User talk:Nekpen Obasogie

Nekpen Obasogie is the host of AWE Talk Show in Toronto, Canada. AWE Talk Show” is inspired by a group page she founded on Facebook called “African Women of Elegance AWE” in 2015. Nekpen is popularly known for her women’s empowerment work throughout the world. She claimed that the experiences of many women especially, those from ethnic minority groups are less public. As a result, she created African women of Elegance group page to shine light on the beauty and talents of African women. The success of the group page led her to upgrade it into a talk show in Toronto. AWE Talk Show focuses on shining light on talents and highlighting some of the major issues affecting people in Africa. Nekpen is also the founder of an organization in Africa called “African Child Labour Relief Foundation” (ACLRF). The purpose of this foundation is to eliminate economic burden among African children and assist them to get quality education and basic necessity of life. The core objectives of this organization include: opening small businesses for families with low and no-income and advocating for government social and financial assistance (child benefit) for vulnerable families. In Nigeria, for instance, young children of 8 year-old and younger are street vendors in the cities. Myriad Nigerian children are facing lack of social assistance in the system; they are subjected to sought for economic support for themselves and their families.