Blooming Dames Centre
Restoring Dignity. Empowering Women.
Oluwatoyin Ogedengbe
Certified faith-based Counsellor & Sexuality Integrity Educator with over two decades of experience. Certified faith-based Counsellor & Sexuality Integrity Educator with over two decades of experience.
The Problem
Women stuck in harmful and exploitative occupations need a way out. At BloomingDames Centre, we provide the bridge to safety and economic independence.
What We Are Building
A 9-month residential certification programme with enterprise skills and start-up tools to help women in Ibadan, Oyo State, shift out of harmful and exploitative occupations run periodically for different cohorts
Blooming Dames Centre
BloomingDames Centre is a programme being jointly implemented by our organisation, Pan African Purpose-Driven Women Initiative and Connecting Hearts of Women for Positive Change Initiative.
This collaboration is a reflection of our response to SDG 17- Partnership for the goals, and it began since 2018.
Achievements Including Deals
- Registered a legal entity with the Corporate Affairs Commission
- Registered with the Oyo State Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Inclusion
- Carried out Medical and Evangelical outreaches to over 200 women in harmful and exploitative occupations and circumstances in Ibadan North LGA of Oyo State, Nigeria ( 2017- 2024).
- Partnership deal with another organisation with the same thematic focus to run discipleship and skills-acquisition training for ladies. (since 2018)
- Partnership with House on the Rock Church to use a portion of their facility for weekly discipleship and skills acquisition training for ladies.
- Anchor Deals with some friends who volunteered to train beneficiaries in various skills, free of charge(since 2016):
- TobisKraft
- Idol Couture
- Sumptuous Foods
- T&S Fashion
- Rhoda Ossi Clothiers
- Financial donations from family and friends to run medical outreaches among ladies and to buy enterprise and startup tools for beneficiaries( since 2017)
- Graduated 2 cohorts of twelve ladies each who acquired skills in various skills ( 2022 and 2023)
- Gideon’s International partnered during outreaches to donate Bibles to ladies and had some of their women provide counselling services(since 2018)
- Support with bags of rice for ladies( 2023) from the Oyo State Govt through the office of the First Lady of the state.
- Built a website
- Created social media
handles - Opportunities with media houses to enlighten the public on the danger of exploitative and harmful occupations.
- Funding support from friends and families to secure a 5-year lease on a property currently being used as a Safe House for the BloomingDames Centre.
- Developing an MOU with a partnering organisation, Connecting Hearts of Women for Positive Change Initiative, on the BloomingDames Centre Programme/ Venture
- Opened a Safe House to serve as a residence and skills acquisition centre for ladies who are willing to shift into dignifying career pathways (May 2025)
- Donation of furniture, clothing, beds, kitchen utensils and equipment from family and friends.
- Medical /evangelical outreach was carried out to over 80 ladies at Queen Cinema, Ibadan North East LGA of Oyo State in July 2025.
- 3 Ladies who showed interest in rehabilitation and empowerment have been attending discipleship, value-based training sessions and skills in catering (pastries, finger foods) every Wednesday at the Safe House. (since July,2025)
- Two ladies currently reside at the Safe House:
1. A survivor of GBV
2. A lady being rehabilitated from an exploitative occupation (commercial sex work) and a mental health challenge
- A mega deal from MeCAHT and EXIST with funding from CKU and Rotaract Denmark, in which skills facilitators are paid stipends to train 7 ladies in enterprise skills of their choice in Tailoring, Catering and Fashion Design as well as value- based skills. Equipment in each of the skills area were bought for the BloomingDames Centre (October 2025)
- A deal with Funmi Oderinde & Co, Legal Practitioners & Corporate Consultants to offer free business name registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC Nigeria for the 7 ladies who have gone through the “She Leads Survivor Empowerment Training Project.
- A deal with Blessed Water Company to donate bags of sachet water to the residents of the Safe House
- Reactivation of Legal Entity on the Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria ( November, 2025)
Timeline of Impact
Success Stories
Ladies of Virtue Training Sessions
Ladies of Virtue Palliatives (2020)
Ladies of Virtue Cohort 1
Ladies of Virtue Cohort 2
Outreach to Ladies in Kara
More Success Stories
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Our Delivery Approach
Offer
A 9-month Residential Certification Programme in enterprise and life skills with startup tools for women in harmful and exploitative occupations.
Delivery Approach
Medical Outreach, Evangelical Outreach, Safe House, Skills Acquisition,Value-Based Training,Trauma-Informed Care, Counselling, Enterprise Start Up Tools, Graduation Ceremony, Certifification, Follow Up.
Our Partners
