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Over 200 Pupils benefit in School feeding Programme in Anambra State
Over 200 Pupils benefit in School feeding Programme in Anambra State
www.odogwublog.com reports that over two thousand pupils of Udoka Nursery and Primary school
have benefited from the schools feeding programme of Augusta Ngozi
Agbasionwe foundation, an NGO based in Awka.
The Program which is the
first of its kind in the area was in fulfilling part of the objectives
of alleviating hunger and Malnutrition in school children. The programme
is aimed at giving nutritious diets to pupils to increase their body
nutrients for speedy assimilation of academic work.
It is on this
premise that the President and Founder of Augusta Ngozi Agbasionwe
Foundation ANAF Chief Doctor Ngozi Agbasionwe chose to commence the
program.
Speaking during the commencement of the Programme at Udoka
Nursary and Primary School inside Saint Patrick Catholic Cathedral Awka,
the President of ANAF who was represented by a Senior Staff of the
foundation Mrs Oluchukwu Chukwuenyem said the programme is a continuous
one until the schools are covered. In her words " chief is God's sent,
she has no interest in politics therefore there's no political under
tone to it, but desires to alleviate the sufferings of the less
Privileged, the physically challenged, the sick and the aged".
Mrs
Chukwuenyem explained that Dr Agbasionwe tasted poverty and know what it
is to be poor hence she decided to give succor to such people. She
stated that the foundation had under taken a free medical mission, visit
to some motherless babies homes where financial and material gifts were
presented, ofseting of hospital bills of indigent persons among other
things.
Another staff of the foundation Mrs Felicia Okika explained that
the vision of the Awkuzu born woman and married to a Nando Pharmacist
was to transformed the society. Speaking on the occasion the
headmistress of the school Mrs Mercy Okigbo while appreciating the good
gesture of Augusta Ngozi Agbasionwe Foundation observed the importance
of good nutrition in physical and mental development of children.
Some
of the teachers Mrs Eucharia Nwogbo and Lady Gloria Nedu stressed the
need for other Public spirited individuals to emulate the gesture in the
wave of the country's economic challenges. The pupils ate and drank
feeling happier.
Over 200 Pupils benefit in School feeding Programme in Anambra State
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
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