23/06/2026
*Dr Jessica Edmund, PhD*
*Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Women at the Well of Living Waters (W@LW Global)*
Life can happen to anybody.
I know this because it happened to me.
My journey into humanitarian service was not born in a boardroom or a strategy meeting.
It was born through pain, survival, faith, and the kindness of strangers.
There was a time when I experienced homelessness, abuse, addiction, social exclusion, and the stigma associated with delayed motherhood.
At my lowest point, I found myself sleeping beneath a bridge in Nigeria, uncertain where my next meal would come from or whether tomorrow would be any better than today.
Those experiences changed me forever.
They taught me that hunger is not simply the absence of food. Poverty is not merely the absence of money.
More often, they represent the absence of dignity, opportunity, hope, and someone willing to care.
In that dark season, I made a promise to God and to myself: if I ever found my way through the storm, I would dedicate my life to helping others find their way through theirs.
*That promise became Women at the Well of Living Waters (W@LW Global).*
Today, what began as one woman's response to suffering has grown into a global humanitarian movement with more than 50 active branches across Africa and the Diaspora.
Together with an extraordinary network of volunteers, partners, and supporters, we provide food support, education, skills development, mentoring, scholarships for orphans, small-business support for widows, and community programmes that restore hope and transform lives.
Every week, we feed more than 700 vulnerable people. Every year, thousands of lives are impacted through our initiatives, including Endless Right to Food and Clothing, Operation Say No to Hopelessness, and Friends in Lonely Places.
Yet behind every statistic is something far more important: a mother who can feed her children, an orphan who can return to school, a widow who can rebuild her life, and a young person who discovers that their future still holds promise.
*Today, however, the need is greater than ever.*
Millions of people are facing hunger, hardship, and uncertainty.
Children are going to bed hungry.
Elderly people are choosing between food and survival.
Families are losing hope under the weight of economic hardship.
That is why we are launching our most ambitious humanitarian initiative yet:
*Operation Turning Hunger into Hope:*Feeding One Million People in Need in One Week*
*6th – 9th August 2026 | Lagos State, Nigeria*
This is more than a project. It is a moral call to action.
Every hungry child reminds me of where I once stood.
Every struggling mother reminds me of battles I once fought alone as a single parent.
Every homeless person reminds me that the distance between comfort and crisis is often much smaller than we imagine.
Today, I humbly invite world leaders, philanthropists, corporations, foundations, faith communities, and compassionate individuals across the globe to stand with us, Yes! *Stand with us*
I firmly believe there is no greater way to thank God for the food on our tables, the roof over our heads, and the blessings in our lives than by extending those blessings to someone in need.
Join me, Let us transform gratitude into generosity, compassion into action, and hope into reality.
100% of all donations go directly to supporting vulnerable people and families. All our humanitarian services are provided free of charge.
Together, we can feed one million people.
Together, we can restore dignity.
Together, we can turn hunger into hope.
Because the greatest legacy we leave behind is not what we accumulate for ourselves, but the lives we change for others.
Oluchukwu Ella Perpétua Almeida
