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When we started out building Truss, all we wanted to do was help women, we wanted to give back. However, we quickly learned that we had to pay attention to structures and sustainability whilst building the non-profit if we were going to be able to measure our impact. It was very important to us that [...]

Of recent, I read a post on social media where a lady shared how members of her family almost unknowingly pushed her to commit suicide. She had accidentally damaged a replaceable household item and was being berated by members of her family. She simply couldn’t understand why a remediable mistake was a big issue. She [...]

On Saturday, 1st June 2019, Truss Empowerment Foundation hosted their maiden conference themed 'BeKnownBeHeard' which featured conversations about Personal Mission and opportunities match in technology. We also had Yoga sessions.# It was a conference for upwardly mobile women to learn how to use digital and offline marketing strategies to accelerate their brands, steps they can [...]

On Thursday, November 22nd 2018, Truss Empowerment Foundation hosted the biggest female centric tweet chat in Nigeria titled #BeknownBeheard It was comprehensive discourse across several women issues in a ten session Tweet Chat to stir up discussions and proffer solutions to many issues affecting the African woman. ‘Gender Based Violence’ – Dr. Princess Olufemi Kayode [...]

On Feb 21st, 2018, Truss empowerment foundation’s team was live at Dover Hotel, Ikeja to facilitate a paper at Hellen Keller International program on active play, the paper presented was titled Teaching Physical Health Education to Children in a Fun Approach “Introduction to Yoga” In her presentation, the Director of the foundation Mrs. Azukaego Chukwuelue [...]

On 11th April 2019, Truss Empowerment Foundation hosted her first stand alone skills training project at Tarkwa Bay Island (An island located at western Marina, accessible only by water) The program was put together to by Truss Empowerment Foundation to fulfill one of her core functions called 360 degrees business support which features skill training [...]

Truss Empowerment Foundation hosted an online and offline campaign tagged ‘ivoted’ (with the hashtag #trendytovote) before and during Nigeria's 2019 general elections  (February 23rd and March 9th 2019) It was an offshoot of our ‘Women in Politics’ tweet-chat discussion from our online launch on November 22nd 2019 The aim was to increase political participation among [...]

On 28th November 2018, Truss Empowerment Foundation was invited by The Little David (TLD) Media to be one of the special guests at a UNICEF sponsored Frown awards against Female Genital Mutilation. The program was put together to raise awareness about female genital mutilation, educate the populace on the dangers and inspire people to frown [...]