Aituaje Iruobe, who is mostly known as WAJE,
has become a smoking gun on the music since
she hit stardom with her bit part in P-Square’s
‘Do Me’ with her soulful voice and ringing
octaves but as other stars celebrated the 52nd
independence day of Nigeria, the beautiful
singer was lending out her heart to the less-
privileged as she launched her NGO known as
Waje Safe House.
The singer said the idea to reach out to some
needy people in the society began to germinate
when she visited a children’s school at the slum
quarters of Makoko in Lagos, an area populated
by mostly low income earners.
There, she said she
met a lady,
Doyinsola Ogunye,
who works with an
aid agency, already
doing something to
better the lots of
the indigent
children and
between them the
seed to do
something to help
others began its
growth of love.
“Faith without works is dead, we won’t just
hope, we will continue to work our way
through” Waje said of her intention “ The
Project is one very dear to me. It concerns some
of the poorest but most cheerful kids ever .
Every quarter, Waje Safe House will partner with
an NGO to raise funds and awareness for their
projects” she said.
Explaining further on what will be the mission of
the NGO, Waje maintained that her NGO has no
particular mission but said it will be a ‘Safe’
house for other NGOs and their projects with
basic mission of raising funds for them to achieve
their set goals. Already, she is said to be working
with Doyinsola Ogunye’s outfit.
“The Waje Safe House is an initiative of Waje that
is aimed at supporting NGO’s and causes that
need help to achieve their goals and targets” the
singer posted on her Facebook wall and this
seems a good way to drive cogent meaning to
the acronym of her stage name ‘Waje’ which
means ‘Words Aren’t Just Enough’