Stella Dimoko Korkus Joins Modupe Ozolua To Rehabilitate Internally Displaced Women

As part of Body Enhancement Foundation’s “Rise Above Terror” campaign to rehabilitate internally displaced women and children; from May 13^th to 20^th2015, the organization led by its founder, Princess Modupe Ozolua, commenced on a dangerous tour of some communities in Adamawa and Borno States destroyed by Boko Haram.

The essences of the tour was to see the extent of damages done to homes of IDPs by Boko Haram and configure that into its existing empowerment and educational programs for the IDPs.

While in Michika, Borno State they met a 59 year old internally displaced woman, Karte Kwaliri Kafamiya, with 12 children whose house was destroyed by Boko Haram and was sleeping outside under a tree because she had no where to go.

She doesn’t know if her husband is dead or alive because they lost contact while fleeing from Boko Haram as she hid in the mountains before walking for 11days from Michika to Yola. Upon returning from an IDP camp in Yola, she discovered all their belongings were destroyed and was depending on neighbors to feed and cloth her.

Her situation was so disturbing, that when an appeal was made on the foundation’s facebook and twitter pages for donations, Nigerian blogger, Stella Dimoko Korkus, immediately donated towards rebuilding some rooms in Karte’s burnt house; money and items for needed to restart her local cooking business.

On May 18^th 20015, the foundation made the risky journey back to Michika specifically to give her the items bought with SDK’s donation along with clothing. Karte was shocked at the unexpected goodwill, cried and prayed for everyone that had empathy for her and her family. She said the donation now enables her to regain some dignity in her community, start generating an income to take care of herself and her children and have secure shelter.

Communities visited are Adamawa State: Yola, Mubi, and Mararaban-Mubi. Borno State: Uba, Michika, Kuma, Askira-Uba, Bazza, Kuzum,

Dilchim, and Lassa.

OMG....I am just here and crying....I have never seen suffering so boldly defined!