As part of their community project, Rotary Club Ibadan Jericho Metro, in partnership with the Medical Mission from the United State of America (USA) has treated over 160 children of Oyo State Juvenile Correctional Home in Ibadan.
Speaking at the one day programme where the children got free eye tests, blood pressure, cervical cancer screening, mental health, cataract extractions, general surgery, dental care, cholesterol, diabetes, women health and stress management among others, President of the Club, Samuel Kolawole, said they want to give hope to the hopeless by putting a smile to the faces of the little ones.
He said there is a need for other NGOs and corporate bodies to complement the effort of the government saying “Once in a year intervention is not enough, when you look at the health of these children that are here, government alone cannot do it.”
This is a medical mission that is a collaboration between Rotary Club Ibadan Jericho Metro and Medical Mission from the United State of America (USA) with partners of Naykas Health Care, Hope4all International and Connect Scare International all from the USA to reach out to these children.
“What we have done here will give us the idea of what the needs are, apart from the ones we can immediately take care of. There is a need for continuity and follow up, that is where the government can come in.
“As you can see, we have our nurses, Doctors, Pharmacists with all the medication that are on the ground to take care of these children.
“Government needs to continue to collaborate with non-governmental organisations (NGO) to meet the needs here,” Kolawole said.
“These missions started a few months ago, in conjunction with Sara and Ken George also in the USA where we had a food outreach which we usually come once a month across the state.”
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Oyo State, Mrs Christiana Abosede Abioye, lauded the gesture of Rotary Club Ibadan Jericho Metro noting that anything that has to do with the health of the people should be a key to an individual or organisation.
She said that most children at the juvenile correctional home were those abandoned on the streets and rescued from abuse.
Abioye who represents the wife of Oyo State governor, Mrs Omini Makinde, stated that “With a medical team from the USA facilitated by the Rotary Club, Ibadan Jericho Metro, we are so glad because this is the first time we will be having such from an organisation like this.
“This is a very big project; this is not jamboree; when you talk about real projects and real concern for the less privileged, this is it,” she said.
Also, the Team Lead for U.S Medical Mission, Dr Musibau Kasumu, commended the teacher and instructors of the home while calling for more facilities which are currently overcrowded.
“The kids that cannot come out now were in that home, about 19 kids in a room and with a minimum of about five of them on a small bed.
“And, there is a bed that has eight kids and these kids cannot come out because of their condition. One of them is seven years old but looks like a two years old baby.
“Without those people that have been caring for them to this stage, it won’t be possible to have the mission, so they need to be assisted,” Kasumu said.
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