Registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission, Adda Mata Charity Foundation was created to provide succor and relief through empowerment programmes targeted at these group of women.
Our programmes will focus on the different areas where underprivileged women, particularly elderly widows are affected the most; areas such as in healthcare, food, shelter, trade, etc. Our programmes will rehabilitate and provide for these women.
Although with a bias to elderly poor widows, Adda Mata Charity Foundation also has a strong passion for the health and general wellbeing of disadvantaged single mothers as well as expectant mothers. All over the world, pregnancy and childbirth comes with their inherent risks to both mothers and their unborn children.
Medical experts are of the opinion that where a mother is not given adequate prenatal and post-natal treatment and care, it can be fatal to both mother and child. In Nigeria, where the healthcare system is on a constant deterioration, poor pregnant women are in fact unable to access these basic health facilities even when they opt for it, and consequently, many of these women are now having to rely on alternative healthcare.
According to the World Health Organisation on Sexual and Reproductive Health, nearly 20% of all maternal deaths across the world happens in Nigeria. In fact between 2005 and 2015, it was estimated that over 600,000 maternal deaths and over 900,000 near miss occurred in Nigeria.
This is alarming, and any responsible individual or group need to be concerned about this unpleasant occurrence.