Donation
By Polycarp Auta
Mangu (Plateau), June 21, 2024 (NAN) An NGO, Plan International, has donated relief materials and cash to 2,010 displaced households in communities in Bokkos and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau.
Presenting the items to the beneficiaries on Friday in Mangu, Mr. Hanoch Hebron, the Gender Advisor of the organisation said that the gesture was in collaboration with Action Aid, Christian Aid and supported by Start Network.
“Today we are here to support the people that were affected by the series of conflicts by providing non food items to cushion the effect of their current hardship.
“The gesture is intended to support these households to restore their dignity and basic needs to enable them to go about their normal lives in spite of what has happened to them.
“In all, we are supporting 2,010 households; we have beneficiaries in Tielangpat, Mangun, Chikam and other two locations that form part of Mangu and Bokkos.
“Here in Mangun, we have a total of 282 households beneficiaries while there are 700 beneficiaries in other locations.
“We also presented N60,000 cash to each of the beneficiaries to enable them to start petty businesses to become economically independent,”he said
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs Happy Dauda, expressed delight over the gesture saying it would go a long way to ameliorate their plight.
She promised that the beneficiaries would put the items to good use.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the items donated include mattresses, mosquito nets, torchlights and blankets.
Other items donated were bathing and washing soap, kitchen accessories – knifes, plate, spoons among others.(NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Isaac Ukpoju
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