The Harvest Family Outreach (THFO), a Kaduna faith-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), in collaboration with the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA), at the weekend, carried out a free medical outreach to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Ungwan Zawu Camp Gonin Gora in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The medical outreach provided spiritual and medical needs to over 2,000 displaced people through counselling, and various tests such as malaria, hepatitis and others. They were also given appropriate treatment and drugs.
On the outreach, the founder of THFO Musa Nimrod said: “The NGO is established to assist vulnerable people with spiritual, physical and medical needs as a way of giving back to society.
“Most people have various challenges, including medical challenges which they cannot meet. This is why we took it upon ourselves as an NGO, to assist them with what God has blessed us with. We do so regardless of religion, tribe and ethnicity, and we do so in partnership with other organisations.”
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The Chairman, Kaduna State chapter of CMDA, Dr George Timilehin Gabriel said they are also committed to caring for the whole man; spirit, soul and body.
He added that health care is costly now, and it’s more difficult for those who are displaced from their sources of livelihood. What we are doing now will go a long way to help their medical needs.
On their part, the Dakaci of the area Mr Amos Auta and the Coordinator of the camp, Caleb Nayaro commended the NGO for providing the IDPs with free medical services. They prayed to God to replenish their finances.
The Coordinator of THFO, Chioma Odili said the joy of the NGO is to see that people are happy; stressing that aside from the medical outreach, the NGO also drills boreholes for vulnerable communities and also provides scholarships for orphans and assistance for widows and other less privileged people.
Some of the beneficiaries expressed gratitude to the NGO and wished that other NGOs, public-spirited individuals and the government could come to their aid in this trying time.
One of the beneficiaries of the medical outreach, Bamayi Tanko said: “I have been suffering from chest pain, waste pain and typhoid for a long time now. I thank God today because the doctor examined me and I have been given drugs for free. May God bless them.”
Another beneficiary, Mrs Alheri Amos said: “I have been sick but didn’t have money to get treatment. So, when I heard about this free medical outreach, even though I am not an IDP, I decided to come. I am happy because I was attended to and given drugs. May God bless them for the assistance.”