(Part 1/2) The Bimbo and Friends story is a miracle because I would never have imagined it. Nothing in my life’s journey at the time, suggested that I would be reaching so many people and being a blessing to people in my community. I believe God qualifies the called. I remember when I started as an undergraduate in Obafemi Awolowo University and there were so many disturbing things happening at different points. I would see things like young girls getting pregnant without a secondary school leaving certificate and young children hawking when they were supposed to be in school. It was very troubling to me, but I was getting just N10,000 from home. What could I do with that? In the fellowship I attended in school (Kings Word Campus Fellowship), my pastor was always preaching about purpose and how God places you somewhere to be a blessing to people.
Our first outreach was under a tree as there was no school hall available. We had 300 people there and kept hoping it would not rain. It didn’t. I spoke to the people about vision and somebody else talked about health. From there, we went on to visiting public schools. Now, the organization has grown and is catering to whole communities. We are still expanding. Our focus has been reaching out to young girls. We have the Girl-Child Seminar Club where we go to schools, communities and centres and talk about issues facing the Girl-Child and how we can show them the love of God.
We recently launched a leadership, motivational and charity scheme. What we do is pick a child in a community and send him/her to school. We buy all the materials that will help the child in school.
(Read the concluding part of this story on our website.)