Northern Nigeria at large and Kano State in particular has the highest rate of poverty than any region in Nigeria. Kano state is the most densely populated state of the nation with over 14 million people out of the over 150 million Nigerians. In this town, children and women that need special care and protection on account of being in vulnerable conditions and situations such as orphan hood, homeless, rape and prostitution are observably increasing. To ensure that orphans, women and less privileged are cared and supported for independent Organizations must to come in as government alone cannot shoulder all the responsibilities due to their vastness.
Hence, the formation of the non-government organization called Hope for Orphans and Less Privileged Initiative (HOLPI) based in Kano State. HOLPI was established in the year 2020 registered with the CAC No. CAC/IT/1. As the name implies, HOLPI reaches out for Orphans, Widows, the Needy and Less Privileged in Nigeria.
Hajiya Bilkisu Muhammad Rabi’u is the Chief Executive Officer and of the Chairperson Hope for Orphans and Less/privileged initiative (HOLPI). She was born and raised in Kano State, Nigeria.
Hajiya Bilkisu has a great passion to reach out for the orphans and to the less privileged with a divine purpose of putting “Smiles” on the faces.