Top Nollywood producer, Oby Olebara Uzoukwu has said that that Obylicious Foundation is set to empower 10,000 children and 500 widows.
Speaking at the unveiling of her NGO, Dr. Oby revealed that as an orphan, she feels the plight of the less privileged children in the society and has always nursed the idea of a Foundation to help reach out to them.
Citing the United Nations statistics on the state of Education, Dr. Oby said that it would be nice if every human being should have the and opportunity to get the best education possible. Also reacting to a report that about 13 million plus children are out of school in Nigeria, with millions of others across the country lacking access to basic necessities, the top Nollywood producer said that the situation is worrisome because a lack of education means that the children would also grow up unhappy and the real danger is that children of the poor would be deprived of the opportunity to develop their innate talent and to grow to contribute meaningfully to the society.
“We recognised that the government alone cannot fix this. Private organisations and public-spirited individuals must become involved for there to be hope. We set up Obylicious Foundation – Your Happiness Matters, precisely because we wanted to get involved, to contribute and give hope. We want to make people happy.” Dr. Oby said.
Present at the unveiling were top personalities from the creative industry and private sector among them were the founder, Programos Africa Foundation, Amos Emmanuel, Nollywood Iconic Actors Sir. Chris Akwarandu and Lilian Bach, Felix Duke, president, Creative Industry Group, veteran Musician, Lucky Okri, among others.