NAOWA Donates Training Centre To Vasco VVF Patients, Orphanage Home, Hospitals in Sokoto
NAOWA Donates Training Centre To Vasco VVF Patients, Orphanage Home, Hospitals in Sokoto
Onuminya Ochowechi In Sokoto
As part part of it commitment to always identified with the needy and less privileged in the society, the Nigerian Army Officers Wife Association (NAOWA) has constructed a vocational training Centre for Vasco Virginia Fistula patients in Sokoto state.
The Centre which was built inside Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, Sokoto is expected to train the rehabilitated patients in tailoring, knighting among others so as to fasten their reintegration back to the society.
The association apart from handing over the renovated building with equipment also constructed a motorized solar boreholes as well as provision of materials and cash to the admitted patients in the hospital.
in her remarks while inaugurating the building, the president of the association, Mrs Salamatu Faruk Yahaya, said the association believes in lifting up the standard of living of the vulnerable in the society.
She said the association is building upon the laid down legacies of the founding leaders since its establishment about 40 years ago.
Mrs Salamatu however urged the management of the hospital to make maximum use of the items so as to help in ameliorate the plight of the victims.
Meanwhile, apart from the training center and gifts to the VVF victims, the association also donated foodstuffs to ameliorate the suffering of the victims who have stayed long in the hospital.
The association also donated medical equipment at the state specialist hospital as well as gifts to some of the patients at the maternity wards.
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Speaking while receiving the equipment, the state Commissioner for health, Dr Ali Muhammad Inamme, commended NAOWA for the benevolence gesture.
He described the items donated as what the hospital is in need of at this auspicious time, saying it will go a long way in assisting the hospital.
“What makes this donation special is the fact that unlike others, NAOWA approach us to ask for what exactly we need in the hospital and it was exactly what we requested that was donated.
“For this reason, I on behalf of the management of this hospital and that of Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, sincerely appreciates your gesture and your support”
The team also visited the state orphanage where it Commissioned another solar powered borehole system as well as donating foodstuffs to the orphans.
Speaking at the orphanage Mrs Farouk said the association has taken it upon itself to make such donations wherever the need arises across the country.
She maintained that upon many requests soliciting for it’s support, only few can be attended to due to limitation of funds.
She however assured that the association will continue to prioritize the needs of the less privileged irrespective of where they comes from across the country.
