President of One Love Foundation, Chief Patrick Eholor
A frontline human rights non-governmental organization, One Love Foundation, through it’s President, Chief Patrick Eholor said it has started rolling out it’s 2022 programme. To this end, the organization announced that it is about to launch it’s Second Chance Inmates Rehabilitation Programme, aimed at providing training and skills acquisition, and educational opportunities for prisoners who are ready to change for the better.
In a letter to the The Comptroller,
Nigeria Correctional Centre
Akure (covering Ondo, Ogun (South-West), Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Cross River states (South-South Nigeria), it enumerated areas where it’s going to assist prisoners in the zone, in it’s first quarter activities.
Below are parts of the letter;
SECOND CHANCE INMATES REHABILITATION PROGRAMME: APPLICATION FOR PREACHING & SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME BY FOUNDATION
One Love Family & Caring Association, (also known as One Love Foundation for short), is a non-pfofit humanitarian, good governace and human rights advocacy organization which promotes universal love and compassion among all segments of society irrespective of religion, tribe, gender and social backgrounds.
We are registered with the Corporate Affairs of Nigeria (CAC) and operate under Federal Government supervision through the Federal Ministry of Budget & Planning, which is charged with certification of genuine NGOs in Nigeria. Please, find attached copies of our CAC registration certificate and the Federal Government Ministry accreditation respectively.
Sir, as part of our social work schedule for the year 2022, we have drawn a curriculum of prison visitation by experts, Pastors and Imams who are humanitarian partners with our foundation for preaching, moral instructions, rehabilitation and post-prison skills acquisition training for correctional centre inmates. Our first quarter curriculum covers Ondo, Ogun (South-west), Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Cross River states (South-south Nigeria), to which your correctional centre belongs.
The objective of this programme is to give hope, a new life of purpose, deep integral reform, rehabilitation and a second chance of love-empowered life to hitherto depressed, image disadvantaged and despondent convicts and future ex-convicts across Nigeria.
By this communication, we hereby humbly inform and seek your cooperation to facilitate and support our above objective for the benefit of the inmates of your correctional service jurisdiction.
We humbly look forward to your earliest acknowledgement for communication to the Federal Government and your centre’s kind cooperation for timely commencement of our services.
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