Currently, 129 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty.

That’s why we strive to support poor communities as much as we can.

• We assist two young widows whose husbands have died. They and their children are at great risk of being accused of witchcraft. One of the women has twins who nearly died from starvation. Every week, she and the grandmother come to Land of Hope to receive baby formula.
• In December, we raised funds to buy rice for impoverished families, especially poor single women who are lowest in the social hierarchy. Elderly women and widows with children are particularly vulnerable. If they are abandoned by their villages, neither they nor their children will survive. Thanks to our fundraising, we were able to distribute over 300 bags of rice.
• We also helped a family bury their mother. In a small village where we distributed rice, seven children lived alone with their mother’s corpse in the house. Their father died seven years ago, and their mother two years ago. They couldn’t afford her burial, so her body was left on a wooden bench covered with a mosquito net. It was traumatic for the children to live like that, so we helped them say a beautiful goodbye and bury their mother.
• A woman helped us protect Israel (the boy we rescued from a road where he was left to die at just 8 years old). Despite her own poverty, she took him into her home, caring for him even though her husband was sick and dying. She had sold everything they owned to save his life. Yet, she didn’t hesitate for a second to care for Israel. We assisted her husband at the hospital, and they returned to the home they had been driven from.

In such extreme poverty and desperation, superstition thrives, and accusations of witchcraft grow stronger. They become the answer to all bad things adults experience.

Therefore, it’s crucial that Land of Hope remains visible in these villages. By helping the locals, they trust us as an organization, and we ensure they don’t turn to witch doctors and exploitative religious movements for help.

Nobody can help all but we can all help some