The Greater Tomorrow Children’s Fund run by former Super Eagles midfielder, Paul Okoku, has partnered with the Africa’s Children’s Fund(ACF), to dole out food and drink items to less-privileged children in Ilesha, Osun State.
The partnership between the two foundations was conceived to cushion the harsh and negative effects that vulnerable and less privileged children are facing during the coronavirus global.pandemic.
At the event which took place in Osun State on Wednesday, GTCF and ACF, a non-governmental charity organisation established by Victor Mbada, brought smiles to the faces of the kids, who were given items comprising noodles, sphagetis, vegetable cooking oil, chinchin, bottled water and soft drinks to fight the rage of the economic hardship caused by coronavirus.
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On hand to give the food packages to the kids was the Operations Executive of the GTCF, Mrs Grace Jalekun, a retired headmistress of St Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Ebute Metta.
More than 150 vulnerable kids, divided into three groups in line with social distancing rules and after observing health checks in line with the Ministry of Health policy on COVID-19, got the items.
The foundations, in a statement, said: “We stand together to raise awareness in these difficult times due to the COVID-19 pandemic and use the opportunity to encourage our leaders to pay close attention to the needs of the children in the country because they are the most vulnerable in our country.
“We are doing this because it is the proper thing to do and we hope that this charitable work or ours will bring some succour to these little ones, who look to the elderly ones for help and direction”.. Mbaba, who is the Founder and CEO of ACF, added that no condition in life is permanent, noting that “people in need can become people who give hope to the needy.”
The two foundations said that they have more projects in the future for the sole benefits of the less privileged children in Nigeria and in the USA where they are based.
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