Harmattan: NGO Donates Warm Clothes To IDPs In Kaduna
An NGO, Educational Development, Family, and Community Peace Foundation (EDFCPF) has donated cold weather clothes to some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kaduna State.
According to her, the gesture was aimed at protecting the children at the camp them from cold related diseases that can arise as the harmattan season was setting in.
“I can’t sleep with both eyes closed when I think about the lives of these kids at the camp.
”They are like my own children, which is why I saved money to purchase these harmattan clothes with the support of my family,” she said.
John said that the harmattan season brings unique health and environmental challenges, affecting skin, hair, and overall well-being, adding, ”thousands of IDPs are in urgent need of support from Nigerians.”
The founder appealed to wealthy individuals, corporate organizations, governmental bodies, and NGOs nationwide to contribute toward assisting the impoverished displaced children at various camps across the north.
The clergy also stressed the critical role of their support in providing cold weather clothing to those in need and encouraged individuals to donate their spare harmattan clothing to local Churches and Mosques.
The items distributed were jackets, hand gloves, and head warmers, while also educating the children on how to protect themselves from the cold and other seasonal diseases.
Responding, Blessing Sunday, Coordinator, Smile Support and Empowerment Initiative (ESSEI), an NGO ng Eko Sunday, called on well-meaning individuals to support IDPs in the state.
She expressed their gratitude for the humanitarian assistance brought to the camp and emphasized the importance of wealthy Nigerians assisting IDPs with food, clothing, and other humanitarian aid.
Sunday also urged Civil Society Organizations to provide the displaced kids with study materials and other humanitarian necessities.
In his remarks , the Camp Commander, Mr Sule Adams commended the NGO and the Network of Peace Journalists for supporting the kids with books, whiteboards, and other study materials.
The camp is currently hosting over 5000 internally displaced persons, including women, children, youths and the elderly.
The IDPs were forced to flee fifteen different communities due to incessant banditry attacks and kidnapping incidents
