- ARISE is a faith-based non-governmental organisation which is committed to accelerating nation building through the empowerment of women in the society. ARISE is a motion to propel the woman to economic gain and power. ARISE has touched thousands of women through its skills acquisition/empowerment programmes, and has been passionate about the health of the women in the state.
The vision of ARISE is abridged into six key areas of influence i.e.
i) HEALTH: Free Healthcare provision delivered via its free Clinics and free Mobile Clinics.
ii) EMPOWERMENT: Skills acquisition and vocational training for economic gains to the participants.
iii) EDUCATION: Teaching, training and using the ARISE MODULE as a tool to teach compassion, good neighbourliness, tolerance, kindness and other virtues
iv) LEADERSHIP: To compel and propel women to take the reins of leadership thereby influencing their communities and the nation at large.
iv) SOCIAL: Our social intervention programmes are designed to deliver social benefits and develop human capital in communities.
vi) ARTS: Bringing the creative sector to life.
- Committed to the building of our great nation, Nigeria., through its women by spiritually equipping and encouraging them.
- Empowering women financially, by exposing them to knowledge and training in skills acquisition programmes.
- Attending to their physical health, by the provision of free medical screening and services in specified areas, such as: diabetes, cancer.
[Verse]
One thing we ask of You
One thing that we desire
That as we worship You
Lord come and change our lives
[Chorus]
Arise, arise, arise, arise
Arise, take Your place
Be enthroned on our praise, arise
King of kings, Holy God, as we sing arise
Arise, arise, arise
We lift You up, we lift You up, We lift You up on our praises, yeah
We lift You up, we lift You up, We lift You up on our praises
Arise, arise, arise, arise, arise
Key Areas of Influence
ARISE HEALTH PROGRAMMES
ARISE has also been passionate about the health of women over the years and free preventive medical care have been offered to over 20,000 women in the area of HIV tests, Eye tests and giving out of reading glasses, Blood Pressure checks, Blood Sugar level tests, Malaria parasite tests, Typhoid tests, Cervical screening and Dental care at the Annual conferences. Organisations with like passion such as Emzor Pharmaceuticals, Cadbury, May & Baker, Evans, Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA), Women of Faith Doctors, Famfa Oil and several individuals who have contributed in their own ways have made it possible to make such impact.
In order to expand its reach, ARISE is committed to the establishment of Medical Clinics which have been bringing Primary Health Care to the doorsteps of different communities within Lagos State and Abuja. In the course of its journey, the Mobile Clinics have visited two schools within Lagos State – Queen’s College and Methodist Girl’s High School both in Yaba. It has also a been part of the Redeemers Day celebrations for the past three years giving free medical care to both the students and the parents in attendance.
Also, a Free Women’s Clinic was established in 2014 at the Healing Stripes Hospital, Victoria Island as an out patient clinic in order to have free medical care available for the women on a more regular basis.
ARISE has up till-date been able to bring free health care services to an average of about 15,000 people made up of men, women and children since its first outreach.
ARISE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
Arise Women uses education and the ARISE MODULE as a tool to teach compassion, good neighbourliness, tolerance, and kindness.
ARISE GOES TO SCHOOL
Arise Women initiated the Arise goes to school initiative which has visited Queens College and Methodist Girls High School, Lagos. In these schools, they offered medical care to students, teaching and non-teaching staff.
The Arise Women provided a generator to Rebecca’s room, a resource centre for the visually impaired students of Queens College, Lagos.
In Makoko, a riverine area in Lagos, Arise sponsored the building of a school, provided mattresses and mosquito nets to the pupils.D
ARISE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES
The Handmaidens Women in Leadership Forum is a platform for bringing all women together irrespective of their Race, Tribe or Religion to enlighten and empower them sufficiently to enable them to have the desired impact on our society that they are uniquely crafted to have.
Today, we see relatively fewer women in top roles for various reasons including: lack of opportunity, fear of risks involved, the sacrifices and choices they have to make and the perception that they must compromise to get to the top. We also see many women with immense potential who are not achieving their God-given destinies.
