From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The Society for the Caring of Orphans and HIV persons has lifted several less privileged people in Nigeria.
The foundation promoted by Toyin Belawu Adisa, daughter of the late former Military Administrator of Oyo and Imo States, Major General Abdulkarim Adisa, has toured parts of the country dispensing succour. At every stop, the organisation provided assistance to mainly less privileged women, children, and elderly. They showered them with cash and food items.
Many Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps across Nigeria have also benefited from the gesture of the charity organisation managed by Kez Opara Kelly.
Recently, the group splashed love on over 200 orphans and vulnerable children in the South East as it provided their homes with food items and undisclosed cash. Faith Motherless Babies Home, Enugu, was one of the beneficiaries of the act of benevolence.
Similar items were also distributed to the inmates of old people’s homes in addition to looking after their health. They were provided with their drugs, while the ailing ones received medical treatment.
The beneficiaries were stunned by the show of affection which evoked emotional moments. In reciprocation, they prayed for the foundation.
“As you have seen for yourself here, other people are also languishing in the Correctional facilities in the country, such love and affection can also be shown to them,” Adisa said.
At the orphanages visited, the children were elated to receive their benefactors, they sang songs praising their visitors but their joy escalated when they were presented with assorted food items which include bags of rice, cartons of noodles, tomato paste, yams and other staple foods.
National Coordinator of the foundation, Adisa (Hafsat) informed about the excitement of the kids when the group promised to visit them often.
What got them jumping for joy was a strong promise by the foundation to plan a scholarship scheme for them.
Adisa said: “We know how it is to go to school today so many of them can’t afford to go higher in their education because of the cost, so we’re looking into free tuition for some of them, but today what we have basically done is to put smiles on their faces again by providing food items and cash for them.
“Everybody knows how tough it is to feed in Nigeria today, the economic situation is really biting hard on those working let alone the less privileged ones here, what we have done I believe will cushion the effect of the situation. It might not be much but we promise to always come back to attend to their needs.”
However, she decried the poor state of some of the facilities they visited and urged the government to find ways of revamping them.
“Some of the IDP camps need attention, I know the federal government could do better to upgrade the standards,” she urged.
Regarding the orphanages, she appealed to other public-spirited individuals and organisations to emulate their gesture.
Her word: “Together we can make them happy, I solicit on their behalf for better assistance to enable them get along with the society, no amount is too small, most of them are leaders of tomorrow, a little charity can bring out the best in them.”