Community Assistance and Relief Foundation (CARES), with support from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) on Monday donated relief materials and other items to some orphanages across Kogi State.
The orphanages are: Ministry Of Mercy (MOM), Lokoja; Stagi Cornerstone Homes, Andankolo, Ekundayo Homes in Isanlu Yagba East, Omolayo Homes, Mopamuro, and Okpanachi orphanage, Ayingba, Dekina Local Government Area.
Harboursandport reports that the orphanages each received five cartons of peak
baby milk, six catons of milkchoco, two cartons of hand sanitiser, and five
cartons of milk yogurt.
Other items donated to
the orphanages are two washing buckets, 150 packets of face masks, 15 cartons
of noodles and five cartons of pasta.
Harboursandport also reports that MUM orphanage and Ekundayo Homes both
received one water storage tanks each.
The Executive Director
of CARES Foundation, Mrs Bolanle Bola–Olorunsaiye, who spoke with newsmen
shortly after presenting the items, said they were funded by AHF.
According to her, the
aim is to reach out to some orphanages across the state with a view to
ameliorating some of their challenges.
She added that the
children and the caregivers were also sensitised on how to maintain personal
hygiene to avoid sickness and communicable diseases.
According to her, the
Foundation is also assisting the indigent and vulnerable people in the
communities through sustainable economic, social and financial plans.
”Our concern is to
lift the indigent and poor family out of poverty. We believe that insecurity
will reduce in Kogi and the nation at large if we care for this group of
vulnerable people,” she said.
Bola-Olorunsaiye
assured operators of the orphanages that the donations would be sustained.
She commended AHF,
adding that without their financial support, CARES Foundation wouldn’t have
been able to achieve the mileage covered in most of the local government areas.
In his remarks, the
Kogi State Coordinator of AHF, Dr Ikemefuna Onyewili, assured that AHF would
continue to give grants and offer support to CARES Foundation and other NGOs
toward alleviating the sufferings of the vulnerable in the society.
Onyewili noted that
AHF Nigeria commenced service provision in 2011 and now covers 65 comprehensive
and decentralized HIV clinics spread across seven states of the federation
including Kogi, while impacting the lives of orphans and the less privileged.
He added that across
the states of operation, infrastructure upgrade remains a consistent part of
AHF presence in an effort to promote quality service delivery.
He expressed
satisfaction with the way CARES had carried out the donation in putting smiles
on the faces of the vulnerable in the society.
In her remarks, the
State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Fatima Buba,
commended CARES Foundation and AHF for impacting the lives of the less
privileged and vulnerable people in the communities.
Responding, Mr Daniel
Eden of MOM orphanage, and Rev. Samson Eseyin of Stagi Cornerstone orphanage,
who spoke on behalf of all the benefitting orpnanages, appreciated CARES and
AHF for the kind gesture.
They promised to make judicious use of the
donated items, while soliciting for more support so that the children could be
well taken care of.
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