Hardship: Clergyman Empowers 2,000

Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has appealed to well-meaning individuals and corporate bodies to join hands with other organisations to tackle the problem of hardship in the country.

The clergyman who stated this at his church’s headquarters in Lagos, said over 2,000 people benefited from the empowerment programme tagged: Project Spread Initiative organized by the church.

Adefarasin stated that the church is planning to enter into partnership with banks and other corporate bodies to spread the poverty alleviation initiative to various sectors in the country to reach many that are languishing in poverty and unemployment.

He cited his initiative designed to tackle hardship and hunger which he said has affected many people and families in the country as reason for the palliative and personally shared gifts to 2,000 people.

“As we are playing our role in alleviating the hunger within and outside the community, we may not be able to reach everyone at the same time, but by brightening the corner with solving problems of the masses, we all will help to spread the good news of the gospel, which includes taking care of the needs of people in and around us.

“I am appealing to other corporate bodies to do the same in their corners rather than waiting for governments to bail out the people. Government alone will not be able to reach everyone and at the same time, but we can play our role by being solutions to the needs of the people.”

Earlier, Adefarasin said the church has set up various avenues to tackle unemployment by skill acquisitions centres and by empowerment of people, especially women to enable them contribute towards solving mass poverty and all the associated problems.

“As part of the move to reach the people, House on the Rock last week, empowered inmates at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons in Lagos with tailoring skills, others skills to enable them live profitable life to themselves and to the society, we also empowered people in Mushin, Elegushi, Isale Eko and Ajegunle.

“At House on the Rock, we believe in building bridges of hope and providing a path forward for all and sundry by preparing them for a better tomorrow,” he said.