Four Women Win LAPO Award Four outstanding women were honoured in different fields of human endeavour at the LAPO Outstanding Women Leadership Award on Tuesday in Benin. In the professional category, Proprietor of Anchor International School, Kogi, Helen Mathias, was adjudged the winner; Gladys Okoro won in the business category; Mary Jackson won the farming…

LAPO Boosts Rural Agriculture, Support Farmers with N1.4 Billion in Q1 2024 Benin City, Nigeria – Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), a leading non-governmental organization disbursed N1.4 billion to rural farmers in the first quarter of 2024. The significant investment aims to boost rural agriculture and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers across Nigeria. The loan was disbursed to…

LAPO-C4: 2,566 Community Members Enlightened, Screened The LAPO Community Campaign for Cancer Control (LAPO-C4) is a community-based health intervention project aimed at reducing cancer-related deaths in Nigeria through public awareness on prevention and early detection of malignant cases. In December2023, the organisation sensitized and screened 2,472 community members on Breast, Cervical and Prostate cancer and…

LAPO Empowers Rural Farmers, Others With N6.3bn Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) improved the livelihood of rural farmers as well as supported micro businesses with a disbursement of N6.3 billion in the fourth quarter 2023. The credit facilities were disbursed to 324,070 clients in 317 branches across 21 divisions through the LAPO Rural Development Initiative…

LAPO Celebrates International Women’s Day, 2024 Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) has organized the LAPO Outstanding Women Leadership Award, as a part of the activities to mark the 2024 International Women’s Day. Instituted in 2013, the Award is bestowed annually on women adjudged to have made outstanding contributions to societal development in the area of…

To commemorate the 2019 International Women’s Day, the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a leading empowerment initiative in the country recently organised an empowerment programme with the theme: “Balance and Peace,”,aimed at teaching women on how to overcome health problems and tackle unforeseen challenges in the home and the society at large. READ MORE