Our objective is to challenge more women to take on positions of responsibility in line with scriptural principles and ensure we impact our homes, businesses and society positively in growing our nation.
In addition to this, The Arise Women’s Conference holds annually on the last Saturday of October together with the health fair where all women come together. At the Conference health checks and consultations including eye tests, dental checks, fertility clinics, cancer screening centres, sickle cell anaemia are carried out free of charge on all attendees. We have the major medical consultants, leading hospitals and professionals at the fair.
ARISE EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES
ARISE is committed to accelerating nation building through the empowerment of women in the society. In achieving this, ARISE has been able to train thousands of women in various skills through its annual Skill Acquisition Programmes in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Man of the students have themselves become trainers in the skills acquired. Skills acquired include Soap Making, Hat Making, Sewing Classes, Bead Making, Make-Up Classes, Event Management and Planning and Traditional Wedding Compering. Work tools like freezers, pepper-grinding machines, sewing machines etc. have also been donated to women in support of their businesses.
Still on the area of women empowerment, ARISE recently sponsored women to acquire skills in leather works i.e. Shoe, Bag an Belt Making for a period of three months at the Inspire Vocational Academy.
In the course of 2018, it is worthy to note that the ARISE Women have empowered several women to expand their businesses through the Instagram competition where the winners have been given a grant of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) each towards their businesses.
" I am my neighbour's keeper an my passion is propelled by compassion"
Dr. Siju Iluyomade
Convener, Arise Women Nigeria
Arise Women Nigeria: Impact in Numbers
CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY
- HEALTH
FREE MEDICAL OUTREACHES : TREATMENT/SCREENING LAGOS WOMEN HELD AT 16 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN LAGOS STATE.
3.8 MILLION WOMEN/CHILDREN/MEN BENEFITTED
FREE ARISE CLINIC OUTPATIENT [BIMONTHLY] CLINIC AT HEALING STRIPES VICTORIA ISLAND , LAGOS
45,577 WOMEN/CHILDREN BENEFITTED
SPONSORSHIP OF LAGOS WOMEN ABROAD FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT/SURGERY – SPONSORED TO BENIN REPUBLIC FOR VVF
10 WOMEN BENEFITTED
ARISE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - MEDICAL OUTREACH SECTION & FEEDING DURING CONFERENCE
4.2 MILLION BENEFITTED
MEDICAL FAIR: CREATED AWARENESS FOR COUPLES ON PREGNANCY/MATERNAL HEALTH & LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT FOR NATURAL CONCEPTION
40 COUPLES
ARISE WALK FOR LIFE: ANNUAL HEALTH WALK, FOR HEALTHY LIVING
46,030 WOMEN/MEN HAVE BENEFITTED
ARISE DE-WORMING OF LAGOS STATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
12,190 PUPILS BENEFITTED
CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY
- LEADERSHIP & MENTORSHIP
THROUGH ARISE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
3.5MILLION WOMEN RECEIVED TRAINING
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN SOCIETY (IWS) CHILDREN MENTORSHIP
OVER 200 WOMEN RECEIVED MENTORSHIP
SPEAKING AT NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
3,100 STUDENTS TRAINED
PHILANTHROPIC WORK
- EMPOWERMENT
ARISE FREE SKILL EMPOWERMENT: ARISE EMPOWERS WOMEN WITH LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS SOAP MAKING/HAIR MAKING/MAKE-UP/GELE TYING/HAT MAKING/BEAD MAKING/CATERING/WIG MAKING ETC
15,630 WOMEN BENEFITED
DONATED BUSINESS INSTRUMENTS TO OVER 50 WOMEN (SEWING MACHINES/DEEP FREEZERS/CAKE MIXERS/GRINDING MACHINES/HAIR DRYERS ETC)
50 BENEFITTED
PHILANTHROPIC WORK
- WIDOW'S EMPOWERMENT
N1,500,000:00 GIVEN OUT TO WIDOWS IN THE STATE
30 WIDOW BENEFITTED
SPONSOR WOMEN TO ASPIRE VOCATIONAL
50 BENEFITTED
BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA COMPETITION
6 LADIES EMPOWERED WITH N600,000 TO BOOST THEIR BUSINESS
PHILANTHROPIC WORK
- DONATIONS
ARISE/FAITH & WORKS DONATED CHILDREN INCUBATORS, OXYGEN GAUGE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR, PILLOWS, MATTRESSES TO LAGOS ISLAND MATERNITY AND DIALYSIS MACHINE TO GBAGADA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
6 MILLION TO BENEFIT
ARISE DONATED 60KVA GENERATOR SET TO SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN LAGOS.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE REBECCA'S ROOM BENEFITTED
EQUIPPED 3 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AT EPE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS
BOOKS/TABLES/CHAIRS
DONATION OF FOOD STUFF/ANKARA TO SURA MARKET WOMEN.
