IWD 2026: SIFAX Group Helps Group, Empowers Employees

In a collection of impactful actions spanning a faculty outreach, an worker empowerment webinar and a neighborhood meals donation drive, SIFAX Group has marked the 2026 Worldwide Girls’s Day with a multi-pronged initiative that touched the lives of lots of of women, girls staff and susceptible residents in Lagos.

One of many highlights of the celebration was an outreach programme to United Christian Secondary School, Apapa, Lagos, the place over 500 ladies acquired mentorship from senior feminine staff of the corporate. The session lined matters equivalent to management, schooling, private improvement and menstrual well being consciousness. There was additionally a donation of textbooks to the college, menstrual pads, in addition to perfumes to the scholars.

The audio system drew from private profession experiences to inspire the scholars, urging them to stay centered on their schooling and resist distractions. They emphasised that dedication and self-discipline might open doorways throughout any subject — from enterprise and legislation to medication, expertise and the artistic industries.

Jesuyemisi Odeyemi, Firm Secretary and Authorized Head of SIFAX Group, charged the scholars to attempt for excellence with out reservation. “You might be robust. You are able to do it, and you’ll. You’ll not solely do it, however additionally, you will do it effectively, you’ll do it higher,” she advised the ladies.

Vanessa Uansohia, Head of Company Communications at Skyway Aviation Dealing with Firm (SAHCO), SIFAX Group’s aviation arm, additionally challenged the scholars to confront self-limiting beliefs. “The one individual that’s stopping you is your self,” she mentioned, encouraging the ladies to pursue their ambitions with daring confidence.

As a part of inside actions to mark the day, the corporate additionally organised an interactive webinar for feminine staff centered on strengthening communication and management capability within the office.

Feminine Staff Outfitted with Public Talking Expertise

Talking on the subject, “Talking: A Instrument for Development, Multiplication, and Profession Development,” Public Talking Strategist, Joyce Daniels urged members to embrace public talking as a catalyst for skilled development, noting that confidence and conviction are the cornerstones of efficient communication. “If you’ll develop, multiply and have development in your profession, you’ll communicate from a spot of conviction,” she mentioned, including that impactful leaders distinguish themselves by their willingness to boldly articulate their concepts.

Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Group Coordinating Director, SIFAX Group, described Worldwide Girls’s Day as a second to rejoice the social, financial and cultural achievements of ladies whereas renewing the decision for gender equality. “This yr’s theme, Give to Achieve, resonates deeply with our mission of inclusivity and empowerment. Each girl is a pacesetter in her personal proper, and giving again creates progress alternatives for people, organisations and communities,” she mentioned.

500 Meals Packs Distributed to Ijora Group

Extending its affect past the office, SIFAX Group additionally carried out a neighborhood outreach to Ijora the place 500 luggage of varied meals objects have been distributed to susceptible households.

Every pack was assembled with important family staples — rice, beans, vegetable oil, garri and salt, rigorously curated to offer tangible aid to households inside the neighborhood. The distribution was carried out in collaboration with neighborhood leaders to make sure a clear and orderly course of.

Eniola-Jegede, who coordinated the outreach, famous that the initiative displays the organisation’s tradition of compassion and its dedication to present again to the communities through which it operates. She added that the train was additionally designed to amplify the message of Worldwide Girls’s Day by encouraging girls inside the organisation to guide neighborhood interventions that uplift susceptible teams.