Folsey Foundation

Our Vision & Mission

Our Vision and mission is to empower women by providing them with the tools and resources they need to succeed. We believe that when women are empowered, they can create positive change in their communities and the world.

Supporting Women

The Folsey Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides support for Widows. We offer financial assistance, educational resources, and emotional support to help women overcome difficult situations and build better lives for themselves and their families.

Our Commitment

We believe that every widow has the right to live a life free from poverty, and discrimination. We are committed to working towards a world where widows can live safe, prosperous, and fulfilling lives.

About Us

Folsey Foundation was registered as NGO in September 23, 2020 with C.A.C Certificate Number:1362050.
The Folsey Foundation mission is to empower widows and vulnerable women by providing them with the opportunity they need to live a better life. We believe that every widow deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, and compassion—and we work hard to ensure that they receive all of these things from us.
Our goal is simple: to provide financial, emotional and spiritual stability for widows who have lost their husbands through no fault of their own. We offer a variety of services at our empowerment centre, specifically designed for widows—from skill acquisition, financial empowerment and series programs that allow them to get back on their feet quickly after losing their husbands, to counseling sessions that help them get past their loss and start living again.

Dame Asiwaju Comfort Fakorede

Founder's Background

Dame Asiwaju Comfort Fakorede is a Practical Christian, Methodist church member, A professional Nurse/ Midwife (BSN) From March 1977 to May 2020 When She retired voluntarily. Recognized and awarded a prize for generosity by her Secondary School teachers at St.Louis Grammar School Akure in 1968.
She was installed Asiwaju Obirin Methodist Church Nigeria Ora Ekiti in January 2011 . Over 500 Widows in uniform attended the installation ceremony. She was awarded Knight of John Wesley (KJW) on May 19 2019.
The Prelate, Methodist Church Of Nigeria (MCN), Conference secretary and national lay president were at the installation ceremony.

Caring For Widows

The numbers of widows grew from 40 in January 2011 at MCN Ora-Ekiti to over 650 In August 2021 covering Ora Village and the 17 Circuit (55 Churches) in MCN Diocese Of ifaki.
Since November 2019, Foundation had been providing foodstuffs on monthly basis to over 120 widows at Ora Empowerment centre.
At the peak of Covid-19 pandemic (Feb-May 2020) the widows received food twice in a month. From September 2019-Till date, the empowerment centre had trained willing widows and other interested women on acquiring skills for soap-making, shoes and bags making, tie and dye (Adire), confectionaries (Cake, Chin-Chin and many more).
Over 1,200 Women from different towns in MCN Ifaki diocese have benefitted from tuition free training at the Empowerment Centre.
To date, the Foundation has distributed over 25 sewing machines among women in the diocese.

Stated Below Are Some Of What We Have Done So Far

Construction Of The Empowerment Centre

The Construction of the empowerment centre at Ora-Ekiti Ido-Osi LG, Ekiti State started in November 2018 and was completed in 2019. The Hall has seating capacity for up 400 people, The Prelate, Dr. C.Kalu dedicated the hall in Nov.2020 during his pastoral visit to Ora-Ekiti MCN.

Cash Donations

From 2011 to 2014, Over 20 women in Ora village received cash donations from the founder to start petty trading like making peppersoup, selling kolanut, selling ponmo(Cow Skin), garri etc...
Outside Ora-Ekiti, cash donation have been distributed to the widows at various MCN Churches In Ifaki Diocese.

Household Items

Barrels of household items are being shipped at regular intervals from USA for distribution to the widows at Ora Empowerment Centre.

Occassional Medical Screening

Occassional medical screening of all widows involving checking of vitals signs are done at the empowerment centre.

Skill Aquisition

From September 2019 to date, the empowerment centre had trained over 1200 women from different towns in MCN (Methodist Church Of Nigeria) Ifaki diocese.

Who We Are & What We Do

We at Folsey Foundation, we believe in empowering widows to be the best versions of themselves. Our activities are designed to help widows find their voices, build confidence, and make connections with other women who have been through similar experiences.