Magnus Aluma, Abakaliki
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ebonyi State Council, has donated some food items to the Holy Innocent Motherless Babies Home and Old People’s Home, both in Abakaliki, the state capital.
The Union made the donation when members visited the less privileged Homes, as part of the activities to mark the 2023 Press Week celebration, billed for Thursday at Dr Sam Egwu Press Centre, Abakaliki. During the visits, the NUJ team, which was led by the state council chairman, Comrade Samson Nwafor, presented tubers of yam, toiletries, beverage, diapers, detergent, and other items to the Homes.
At the Holy Innocent Motherless Babies Home, Comrade Nwafor said the union was on the visit as an expression of love to the children. He prayed God to continue to protect the children and grant them good health, for them to fulfil God’s purpose for them.
He said: “there are lots of activities that we use to mark our press week. We have done a lot of them and today was dedicated for visits to motherless babies’ home and old people’s home where we have less privileged persons.”
He further said, “we use this period to celebrate with everybody including the rich and the poor in the society. Here, we said we should come and celebrate with them. Our union wishes them well, we don’t have much, but this is our widow’s mite, and we pray that the children who will make use of the items we brought to them will have good health, grow and become whatever God has destined them to be in life.”
Receiving the union, one of the care givers, Rev. Sister Fides Nwachukwu commended NUJ in Ebonyi State for the kind gesture. She urged individuals and other organizations in the state, to emulate union.
“This your visit is a very good one, it is a nice one and I pray that God will continue to bless you and your families, and you will continue to remember the less privileged in our society. The children can’t talk but in spirit, they are very happy and as they are smiling, so also that your family will continue to smile,” she said.
Rev. Sister Nwachukwu noted that the Holy Innocent Motherless Babies Home, Abakaliki was established in April this year and currently has ten babies under its care, adding that the oldest among them is eight months.
