About Us
Rich or poor, most single mothers all over the world, share frustrations of different shades in common, depending on individual life styles, but the pains of loneliness, confusion, occasional guilt trips, financial struggles for those who are not economically strong, the stigma against those whose marriages failed, those who got pregnant out of wedlock and in special cases; widows falsely accused of killing their husbands (particularly in this part of the world) are pains ALL single mothers can relate to.
Before becoming a single mother, I never gave much thought to the plights of single parents. Not that I didn’t care, but, I just didn’t give much thought to it. But ever since becoming one, and meeting so many others and listening to the issues raised whenever I got the opportunity to chat, I realized that there is no support group for single mothers here. Individually, they carry their cross! Few run to families, friends and religious leaders, but, there is no support group specially dedicated to the social and emotional needs of this large number of people.
The Human Rights Unit of the Nigerian Police can only mediate by trying to resolve issues between couples and direct the man to meet up with his responsibilities to his children, but cannot compel him to redeem any written undertakings. If he fails to honour the undertakings, the poor woman is then asked to get a lawyer and go to court. Same scenario plays out at the State Ministry of Youth and Social Development ( child protection unit), So what’s the point? The court process takes a very long time and your lawyer would advise you to wait till three years after the separation to make it less humiliating and stressful. The failure of any marriage is a huge loss to both parties and the society, even more so; the children caught in between.
It is very important at this point to establish that Single momhood support Initiative is not about blames, nor is it about right or wrong. No!!! Far from it, Singlemomhood.com is a support system for all single mothers, whether rich enough to lend to a nation or too poor to feed the kids. We are poised to providing solutions to the issues mentioned in the first paragraph of this synopsis, taking critical look at the different aspects of the life a single mother. The welfare/proper upbringing of the Apples of her eyes (her children), her health, (mental and emotional wellbeing), her economic strength, her social life, her fashion, her food etc. With our well researched articles from experienced contributors in Nigeria and beyond, our counseling unit that gives the opportunity to speak with qualified counselors any time of the day, and our special quarterly and annual fun programmes, no single mother who encounters us will ever be sad or lonely again. That is our VISION.
Maureen Mennor Nwaezeigwe
