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  • 300 for free TY Danjuma Foundation, health ministry surgeries

    The TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health has started running free surgical mission at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital.

    The programme is billed to take care of 300 indigent citizens.

    The free surgical mission was inaugurated by Deputy Governor Eric Kelechi Igwe before representatives of the government, local government officials and traditional leaders.

    He commended the Foundation and its founder, Lt. Gen. TY Danjuma, for giving back to the country, adding that the Ebonyi government was committed to supporting initiatives that would improve the lives of its citizens.

    The Grants and Partnership officer, Gima H. Forje, outlined the Foundation’s mission to Ebonyi state and the partnership with the health ministry, for the promotion of the health and well- being of indigent Nigerians.

    The two-week free surgical mission will end on June 21.

    The surgical procedures to be performed at FETHA for the 300 indigent patients include medium and intermediate surgical conditions like herniorrhaphy, cataract removal, hydrocelectomy and hemorrhoidectomy

  • Why I built maternity hospital in Taraba – Danjuma

    Why I built maternity hospital in Taraba – Danjuma

    A former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma  (retired), says high rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria is the reason why his foundation, TY Danjuma Foundation, decided to build a world class maternity hospital in Takum.

    Danjuma disclosed this on Monday in his home town Takum during the inauguration of the hospital named after his late mother, Mama Rufkatu Danjuma.

    According to him, approximately 800 women die daily worldwide due to complications arising from child birth.

    Danjuma noted that majority of such cases were occurring in developing countries, hence his intervention to help reduce the rate.

    “Between 1990 and 2015 maternal mortality rate in the world dropped by 45 per cent, but Nigeria percentage of maternal mortality rate was on the rise.

    “This is why I have decided to assist to reduce the rate by donating this world class hospital in collaboration with Development Africa, Taraba Government and other international charity organisations.

    “I hope that this hospital will set a standard in the provision of health care delivery services in the country,” he said.

    The Minister of State for Health, Prof. Osagie Ehaniro, said 576 out 100,000 children die during birth in Nigeria due to poor maternity care which he noted was the worst in the world.

    Ehaniro commended Danjuma for the intervention to reduce the figure in Takum and its environs.

    He said the hospital was the first of its kind providing such specialised services in the country, noting it will also serve the primary health care needs of the people of Taraba.

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    “The government of President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to provide Primary Health Care facility in each ward in the country with collaboration of the private sector and this is a right move by Gen. TY Danjuma,” he said.

    Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba commended the generosity of Danjuma in changing the lives of the people across the country.

    Ishaku pledged that the state government would provide the hospital with ambulances and residential quarters for doctors to enable them provide 24-hour services to the people.

    Earlier, Mr Joshua Kempeneer, the Country Director, Development Africa, the organisation that handled the construction of the hospital expressed worry over the high maternal mortality rate in Nigeria.

    He commended TY Danjuma Foundation for its intervention in reducing the rate.

    Kempeneer, who said his organisation had the mandate of Danjuma to manage the hospital for five years, assured that services to be offered by the hospital would be highly subsidised for poor families to access.

    “The hospital will charge less compared to what is obtainable in other hospitals, but would attend strictly to women and children under the age of eight,” he said.

  • Foundation to train youths in brick-making

    Foundation to train youths in brick-making

    Compressed earth bricks are catching on in Nasarawa State, thanks to organisations like the TY Danjuma Foundation. The raw materials are sourced locally and the bricks are durable, even fashionable.

    Now, the TY Danjuma Foundation has added job creation to the advantages by undertaking to train 40 youths in compressed earth bricks or CEB.

    The 40 able-bodied youths among whom is a lady, have accepted to be trained in the techniques of making CEB.

    They said they took the decision in order to enhance their economic power, rather than waste their youth looking for inexistent jobs.

    It is also said now that the 40 youths are already role models for others.

    The TY Foundation is training them in collaboraion with the Centre for Women, Youth and Community Action (NACWYCA), a non-governmental  organisation based in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital.

    It has been agreed that the foundation, solely owned by Danjuma, a former Minister for Defence, will provide the funds for the project while NACWYCA, headed by Managing Director Nawani Ezekiel Aboki, will implement it.

    The NGO will ensure its continuity as well as source materials for the success of the project. Monitoring is another brief of NACWYCA.

    The idea of training the 40 persons who are going to be pioneer trainees cutting across three council areas in Nasarawa State is not only to serve as source of empowerment to the youths but also encourage others to learn a trade and earn a decent livelihood.

    The state Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Mr Emmanuel Yaji who was at the opening ceremony of a workshop at which the plan was launched, promised to patronise the intending trainees.

    He also saluted their courage to learn a trade in order to make life more meaningful not only for themselves but also their families and the society.

    The commissioner said everybody stands to benefit from the laudable initiative of the T.Y Danjuma Foundation and NACWYCA.

    Speaking at the opening ceremony at NACWYCA’ headquarters office in Lafia, the Commissioner said: “I must commend your courage to go into bricklaying venture in this era where most youths are seeking unavailable ‘white collar’ jobs”

    Yaji added that: “We shall keep track of the programme to see how government would partner to bring more youths into it.

  • NGOs train youths

    About 105 youths made up of graduates and undergraduates have completed training on employment and enterprise skills organised by Afterschool Graduate Development Centre (AGDC) and TY Danjuma Foundation. The programme, which lasted for three weeks, was held at the Precious Palm Royal Hotel, Benin City, Edo State.

    The Managing Director of the hotel, Jude Nosagie, charged the trainees to imbibe good values, noting that discipline was crucial for anyone who wanted to live a successful life.

    In her address, the Chief Executive Officer of AGDC, Mrs Detoun Ogwo, lamented the high level of unemployment in the country, urging the trainees to see the programme as a platform to distinguish themselves from the crowd. She urged participants to learn to communicate their skills and competencies, saying no employer would underestimate value.

    Participants were also taught practical skills in writing resume, business development, presentation skills, personal branding, self management and problem solving proficiencies among others.

    Speaking at the graduation, Projects Officer of the Centre, Mr Godbless Otubure, admonished the trainees to approach life with a renewed vigour and to constantly strive for excellence in their various careers. He said: “I want you to go out there and showcase what you have learnt. I want you to become the agents for building the local economy.’’

    A 400-Level student of Foreign Languages at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Joyce Chidi, who participated in the training commended the organisers. “I believe the centre has prepared me to take on the world. In three weeks, I learnt what I could not learn in school for four years,’’ she said.

    Meanwhile, the training was followed with a community development exercise in seven local government areas in Benin. During the exercise, career development sessions were held and learning materials were also distributed to secondary schools in the state.

    Principal of Edo Boys College, Mrs Emokpai-Ogbebor Mariana, lauded the gesture when one of the teams visited her school on Friday.