Ebonyi Foundation Seeks Funds To Overcome Accommodation, Flood Challenges

The Trinitarian Foundation for Orphanage and Helps in Ebo­nyi has identified the dearth of accommodation and flood­ing of its premises as the two major challenges confronting the home.

The operator of the orphan­age, Rev. Sis. Nkechi Nwosu, made the call on Wednesday, when the state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) visited the home as part of the activities to mark its Press Week.

Nwosu said the need for more accommodation became imperative due to the increas­ing size of the inmates of the home.

According to her, the home is accommodating at least 26 chil­dren and five social workers.

“This place can no longer accommodate the number of children here and the ones we are supposed to help.

“We get request often on number of children to be ad­mitted here,” Nwosu said.

She further called on the Governor’s Wife, Mary-Maud­line, to come to their aid to re­duce the sufferings of the or­phans and vulnerable children at the home.

Speaking during an assess­ment of the flood situation on the premises, another Operator, Rev. Mother Mary-Agnes Onye­jeli lamented over the impact of the menace, saying that the premises were always flooded, leaving the inmates displaced every rainy season.

Onyejeli, therefore, solicited urgent government’s interven­tion toward providing adequate accommodation and lasting solution to the flood.

“We plead with the governor to assist us in this regard.

“The flood is another great challenge we have here,” Onye­jeli said.

The President, Society of St. Vincent De Paul Old Peoples and Destitute Home in Abaka­liki, Mr. John Lekpa, also ap­pealed to the State Government to include the home in its ongo­ing empowerment programs.

Lekpa commended the union for its continuous support to the home.

Earlier, the state Chairman of the council, Mr Samson Nwafor, said that the union de­cided to identify with the less privileged during its press week.

The News Agency of Ni­geria (NAN) reports that the council donated bags of rice, detergents, cartons of tomato pastes, and tissue papers to the home.