EME ATAKPO –
PRESIDENT, FRIENDS OF THE NEEDY ORGANIZATION
Deaconess Mrs. Eme Atakpo, (née Eme
Attah), a Jerusalem Pilgrim and an Ambassador for Peace hails from Ebighi-edu,
Okobo LGA by birth and Afaha-Ikot-Obio-Nkan, Ibesikpo Asutan LGA by marriage,
both in AKS.
Determined, hardworking, innovative,
focused and God-fearing, Mrs. Atakpo laid a solid foundation for herself
development and actualization through the various learning Institutions she
attended and qualifications she acquired. Currently, she is a holder of M.SC, B.A (Hons), Diplomas and other professional certificates which
have combined to sharpen and widen her horizon for achievement.
Today she belongs to a number of
Professional bodies namely, the Nigerian Institute of Management, NIM, the
Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, Institute of Corporate
Administration of Nigeria, ICAN, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and
NAWOJ, among others.
A lady of affection and kindness, she
is passionate about reaching out to the society directly and positively too,
hence the initiation of her pet project, Friends of the Needy Organization,
FONO with the slogan.'Giving hope to the hopeless! a philanthropic Organization
tasked with the responsibility of providing succor and a sense of belonging to
the disadvantaged persons in the state and beyond. Friends of the Needy
Organization is a registered member of the Nigerian Network of NGOs, NNNGOs.
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| Dr. Eme Atakpo - International Coordinator, Friends of the Needy Organization (FONO) |
Mrs Atakpo is also the Editor-in-Chief
of the Publication - Ibom Jewels, the first ever Compendium of Akwa Ibom Women
Achievers all over the world and 'Charity Lane', a news publication of FONO.
She is equally the Authur of a literary work 'Givers Never Lack' as well as the
Proprietress of Aunty Jewel Montessori Academy, AJMA, Uyo.
Having worked and retired
meritoriously as the Director and Head of Marketing, Radio and Television arms
of Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation in 2012, Mrs. Atakpo has dedicated the
next phase of her life to active service in God's Vineyard, a development which
by God's grace has earned her a Deaconess in her church...the Lutheran Church
of Nigeria, LCN, among other responsibilities.
She is also committed to the service
of humanity through FONO, a platform which has afforded her the privilege to
single handedly build and donate a Foster Home and Skills Acquisition Centre to
the less privileged. The focus of FONO is to encourage a society where the
lives of the disadvantaged persons are positively impacted upon to give them a
sense of worth and make them productive citizens; a society where the needy are
free from injustices, oppression, diseases and discrimination rooted in gender
and poverty; a society where those who have been blessed would become conscious
of the needy around them and extend part of their blessings to them.
Evidence of her burning passion for
the welfare of the needy abounds through the FONO Foster Home and Skills
Acquisition Centre stated above; FONO Multipurpose Cooperative Society where
widows and indigent female youth benefit from micro credit facility for
economic empowerment. There is also FONO Outreach Programme where the team
embarks on visits to hospitals, prisons, and families of disasters, to minister
to the victims spiritually and in kind, not forgetting scholarship awards to
indigent but brilliant students, as well as a holiday programme for teenagers
to equip them with self improvement skills as future leaders.
Her Philosophy: There is nothing we
have in life that we did not receive...so best among people are those who
benefit humanity. Hobbies: Reading, charity work, travelling, listening to
music. She is happily married to Prof. Uwemedimo Atakpo and they are blessed
with wonderful children.
In recognition of Deaconess Mrs.
Atakpo's selfless service to humanity, her firm belief in the equitable
distribution of wealth and resources to the weak and the strong, her
charismatic leadership disposition, all of which project her as a proponent of
good governance, she has been conferred with awards too numerous to list here.
Of course, all these achievements
would not have been possible without a hand of fellowship and love extended to
her by good friends, associates, associations and well meaning members of the
public. To them she owes a lot of gratitude.
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