Nollywood filmmaker, actor and produce Ubong Nse Thompson widely known as Bestman Thompson is the founder of The Pyramid of Hope Foundation.
Bestman has produced and acted in several movies in Nollywood.
He stressed that during the COVID-19 era, he saw how people struggling to feed.
Bestman maintained that the only option left for him as a philanthropist is to set up a place where people will come eat and go.
According to him, “I founded Pyramid of Hope because of the COVID era. I thought about it after the COVID-19 pandemic and I said I should have a foundation where I can help people .During COVID we were amongst the privileged ones that could stay in a space where we could have access to food and still have power, good shelter and still maintain our mental health.
“But then, when you look at social media, you see a whole bunch of ups and downs, people going through a lot. So I told myself and I felt I should have an NGO that can intercede in these kinds of situation in in our society.
“If the government is not reaching out to these kind of places, with the little we can, we can actually just help out. I also lookout for out of School girls. I noticed because most of my films are usually in northern Nigeria.
“I notice that there are lot of out of school girls in Northern Nigeria. I’m seeing how to reach out to authorities that can help these girls go back to school and early marriage as well. I want to really use my platform to speak about early marriage because it’s important to allow these young women be themselves and go to school, let them be educated and have a sense of belonging.
“So if we can give the girls education and give them a better living they can make the world a better place for all of us,” he advised.
Bestman Thompson has produced and acted in many movies.
Amongst them are: “Least Expected,” “Silent Sound,” “Maimuna”, “Muqabala,” Glimps, “Mustapha,” “If I’m President,” “ “Ifeoma,” “Somara” “Good Citizen”, and many others.
