Category: CSR Community

As part of its commitment to empowering entrepreneurs and strengthening client relationships, Grooming Centre celebrated its long-standing clients by distributing over 3,500 chest freezers across its six programme areas from February 25th to 27th, 2025.

The three-day event was widely covered by major media houses, including Channels Television, Africa Independent Television (AIT), NTA Network News, News Central, Punch Newspapers, and Business Day.

This initiative recognized and appreciated clients who have consistently partnered with Grooming Centre for a decade, demonstrating trust, commitment, and financial growth. This is the eighth in the series, as the programme began in 2016, and over 30,000 deep freezers and gifts have been provided to the loyal clients. 

Speaking to the press, Isoken Nwabunka, Executive Director of Administration, emphasized that the initiative was a way to give back to loyal clients and express gratitude for their unwavering partnership over the past 10 years.

The Grooming Endowment Trust (GET) concluded the third edition of its GET Compass Awards on September 12, 2024. This year’s program drew an impressive 3,770 business applications, highlighting the innovative spirit and entrepreneurial drive of Nigerian business owners.

In line with its mission to foster sustainable growth, GET organized two weeks of intensive business workshops and advisory sessions for the 15 finalists, facilitated by the Centre for Research in Enterprise and Action in Management (CREM). Finalists received funding ranging from x-x for their start u projects. Since its inception, the GET Compass Awards have empowered 26 SMEs with funding and capacity-building support, reinforcing Grooming Centre’s commitment to driving economic growth and entrepreneurship.

The GET Compass Awards stand as a testament to Grooming Centre’s dedication to creating an enabling environment where SMEs can collaborate, innovate, and achieve long term success.

8 June 2024, Nigeria:  386 of our clients from 32 states were pleasantly surprised by Grooming at the 13^th annual edition of the Grooming Centre Splash with prizes such as commercial tricycles (keke), deep freezers, double-door refrigerators, and generators, among others.  Excitement and anticipation filled the air as over 200 clients and staff gathered for this annual celebration at the CREM Multipurpose Hall in Ejigbo, Lagos. The event, a highly anticipated raffle rewards loyal clients from all of Grooming’s six programme areas with prizes. Winners are selected by a transparent digital raffle draw spun in full view of a live audience.  The lucky winners are announced on the spot and those in Lagos get telephone calls inviting them to come and pick up their prizes, if possible, immediately from the venue. Speaking at the event, Grooming’s CEO, Dr. Godwin Nwabunka noted that Grooming’s 2024 Splash underscored the Centre’s commitment to empowering clients even with the challenging economic climate adding that, “This year’s edition leveraged technology to ensure inclusivity and transparency, further showcasing our commitment to innovation. We are also committed to economically supporting economically people at the bottom of the pyramid and our mission is to uplift and support our clients while helping them navigate challenges and reach new heights. This is what Splash is about.

We made a donation to Feet of Grace Foundation, to support their prosthetic rehabilitation of Eight (8) amputees and an awareness charity walk in Lagos State. This reflects our unwavering commitment to assisting those in need and giving back to our community. We remain committed to empowering people.

Thursday, May 27, 2021 – Grooming People for Better Livelihood Centre renewed its partnership support to Sesor Empowerment Foundation (Sesor) by donating ₦14.13 million towards the provision of relief, funding and housing to the Internally Displaced Persons in Lagos and Benue States, as well as the ongoing work at the Sesor’s Safe Day Space; Centres designed to train the women in financial literacy and business management.

As part of the MOU signing ceremony which took place at the Grooming Centre, Head Office, Ejigbo, Lagos, a cheque donation of N14,250,000.00 was presented to Sesor Empowerment Foundation by Grooming Centre to support the foundation in its work with IDPs. The partnership, now in its 7^th year, also moves to sustain the notable efforts made by Sesor Empowerment Foundation in providing nutritional & psychological support, financial independence, educational support, housing support, as well as the option of becoming full members of Grooming Centre with access to financial literacy training and financial support as they resume their normal lives.

of doing this is giving them .” Dr. Nwabunka said.The renewed partnership is set to sustain the notable effort made by the foundation in ensuring the stable and steady reintegration of IDP’s into the society. Through the partnership, the women will be trained in financial literacy and business management 

L-R: Chikezie Egbulefu, Head, Special Project, Grooming Centre; Ier Jonathan-Ichaver, Co-founder, SESOR Empowerment Foundation; Dr. Godwin Nwabunka, CEO, Grooming Centre; Nkanu Egbe, Trustee, SESOR Empowerment Foundation, at the MOU signing ceremony.

Friday, February 28, 2020 – Grooming People for Better Livelihood Centre renewed its partnership support to Sesor Empowerment Foundation (Sesor) by donating ₦10.6 million towards the continuing work of Sesor’s Safe Day Space initiative, as well as the rehabilitation, empowerment and reintegration of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Lagos and Benue States.

As part of the MOU signing ceremony which took place at the Grooming Centre, Head Office, Ejigbo, Lagos, a cheque donation of N10,662,500.00 was handed over to Sesor Empowerment Foundation by Grooming Centre to support the foundation in its work with IDPs. This partnership, now in its 6^th year is focused on the significant efforts by SESOR Empowerment Foundation in providing nutritional & psychological support, financial independence, educational support, housing support as well as recreational facilities for IDPs and their families.

Speaking at the signing, which held at Grooming Centre’s Head Office, the Co – founder of Sesor Empowerment Foundation, Ier Jonathan-Ichaver, expressed her appreciation for the invaluable partnership and support the Centre has provided, through the years, in creating more awareness of the situation of displaced women and children in Nigeria.

While signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the CEO of Grooming Centre, Dr. Godwin Nwabunka expressed his gratitude for the impact made by Sesor Foundation in the lives of hundreds of internally displaced women and children through the years, and reiterated the Centre’s commitment to this cause and the general work of empowerment.