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2020 Children’s Day: Monarch’s wife donates palliatives to school for blind in Ekiti
The traditional ruler of Apomu in Osun’s wife, Olori Janet Afolabi, has donated face masks and noodles to the children of Government Special School for the blind, Ikere-Ekiti.
Presenting the items on Wednesday in Ikere-Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area (LGA), Afolabi said many families find it difficult to feed their children following the effect of the COVID-19.
Olori Janet said the reason she focused on the children was because of their plight, especially at this time of the COVID–19 pandemic, ravaging the world.
Her Royal Highness said that many communities in Apomu Land, in Isokan LGA of the state had benefited from the gesture.
“I decided to extend the kindness to students of the School for the Blind, Ikere-Ekiti because of their special needs.
“We have distributed cartoons of noodles to indigent children in Apomu community. The packages were given to the children in their various suburbs.
“We are also extending act of kindness to some blind children in Ekiti today by donating 100 face masks and cartoons of noodles to Government Special School of the Blind in Ikere Ekiti,’’ she said.
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She, however, assured the school that the gift package was not a one-off exercise, adding that it would be done intermittently.
“As we celebrate 2020 Children’s Day, we should remember children in need and put a smile on their faces. We should give them hope for a greater tomorrow,” she added.
She also tasked parents and caregivers on the need to keep their children safe during this pandemic, urging them to educate their children on regular hand washing and social distancing.
Receiving the items on behalf of the students, Mr Funso Olajide, the Secretary of People Living With Disabilities (PLWD), Ekiti chapter, thanked the donor for the gesture.
Olajide, who is also the Coordinator of an NGO, Disability Not A Barrier Initiative (DINABI), promised that the items would be used for the purpose they were meant for.
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