Foundation Fetes 500 Children in Orumba-North

No fewer than 500 children from poor homes in Orumba North communities celebrated with Mr and Mrs Christiana N Awodein at the Christmas party organized for Late Mr and Mrs S.O Nwankwo Foundation penultimate weekend.

www.odogwublog.com reports that the party tagged 2014 Father Christmas Party was organized by the foundation for the less privileged ones. It served also as an opportunity to encourage the children and give them a sense of belonging.

The foundation was founded 10 years ago by late Mr. and Mrs. S.O.Nwankwo to support and help the poor and the needy particularly the less privileged children in Ajalli, Orumba North local government area of Anambra State. The foundation came about after the founder saw the rapid growth of poverty among its citizens and decided to contribute his quota every Christmas eve.

Mr. and Mrs. Christiana N Awodein ( Nee Nwankwo), serves as the Director General of Late Mr. and Mrs. S.O. Nwankwo foundation. The feast was in conjunction with Sir Paul-Mary Onyejeli, the coordinator of the foundation and Proprietor of Next Model International Nursery and Primary School, Ajalli.

 Onyejeli emphasized that the less privileged in Nigeria society were not properly taken care of because the country is faced with corrupt leadership, inefficiency, devoid of good governance, transparency and service for the good of the downtrodden.

 Onyejeli said, "one of the problems affecting Nigeria today is that some of the people that needed help and assistance of government were not well taken care of. But what we see rather is the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer every day. Government should be able to stand up to its responsibilities by empowering the poor and the needy through the provision of scholarships education, skills acquisition and job creation to help reduce crime of any kind in the society".

He also stressed the need for the creation of ministry of children's' welfare that would superintend, and work out the modality and enforce its constitutional provisions to the benefit of all concerned set of people in Nigeria society adding that if not, work and responsibilities would not be carried out justly.

In his words," Nigeria government should create a ministry that will man the affairs of the less privilege children in our society so that all funds being mapped out for use will directly reach and be used according to its purpose without a story or any manipulation or diversion".