Day foundation empowered orphanage homes in Ibadan

As part of efforts to touch the lives of vulnerable people in the society and ensure that caregivers of such people do not go through the additional burden of running around in desperation to get food for them, a non governmental organisation, Akin and Funke Laosun foundation, reached out to orphanage homes in Ibadan to lighten their burden.

The foundation carried out the intervention based on the belief that when the burden of hunger is lightened, the pang of poverty is drastically reduced. Consequently, it distributed foodstuffs to orphanages.

But based on the need for social distancing at this period, the organisation decided not to go to the homes during the exercise to reduce contact with the children and in order to adhere to the rules of social distancing, the exercise was carried out in stages so that the representatives of the homes will not be brought together to form a crowd, they were invited on specific days to pick the foodstuff from the Jericho office of the foundation.

And on Friday, it was the turn of six orphanages as some had taken their own earlier. The representatives of New Dawn Orphanage Homes, Kent Home, Tabitha Home, Mercy of God Orphanage Homes, Oluwakemi Orphanage Homes and Liwom Orphanage Home were on ground to receive the intervention for the homes.

Each home was given a bag of rice, bag of Garri, bag of beans, a 20 litres jerry can of palm oil, 20 litres jerry can of groundnut oil and cartons of detergents among other necessities.

Speaking on behalf of the founder of the organisation, Mr Kayode Ogunremi stated that as an organisation with the focus of impacting lives and assisting the needy within its immediate society, the Akin and Funke Laosun Foundation has, over the decades, been reaching out to families and most importantly giving support to widows, empowering women and enhancing their lives while also assisting in school programmes by providing Zebra crossings for schools and regular support to orphanages.

He added that as an organisation focused on need to reach out to orphanages, it is important that as the world faces the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important to provide for support for orphanage homes.

He urged the homes to take special care so that the children will understand the importance of hygiene and social distancing and prayed for divine protection for the children and all workers in the homes.

“There is a need to orientate the children on the guidelines especially those put in place by the Oyo state government; social distancing, washing of hands and all hygiene processes. I understand what this entails as a frontline caregiver, please when we go to the market, talk to the caregivers to wash their hands and change their clothes before coming into contact with the children, this is very important. You are doing a great job and we pray that we do not record any case in any of the homes.

“We appeal to you to adhere to precautions and preventive guidelines. On behalf of Akin and Funke Laosun Foundation, an organization that is a friend of the community, we promise that we will continue to do more and when the coronavirus is a thing of the past, as an organisation, we will come to personally greet the children,” Mr Ogunremi stated.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs Christianah Abioye, represented by the Deputy Director, Child Welfare, Mrs A. Abdulsalam, appreciated the Akin and Funke Laosun foundation for its efforts in times past and urged the beneficiary of the gesture to make proper use of it, ensure it is used to feed the children for whom it is provided and take proper care of children in the homes.

“Please ensure this is used for the children for whom it is provided and please take proper care of children in our homes, ensure they wash their hands and at the same time, let them be useful; please engage them, don’t let them play all the time because they have time on their hands. I pray the good lord will continue to provide for the founders of this foundation, Akin and Funke Laosun and help them in all their ways,” she stated.

The homes expressed their appreciation for the kind gesture and the Akin and Funke Laosun Foundation promised to continue to do its best to reach out to children in the homes.

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