{"id":3371,"date":"2013-10-08T14:22:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2015-08-13T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T15:50:31","slug":"erelu-bisi-celebrating-50-years-of-making-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/erelu-bisi-celebrating-50-years-of-making-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Erelu Bisi: Celebrating 50 years of making a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"Currently I am in Ekiti State, Nigeria and have had the pleasure of joining Erelu Bisi, Co-Founder of AWDF and Founder of the Ekiti Development Foundation (EDF) in various activities commemorating\u00a0 her 50th birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frankly I have been amazed at the energy that Erelu has. A full day was recently spent with journalists from print media, radio and television stations, and the ease with which she answered questions showed clearly that she is a woman with a purpose. Next on the schedule was a donation to beneficiaries of the EDF food bank which supports elderly people in the state of Ekiti who do not have the means to support themselves. Afterwards we headed to an event organised by the women of Ekiti in celebration of Erelu Bisi where various women’s groups have testified to Bisi’s strong support of the rights of women in the State.<\/span><\/p>\n

To top it all off Iconic magazine presented Erelu Bisi with the iconic woman award. Congratulation Bisi, I remain inspired by the work you do in Ekiti State, Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rissi Assani Alabi<\/span><\/p>\n

Francophone Programme Officer<\/span><\/p>\n

AWDF<\/span>\n\n

\"Rissi<\/a>
Rissi Assani-Alabi (left) with Erelu Bisi (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Erelu<\/a>
Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (far right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Donations<\/a>
Donations disbursed through the EDF food bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[313,314,315,316,317,295,91,163],"class_list":["post-3371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-313","tag-adeleye-fayemi","tag-ekiti","tag-ekiti-development-fund","tag-erelu-bisi","tag-leader","tag-leadership","tag-women"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nErelu Bisi: Celebrating 50 years of making a difference - The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/erelu-bisi-celebrating-50-years-of-making-a-difference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Erelu Bisi: Celebrating 50 years of making a difference - 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