Groups under the aegis of Akwa Ibom\Cross River States Association, Netherlands, [AKCROSS] UNION and Rotary Club of Hague, Netherlands, in partnership with Rotary Club of Ikot Ekpene, Ikot Ekpene Metro District 9142, GRA Province had on Monday donated palliative materials to 100 widows across Ikot Ekpene and Abak LGA of Akwa Ibom State to cushion the effects of covid 19.
The palliatives ranging from face mask, rice, beans, garri, noodles, tomato, and other edible items were distributed to the beneficiaries at the Primary Health Centre, Library Avenue, Ikot Ekpene.
In his goodwill message, read at the event by the representative of Rotary Club of Hague, Netherlands, Anne Edet, the president, AKCROSS UNION, Netherlands, Mr. John Akpanson said, the Union was aimed at supporting and empowering their people in Netherlands, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States in Nigeria, having been deeply touched by their suffering due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.
He said, “We thought we should contribute our quota to support the most vulnerable people in our communities by providing relief
materials to these sometimes forgotten group of people. The programme will benefit 100 indigent families in Ikot Ekpene and Abak local
government councils. We do this, knowing that some of our people’s livelihood has been negatively affected by the pandemic. We hoped that our support can help make it a little easier for them.”
He appreciated their partners, particularly The Hague’s Rotary Club, Netherlands for showing so much love to people 6000km away from them and also thanked the Rotary Club in Ikot Ekpene and Abak local government councils for partnering with them to ensure that the
palliatives went to the target audience which are the vulnerable persons in the society and the widows.
Akpanson noted that, the event was the third time the NGO was rendering such assistance to Akwa Ibom people since the beginning of
the covid-19 pandemic and called on other well meaning individuals and
organizations to continue to support the less fortunate people in the society in the present trying time.
The representative of the Rotary Club of Ikot Ekpene, Ikot Ekpene
Metro District 9142, GRA Province, Mr. Ubong Obot, appreciated AKCROSS
Association in Netherland and the Rotary Club of Hague, Netherlands for the gesture and for partnering the Rotary Club of Ikot Ekpene to
distribute relief materials to vulnerable women in Ikot Ekpene and Abak local government areas of the state.
He assured them of their continued partnership to ensure that they
strive to make life meaningful for those set of individuals in the state.
In their separate responses, Madam Sifon Mathew and Nsinyene Lucky,
thanked the donors for their show of love and for remembering them in the present trying time.
According to them, as widows, the NGO kind gesture of providing for
them in this times of need and global devastation would go a long way
in helping them and they prayed that, God should bless and reward them
abundantly.
The event featured health talks on breast cancer and its prevention,
COVID19 preventive protocols and on birth control
