The StellaRita Awelle Humanitarian Foundation, an Abuja-based NGO, Friday donated relief items to Jehovah Jireh Orphanage/Children’s Home, Amaiffeke-Umuola, Orlu Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo.
The foundation also donated food items to more than 50 widows at Nkwerre, in Nkwerre LGA, as part of its mission to cater for widows and the less privileged.
Dr Stellarita Asogwa, Founder of the organisation, said that the gesture was borne out of the desire to show love to humanity and give helping hands to the needy.
“We are an organisation giving to charity; we seek to empower the less privileged, aged women and widows, and be an extension of God’s love to them.
“We believe that out of these children, God can raise lawyers, leaders of our nation and successive businessmen and women,” Asogwa said.
Asogwa, who was represented by a Chaplain, Mr Toluwalase Olubeno, commended the efforts of the orphanage’s management in providing protection and care for the children.
At Nkwerre, she described the widows as “property of God” as well as “windows to reach God”.
“Love and hospitality is the character of God. Anyone that knows God, knows that showing love is a proof that God dwells in our lives,” the founder said.
The foundation, which prayed for God’s protection over the children, donated items that included bags of rice, salt, cartons of noodles, milo, milk and cash gifts.
She said the foundation would continue to provide more needs of the orphanage home and the widows to ensure their welfare.
Mrs Cecelia Okeke, the Director of the Orphanage, commended the foundation for the gesture, and prayed for God’s blessings upon its founder.
According to Okeke, the orphanage home caters for 40 children, out of which 24 are under 12 years, 10 are of secondary school age, and four of them are already undergraduates.
The director, however, said some of the children were living with disabilities and impairment.
She appealed to spirited organisations and individuals to assist the orphanage with school fees, diapers, clothes, shoes, drugs, food stuffs and walking aids for the orphans.
Mrs Comfort Umelo, responding on behalf of the widows, also commended the foundation and prayed God to bless the management for remembering them. (NAN) (
