IWD: LAPO Awards Six Outstanding Women For Leadership Skill Six women on Tuesday bagged the LAPO Outstanding Women Leadership Award at a ceremony held in Benin, Edo State. The awardees who were adjudged to have done well in business, professional and agriculture are Mary Ike-Chukwu, Martina Onah, Nwanta Nwakaego, Hajia Amina Mohammed, Olamide Akinnayajo and…

LAPO empowers 183,538 rural farmers with N75.4billion in 7 years The management of Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) says it has disbursed the sum of N75.4 billion to empower 183,538 rural farmers between 2015 and July 2022. Dr Honestus Obadiora, executive director of the organization made the disclosure on Thursday at a one-day webinar programme…

Integration Project: 5,057 Persons Receive Health, Social Empowerment Services The Integration of Microcredit and Social Service project of LAPO is aimed at improving the health conditions of clients of LAPO Microfinance Bank through routine healthy sensitisation and screening for tropical diseases. In July 2023, 5,057 microcredit clients were trained on maternal and child health care…

LAPO Boosts Rural Agriculture, Supports Farmers With N11bn Lift Above Poverty Organi­zation (LAPO), on Tuesday, declared that it has improved the livelihood of rural farm­ers as well as supported micro-businesses with the disbursement of N11 billion between January and July this year 2021. This it said was carried out under the LAPO Rural Devel­opment Initiative…

LAPO Supports Community Members With N19.9bn In 2021, Screens 7,377 Persons For Cancers  Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) disbursed N19.9billion to clients through the LAPO Rural Development Initiative, LARDI, in 2021 financial year.  This figure, according to the organization, represents 64% growth over the sum of 12.2 billion disbursed 2020.  The Executive Director, Dr. Honestus…

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), says no fewer than 16,139 persons were screened for cancer between October 2017 and November 2018. Mrs Sabina Idowu-Osehobo, the Executive Director of LAPO, made this known on Friday in Benin. Idowu-Osehobo said that the figure was collated from the organisation’s target states of Edo, Lagos,…