Christmas: Foundation fetes less privileged school children
By Ogechi Okechukwu and Vivian Ihechu
Lagos. Dec, 2018 (NAN) To bring the joy of Christmas to the less privileged, Sparkle Foundation, an NGO, on Monday organised a Christmas party for the pupils of Banjo Primary School in Otumare Ilaje Community, an impoverished community in Lagos metropolis.
Mrs Olasimbo Ojuroye, Executive Director of the Foundation, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the gathering was to sllow the children to share in the excitement of the season through the love and merriment extended to them.
“The aim of the mission is to help every child live healthy, get access to education and help them toward achieving their full potential.
“The foundation holds Christmas party every year for school children and also distribute gifts to communities.
“We just completed our five years in the Makoko Primary School and then, we decided to make Banjo Primary School our next venture because we have a lot of less privileged children in the community.
“We have done a lot of research in the Ottumare Ilaje community where the school is located and we have identified a lot of needs in the community,” she said.
Ojuroye said that the foundation aimed to put smiles on the faces of the children, support them in their education and make them more informed so as to make their journey in life more bearable.
She appealed to public spirited Nigerians to support the foundation in its charity work.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the children were given food, drinks and gift items and participated in games, quiz and dancing competition as part of the celebration.
Tajudeen Alabi, one of the students, told NAN that he enjoyed himself and thanked the foundation for its generosity.
Also, Ada Ujuh, another pupil, said: “I am happy , delighted and I enjoyed it all.
“ The foundation has done well to make us feel loved; I also thank them for the talks and encouraging us to be well behaved, to study and to excel,’’ she said.
NAN reports that Sparkle Foundation is an NGO established to reach out to orphans and the less privileged children in Nigeria.
The NGO also empower communities, children educational needs and organise health awareness programmes and to ensure every child is accomplished. (NAN)
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Editing by Vivian Ihechu/Wale Ojetimi