25/12/2025
MAY CHILD FOUNDATION (MCF) DOLES OUT FOOD, NON-FOOD ITEMS TO WIDOWS, ORPHANS…AS FOUNDER UNVEILS NGO AT ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FIESTA.
The Founder of May Child Foundation (MCF), Fanan Iorpev has disclosed that her Foundation’s humanitarian work for vulnerable widows and orphans was inspired by her personal life experience as a young widow and her burning desire to provide some form of support and succour to other widows and young orphans so no of them is left behind.
Ms Iorpev made this known at the official unveiling of her Non-Governmental Organisation, the May Child Foundation (MCF) last Monday where she presented food and Non-Food Items (NFIs) to over 50 widows and orphans in Makurdi the Benue State capital.
Addressing attendees, she said May Child Foundation celebrates, “resilience, hope and transformation."
"We gather to acknowledge the strength of widows and orphans who have faced unimaginable challenges. Your stories inspire us and your courage motivates us to do more”.
On what MCF does for beneficiaries, the Founder affirmed that, “At May Child Foundation, we are committed to empowering widows and orphans through education, economic empowerment and providing psycho-social support. We are creating pathways to a brighter future where every individual can thrive”.
She thanked the Foundation’s donors, partners, staff and volunteers for their contributions and efforts that have made “a tangible difference in the lives of many”.
On projection for the coming years she said, “As we look to the future, we re-affirm our commitment to serving the most vulnerable. Together, we can create a world where no one is left behind.”
Delivering a keynote address, a guest speaker, Mrs. Pauline Tyonyiga who spoke on the topic, “The Resilience of Widows and Orphans: Lessons on Strength and Hope, encouraged widows and orphans to rise above unsavoury situations through “self-awareness” of their potentials and by building physical, emotional, mental and social resilience to surmount the odds stacked against them.
Some of the beneficiaries from previous interventions including Mrs. Comfort Kighir, Hembadoon Igbawua and Mrs. Veronica Aluga testified passionately to the huge impact the Foundation has made in their lives and encouraged well-meaning individuals to support its noble cause.
Highpoints of the event included the unveiling of the MCF logo and mission statement, distribution of clothes, shoes, food and drinks, as well as the presence of Santa Clause (popularly known as Father Christmas) and the kids’ dance competition added colour, joy and laughter to the Christmas Fiesta.
Though May Child Foundation was launched officially last Monday 22nd December 2025, the founder, Ms. Fanan Iorpev has, over the years been intervening in many ways in the lives of vulnerable widows and orphans ameliorating their plight and serving as a beacon of hope to persons who have lost hope in the face of the loss of their husbands and fathers and the bitter realities they are, more often than not, left to confront in a society....a society that still has so much to do to provide structures and systems to protect widows from obnoxious widowhood practices and other vile realities these vulnerable ones contend with in addition to the untimely loss of their breadwinner.
May Child Foundation
Bureau for International Cooperation and Development
Bengonet Rural Development Initiative
UN Women Nigeria
UNICEF Nigeria
Eunice Spring of Life Foundation
Every Home for Christ Nigeria Northeast
Ijachi Onobi Foundation
Benue State Government
Fanan Iorpev
