautiful, elegant, humble, compassionate, intelligent and endearing woman of substance, Barrister Peace Owei Oyanbo.
But from whichever perspective you chose, she would tick all the boxes for positive things, but ultimately, all angles would point to her love for humanity.
Leo Tolstoy, the Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest author of all time rightly said, “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity “. Humanity means forgetting our selfish interests when others need our help. Humanity means extending unconditional love to each and every living being.
The above quote captures the reality of life being lived by Barrister Peace Owei Oyanbo,the founder of She4She Initiative.
She 4 She Initiative (SSI) is a Nigerian-based not-for-profit organization focused on empowering women and the girl child through strategic initiatives, cutting across skill development, mentoring, and creation of a peer review and support platform, amongst others.
The organisation’s objective is to give women and the girl child an equal opportunity and access to better conditions of living with respect to healthcare, education and social development.
From her personal resources working as an Aide to the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, her family and friends support and contributions from partners, Oyanbo judiciously put smiles on the faces of the less privilege ones in the society in Abuja and communities in the Federal Capital territories and in Bayelsa State.
Her empathy and strategic engagements that makes her humanitarian projects possible can form a course of study for individuals and group who desires to impact lives.
Some of the programmes her foundation has embarked on and successfully delivered are highlighted below;
BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAMME (ABAJI)
As part of effort to encourage and prioritize education among young people, she gave hope to disadvantaged young children returning to school in Abaji, a community on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory. She donated hundreds of school bags along with water bottles and writing materials. This was followed by the Items 7 For 7 giveaway exercise, which included food for hundreds of families.
MARKED INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD WITH BRICKSHALL SCHOOL
Girls were urged to understand their digital realities and the solutions they need to pave paths to freedom of expression, joy and boundless potential. Sessions were held with the senior secondary students of Brickshall School to educate them and widen these pathways under the International Day of the Girl, themed: “Digital Generation, Our Generation”.
JOINED UNITED NATIONS ON THE CAMPAIGN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AT ST. JUDES GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL AMARATA, YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE –
The foundation and its volunteers had a talk session with the senior students of St. Jude’s Girls Secondary School Amarata, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State educating them on the need to end violence against women in line with the United Nations goal of ending violence against women by 2030.
WOMEN UP SERIES 2 – 2DAYS CAREER/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, YEANGOA BAYELSA STATE
She trained over a 100 people on personal development who are in business or aspiring to go into business.
TRAINING ON PRESENTATION SKILLS UPGRADE AND MARKET FEASIBILITY
Over 30 young women were tutored on how to upgrade their presentation skills, increase self-confidence, enhance productivity and also exposed them to basic tips on how to scale their businesses to global standard.
2DAYS LEADERSHIP/MENTORSHIP TRAINING WOMEN UP SERIES 1, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CDB, ABUJA
Women were trained on leadership skills through capacity building to help create an enabling environment where they can build their self-confidence and be able to compete anywhere in the world for various opportunities. She4she initiative has so far trained thousands of women on entrepreneurship and capacity building.
MEDICAL OUTREACH, MAITAMA GENERAL HOSPITAL
The group reached out to 30 indigenous patients and others who could not pay their bills at the Maitama general hospital. Apart from the cash, delivery items were distributed to all the patients at the Women ward, as their faced beamed with smiles receiving them from a heart that cares for them.
But for constraint of space, the list of interventions from the She4She initiative is numerous. However, this beautiful woman who clocks 41 today May 27 2023 corresponding with the global date celebrating Children often enjoys the support of her bosom friend, the Executive Director, Business Development NEXIM Bank, Hon Stella Okotete, Mrs Farida Odangi, Kelechi Oyanbo, her husband and children and others.
