UK foundation, Northern CAN distribute food items to victims

From Noah Ebije, Kaduna

United Kingdom (UK) based Barnabas Aid Foundation in collaboration with the Christian Association of Nigeria (Northern CAN Chapter), has distributed food items, including bags of rice, beans, and vegetable oil to no fewer than 1,000 vulnerable families and households as part of its Christmas humanitarian intervention across communities affected by terrorism in Kaduna State.

Other relief items are bags of maize, garri, palm oil, sugar, salt, sugar and seasoning, among others. They were aimed at easing hardship among victims of violence, widows, orphans and persons with disabilities.

Each household that benefited from the Christmas gifts got 25kg rice, beans, garri and maize. Flagging off the distribution in Maraban Rido, Kaduna, Chairman of Northern CAN and the Federal Capital Territory, Reverend Joseph Hayab, said Barnabas Aid Foundation supported the intervention.

He said it was targeted at vulnerable persons, including displaced families and people living with disabilities.

According to him, the association deliberately selected 1,000 households from two communities – Chikun and Kajuru, noting that the gesture was meant “to bring happiness, relieve pain and reassure beneficiaries that they were not forgotten during the Christmas season.” He explained that the initiative combined spiritual, physical, emotional, social and educational care, stressing that hunger could undermine peace, dignity and the ability of people to respond positively to calls against violence.

Hayab disclosed that the current intervention was part of a broader plan to support about 5,000 households across Northern Nigeria, benefiting tens of thousands of people directly and indirectly.