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By Sunday Ani
Rotary Club of Lagos Festac Cosmopolitan yesterday donated birth delivery kits to pregnant women in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Several pregnant women who attended antenatal care at the Amuwo Odofin Primary Health Centre, Festac, received safe birth kits, with each containing a nursing mother bag, a mosquito treated net, two pieces of cord clamp, a pack of cotton wool, a pack of sanitary pads, two pairs of surgical blade, a pack of razor blades, a pack of scalpel blades, a pack of mucus extractor and a pack of Chlorxy-G gel, plus extra 25 mosquito treated nets.
Addressing the women, Ik Ugwu told them that what the members of the club had done was to help them with some of the items needed for delivery.
He said: “This is our own little way of saying that we care and pray for a safe delivery for you and your baby.
“Inside the bag are those things you are usually asked to buy for your delivery, so that the burden will not be so much on you.”
Responding, the chief nursing mother in charge of the health centre, thanked the Club for the gesture but pleaded with the Club to consider improving their lab next time.
Ugwu promised that the Club would reach out to her in future to find out the peculiar need of the health centre.
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In a related development, the Club also donated books, under its literacy project, to the New Town Nursery and Primary School and Ideal Nursery and Primary School, both located on 3rd Avenue, Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The books on national values and basic sciences were for all classes, ranging from primary one to six.
Last year, the Club donated verbal and quantitative reasoning text books for all the classes from primary one to six in both schools.
Also, under the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, the Club donated sanitary items, such as brooms, buckets, mop sticks, hand towels/napkins, water basin, hand brush, toilet brush, dish hand gloves, antiseptics, detergents and bleach, as well as air-freshener and toilet cleaners, to help the pupil keep their environment clean and safe.
The Club equally planted two mango trees and two almond trees in both schools under its environment and tree planting project.
Presenting the books and sanitary items to the schools, the Club’s president advised the pupils to make good use of both the books and the items.
Also speaking IK Onodi reminded the pupils that the books were to add to the ones donated last year. He also told them that the sanitary items were to enable them not only stay clean but also to stay safe.
“The aim is to ensure that the environment is not only clean but that you also stay safe from diseases,” he added.
Responding, the head teacher of the Ideal Nursery and Primary School, Mr. Agbelemo Joshua Babatunde thanked the Club’s members, saying, “I am excited. Last year, they promised to come and they came. This year, they are here again. They are doing a great job and I pray that God will continue to strengthen and bless them in whatever they do. We appreciate them all. The children are also very much excited about the books.”
In her response also, the head teacher of the New Town Nursery and Primary School,
Mrs Oluwaseyi Bamidele Badiru equally expressed gratitude to the members of the club, saying, “I am very happy because you are always here for us. Last time, our library was filled with books and today, you are here again for us. I don’t even know what to say but God will continue to be with you and remember your children wherever they are. The children are also happy.”
The Club also planted trees in both schools, a mango tree and an almond tree in each of the schools under its environment and tree planting project.
