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Hope for Survival Orphanage in Gishiri, Abuja has lamented the COVID-19 pandemic has made it tougher for it to feed children in the home.
Its administrator Cephas Thaddeaus called for help from well- meaning Nigerians and government to mitigate impacts of the pandemic on its operations.
He said before the pandemic, the home used to receive two or three visitors in a day who donated for well-being of the children.
He reported it barely gets two donors in a week since the pandemic broke out.
He added the home is finding it difficult to feed the children like before, let alone buy drugs, stating at least five of the children are down with malaria.
Thaddeaus, who stated the orphanage provides shelter for about 71 children, spoke when Engr. Edet Edem and his family visited the home to celebrate his 70th birthday.
He said: “Sincerely we are crying out to the government to come to our aid because we have not been finding it easy to feed these children, talk less of their health at this time of the pandemic.
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“We have few of them with malaria these days and we know how much we know how much we spend running tests and drugs, currently about five of them are down with malaria.
‘’So we are crying out to the government to look into orphanage homes and be of help to us.
“We are also crying out to well-meaning Nigerians, please when you are eating on your table, remember there is someone out there who has not gotten a meal in a day. Please remember to give to that person.”
Edem, who thanked God for surviving a major surgery that led to the death of four of his friends, said: “We just came here to show love and assure them that they have not been forgotten.
“The more society becomes magnanimous and share love, a lot of the orphans will be taken away either by adoption or they grow into a vocation and become useful to society.
“What we should be doing as a people is investing more in acts of charity and love.”
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