HOPE MOTHERLESS BABY HOME LAUNCHED AS SERICARE FOUNDATION MARKS FOUNDERS 50TH BIRTHDAY WITH COMPASSION

Tobiloba Taiwo-Awofadeju 

The Sericare Development Foundation has unveiled the Hope Motherless Baby Home, a project born from the vision and compassion of its founder, Mrs. Serifat Motunrayo Adebisi. The initiative reflects her lifelong commitment to kindness, empathy, and service to humanity.

The two-day launch, which began on Friday, 28th November 2025, coincided with Mrs. Adebisi’s 50th birthday. Rather than celebrating with personal festivities, she chose to gift society with a sanctuary for abandoned infants. Activities began with the distribution of essential materials to vulnerable groups and existing motherless babies’ homes.

The newly opened Hope Motherless Baby Home stands as a refuge for children who have lost their mothers or have been abandoned, offering renewed hope to the helpless. The home was officially registered on 3rd June 2025 with the Corporate Affairs Commission under Incorporated Trustees No. 8534171.

Sericare Development Foundation was established with a firm mandate to support the less privileged, empower the poor, and uplift young people through skills acquisition and entrepreneurial development. The baby home represents the most touching expression of this mandate, caring for the most defenseless among us.

Rooted in the spirit of Osogbo and reflecting the noblest values of Nigeria, Hope Motherless Baby Home is more than a shelter; it is a sanctuary where every child is embraced with dignity, love, and belonging. It operates as an interfaith compassion home, welcoming infants regardless of whether their first prayers come from Christian, Islamic, or traditional backgrounds.

Mrs. Adebisi, a woman of deep religious conviction, intentionally built the home not as a place of conversion but as a sanctuary of shared humanity. She draws inspiration from the Holy Qur’an in Surah Ad-Duha (93:6): “Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter?” and from the Holy Bible in Psalm 68:5: “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” She also echoes Yoruba wisdom: *“Omo tí kò ní ìyá, ìyá àgbà ló ní”, "a child without a mother belongs to the community’s elder mothers".

The home promises not only food, clothing, and medical care but the emotional security and early childhood development crucial for every child. Infants raised here will know they are not motherless in spirit, for they will be surrounded by hands that choose to love them.

Mrs. Adebisi called on the Osun State Government to extend strong, sustainable support. She emphasized the need for funding, healthcare access, birth registration, and full integration of the home into the state’s social welfare system. She also appealed to citizens, market women, artisans, teachers, and youths to contribute by donating items, volunteering time, or offering prayers, reminding all that “a community must bear the burden of the children it raises.”

While she has planted the seed, Mrs. Adebisi stressed that nurturing the home requires the collective efforts of the entire community. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, she urged society to become the sky, soil, and water that will help this noble initiative flourish for generations to come.