Handling over the materials which included yams, rice, wrappers, tomatoes, toiletries among other items on behalf of the Founder of the foundation, Judith Dame Amaechi, Israel Ebeleme said the materials “will not be enough but is our own way of supporting and giving care to you in your troubled days.”
Receiving the materials on behalf of the victims, Philimo Emmanuel expressed gratitude for the support and called for more support stating that, “our challenge is that we have a small clinic donated by the German Embassy, but there are no drugs and personnel there.”
“We also have a school but no teachers, we have selected among ourselves some people to be teaching in the school but they are not really qualified.”
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At least, 1.573 are living in the Kuchigoro IDP, mostly displaced from Borno, and some of them are from Jos.
Empower Support Initiative (ESI) was founded in 2008. The initiative has contributed significantly in sponsorship schemes like the women taxi scheme that empowered a lot of women in Rivers State.
Again, the initiative has established over 37 schools in Rivers State, educating over 30,000 less privileged children in nursery and primary school in the Niger Delta region.
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