The Albino Foundation (TAF) Africa and the Legend Golden Care Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance access to justice for pre-trial detainees, especially Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).
The agreement, signed yesterday in Abuja, marked a significant milestone in advancing inclusion and human rights, particularly within underserved communities.
Under the partnership, both organisations will jointly provide pro bono legal services, advocate for reforms in the justice sector, and lead targeted legal and policy initiatives that promote inclusion, rehabilitation, and human rights education.
At the signing ceremony, the Chief Executive Officer of TAF Africa, Mr Jake Epelle, described the ceremony as “long overdue,” and the beginning of a commitment to measurable action.
According to him, the main vision of the MoU was to serve people, especially those who do not have a voice.
“So we took that into consideration in determining what level of intervention that we can collectively roll out.
“We also want to look at how we can mobilise human and material resources, and then get into an intervention area where we both share a common vision.
“Areas like access to justice, violence against women, things that touch the heart and core of the child, not just the girl child, but the boy child as well,” he added.
On potential policy obstacles, Epelle expressed optimism, stressing that successful implementation often hinges on leadership and willingness to act.
“Policies succeed not when people remember who wrote them, but when others implement them because they see value in them,” he said.
Also speaking, Mrs Kanayo Olisa-Metuh, Executive Director of the Legend Golden Care Foundation, described the MoU as an ideal partnership driven by shared values and a desire to support the most vulnerable.
“This collaboration will support people who would otherwise have no one to speak for them,” she said.
Olisa-Metuh noted that the interventions will begin in areas where the organisations already have a presence, to expand across the country.
She added that the partnership was a mission-driven model that leverages human and material resources to secure funding, execute interventions, and report outcomes transparently. (NAN)