OVER 1,000 WOMEN BENEFITTED
DONATION OF FOOD/GIFT ITEMS TO WOMEN DURING ARISE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
4.1MILLION BENEFITTED
ARISE PAID SCHOOL FEE OF CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
210 STUDENTS/PUPILS BENEFITED
ARISE/WILS DONATED GIFTS DURING HANDMAIDENS
4,558 BENEFITTED
PHILANTHROPIC WORK
- ADOPT-A-VILLAGE PROJECT ABUJA
ARISE OFFERED DAFARA/KPADUMA/KOBI VILLAGE FREE MEDICAL SCREENING/ TREATMENT
12,540 WOMEN/MEN/CHILDREN BENEFITTED
DONATION OF ARISE HEALTH CENTRE: ARISE BUILT AND DONATED 10 BED FULLY EQUIPED HEALTH CENTRE, WITH PHARMACY TO DAFARA VILLAGE
15,000 WOMEN TO BENEFIT
ARISE BUILT AND DONATED COMPUTERIZED LIBRARY TO DAFARA COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
5,500 PUPILS TO BENEFIT
ARISE DONATED TABLES AND CHAIRS TO DAFARA PRIMARY SCHOOL
4,607 BENEFITTED
ARISE DONATED FREE NOTEBOOKS/TEXTBOOKS TO DAFARA
2,820 BENEFITTED
ARISE DONATED SCHOOL BAGS TO DAFARA/KPADUMA PRIMARY SCHOOLS
1,870 PUPILS BENEFITTED
ARISE CONSTRUCTED AND DONATED BOREHOLES TO DAFARA/KPADUMA/KOBI VILLAGE
625,020 WOMEN/MEN/CHILDREN TO BENEFIT
ARISE DONATED BAGS OF RICE TO DAFARA/KPADUMA/KOBI VILLAGE
52,500 WOMEN/MEN BENEFITTED
ARISE DONATED BAGS OF RICE, SHOES, CLOTHES, AND FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO 3 IDP CAMPS AT ABUJA
12,300 BENEFITTED
PHILANTHROPIC WORK
- ARISE GOES TO ONDO STATE
ARISE DONATED FOOD STUFF/GIFT ITEMS TO AJASIN UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
2,000 STUDENTS BENEFITTED
OFFERED FREE MEDICAL CARE TO STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY
516 BENEFITTED
PHILANTHROPIC WORK
- ARISE GOES TO IMO STATE
ARISE DONATED GIFTS TO IMO STATE WOMEN
3,000 WOMEN TO BENEFIT
LOCATION OF THE FOUNDATION & ITS ACTIVITIES
LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
ARISE WOMEN IS BASED IN LAGOS AND LAGOS STATE IS THE MAJOR BENEFICIARY OF HER ACTIVITIES.
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMMES FOR UP COMING PHILANTHROPISTS
YES. THROUGH WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP SERIES AND SPECIAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME TAGGED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
10,335 WOMEN BENEFITTED
WEEKLY FELLOWSHIP/MENTORSHIP WITH WOMEN OF LIKE MINDS
2.2MILLION WOMEN HAVE PASSED THROUGH IT.