American Unuivrsity Of Nigeria (AUN) Donates Food, Books To Displaced Persons In Yola

Faculty, staff and students of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) yesterday distributed emergency relief aid to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Jimeta, Adamawa state.

In a statement, the school said it was determined to support the IDPs to ensure that the educational progress of their children was not disrupted.
It said the academy on September 27, donated exercise books and other learning materials to the IDPs camp housing over 2, 000 families at the NYSC camp in Yola which is under the supervision of the Adamawa Emergency Management Agency.
President Margee Ensign who led the AUN team announced that the University was mobilizing 40 volunteers from among its faculty and schools to teach, counsel and offer ICT training in the IDP camps. She was joined by members of the Adamawa Peacemakers Initiative (API), a group of local community and religious leaders partnering the University in peace building and empowerment of at-risk youth.
The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Bishop Stephen Mamza, received the items which include rice, maize, cooking oil, and clothing.
“The relief aid was to cater for the additional 2,000 families which registered with the Church’s charity in the last few days, as Yola and Jimeta grapple with waves of families escaping the insurgency in Madagali, Mubi and the northern parts of Adamawa State,” the statement said.
Secretary of the Adamawa Muslim Council and API stalwart, Imam Dauda Bello, who offered prayers for the safety and wellbeing of the displaced persons at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church acknowledged AUN’s role of helping humanity.