Welcome to Tosin Turn Trash To Treasure (5Ts) website!
TTTTT is a message to End Volence Against Women. We support Star of Hope Transformation center (SHTC) which helps abused women to achieve positive turn around.s
Domestic violence is a daily occurrence in Nigeria. Girls learn to expect it and tolerate it once married. Women believe their husbands have the right to beat them.
When I gave birth to daughters, I decided to make a change. I stood up for them,
Olutosin Oladosu-Adebowale
myself, and the women of our community and founded Star of Hope Transformation Center for women survivors of domestic violence.
We provide a healing space where women can recover, learn about their rights, and acquire income-generating skills. Our latest project, Trash to Treasure, encourages women to add value to their lives by producing and selling beautiful products made from recycled materials.
Watch Olutosin talk about ‘Tosin Turn Trash To Treasure’ on video.
Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale, a gender transformation activist, had an experience of violence against women when she was growing up, following which she detested gender inequality with a passion so much so that she decided she was not going to live under any man’s roof, until her mother showed her the way out.
Today, she believes the solution to violence against women is empowerment and hard work. With that mind-set, she has not only empowered over 2,000 women in communities across Nigeria and abroad with her Tosin Turns Trash to Treasure programme, she has also supported female orphans with school materials and reusable sanitary pads. Olutosin is recognized internationally and has received many awards since Stars of Hope Foundation started four years ago.
As a guest lecturer at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Upsalla University Sweden. My topic was How to find Peace in time of war……….Domestic Violence. It was quite a moving experience and fruitful.
Tosin Turns Trash To Treasure 