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New home for orphans in Imo
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the tender age of eight, Daberechi Egbu had already assumed the
responsibility of taking care of her younger sibling, Paschal. She
hawked pure water, cracked palm kernel, all in a bid to feed and send
her brother to school.
This burden of providing for herself and her little brother, as
tasking as it that may be, was not the only nightmare young Daberechi
and her brother were going through. They lived in a decrepit mud house,
which had partly collapsed and contended with the rain and reptiles.
Most nights according to Daberechi, who appeared to be withdrawn,
apparently as a result of her experience, they slept without food in
their damp mat, while neighbours looked the other way as if they were
not aware of them.
She narrated that most nights, she could cry all through, questioning why God allowed them to suffer such fate.
There travail started after they lost their mother in 2007 and their
father who was a petty trader shortly afterwards in 2013 in Amaifeke, in
Orlu Council Area of Imo State.
At that point, life for them became one long journey of agony,
loneliness and frustration. They had no peers to play with, they were
avoided like plague, obviously because of the circumstances that
surrounded their parents’ death.
Even close relatives could not offer them any form of respite, except
for their poor uncle who took them in to live with him, in what later
could be best described as running from the frying pan to fire. Their
uncle it was gathered started to abuse Daberechi, until she summoned
courage and ran away to their hut which had almost been reduced to ruins
by the rain.
But they were not deterred, they took every punch life gave to them and nursed the hope for a better tomorrow.
Like the saying that in every cloud, there is a silver lining, the
plight of the orphan finally caught the attention of the Imo state
governor’s wife, Nneoma Okorocha, after their matter was reported to
her by the Transition Committee Chairman of the Council Area, Ijeoma
Igboanusi, a lawyer.
And thereafter fate which had shut her bowels of mercy against them
for many years, suddenly smiled on them. Not only did they get brand new
fully furnished two-bedroom bungalow, but were given enough money that
will see them through university education.
The council boss, who narrated her encounter with the orphans, said
she was shocked by their tale of anguish and poverty, adding that, “the
story is very touching and the fact that they lived in that kind mud
house and survived is something to marvel about. After I visited them, I
reported their case to Her Excellency who was deeply touched and
quickly approved the building of the new home for the children”.
Daberechi who was obviously dumbfounded by their sudden change of
status, when asked to make a speech at the event, could only sing songs
of praise amid tears, a situation that reduced majority of the audience
to tears, especially the women that accompanied the Governor’s wife to
the event.
At the highly emotional commissioning and handover ceremony of the
new house, Daberechi and Paschal, were shown the kind of love they never
knew in their agony filled life. Highly placed individuals hugged them
amid suppressed tears. People spoke glowingly about their courage and
resilience and even those that despised them came back to make amends.
Wife of the Governor, while handing over the keys of the house to the
orphans, assured that her office will continue to see to their welfare
and especially their education, assuring that they will never go through
such ordeal again.
Mrs. Okorocha, who fought hard to hold back tears, described the case
of the children as pathetic, adding that with the new home, the
children will no longer suffer the ordeal of sleeping in the old mud
house where they were exposed to all forms of danger.
She observed further that the only time the society can be better is
when the people learn to care for each other, especially by assisting
those who are needy and under privileged.
It will be recalled that the Governor’s wife had built over 172
bungalows for indigent widows and other vulnerable people in the state
under her pet project, She Needs A Roof Project (SNARP).
Meanwhile, two other indigent widows, Hope Akali and Katherine
Ihenacho, also got new homes, after their case was brought to the
Governor’s wife.
At Eziani-Mgbidi, in Oru West Council Area, one of the widows, Hope
Akali, was all tears as she narrated her experience while living in an
old mud house with her two children, after the death of her husband.
message by NIGERIAN ORPHANAGES NETWORK
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NIGERIAN ORPHANAGES NETWORK
OUR MISSION; To create awareness about the plight of orphans and stimulate the spirit of the public towards giving.
OUR
VISION;Longing to see the day each an everyone of us will be committed
to lifting the spirit of the less privilege in our midst.
CHARITY WORK ADVOCACY APPEAL FUND.
We are projecting the sum of $5000 for our charity work advocacy programs & appeal for your kind assistance.
DONORS PLEDGES
[PLATINUM] -- $2000
[GOLD] -- $1000
[SILVER]------------ $500
[BRONZE]---------- $300
[OTHERS]-----------$100----$250
Pls. pick any of the pledges to support our welfare work
NIGERIAN ORPHANAGES NETWORK in the past 10 years has been creating
awareness and sensitizing Nigerians on the plight of motherless
orphanages homes, stimulating the spirit of giving in the people and
embark on emergency fundraising for the most distress homes and
individual orphans across the country.
We have created a yellow page Directory for the homes and
link Nigerians at home & Abroad with genuine child adoption in
order to lessen the financial burden of the orphanage homes.
we also adopted a special report on the plight of children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency in Benin camp, Edo state.
To verify , visit our webpages below.
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However,
it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide all the above services
due to increase costs and current economic environment.
We need funding for Research,logistics,Documentations,Advert, printing of posters ,building of facebook pages for orphanage homes and to maintain our website.
Our
organization feels very strongly about our welfare work and we can not
afford to discontinue and that is why we are reaching out to every one
out there for financial support.
Any amount you send to us will be highly appreciated, thanking you in advance for your generosity.
METHOD OF DONATION
Japhet Nkwocha
Diamondbank Acct.00210331321
you can also donate via western union money transfer./ worldRemit
Japhet NKwocha
NIGERIAN ORPHANAGES NETWORK
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