In commemoration of the 2024 International Day of the Girl Child, the wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, has announced the monthly donation of N500,000 to visually impaired students of the State Special School, Opefia, in Izzi Local Government Area.
Mrs Nwifuru, who spoke on the theme 'Girls' Vision for the Future' in Abakaliki, said the monthly support fund is in addition to a one million naira cheque from her Better Health for Rural Women, Children and Internally Displaced Persons Foundation, BERWO, to cater for their feeding needs. 'I impacted the lives of the visually impaired by donating a monthly support fund of N500,000 in addition to a one million naira cheque from my foundation to cater to their feeding needs.
The support would enhance and boost their sense of belonging and create an awareness in the environment that these special needs children have the protection of the state government,' she added. She explained that the foundation would continue to create a conducive environment for the children and other vulnerable people to have equal access and rights and enjoy socio-economic benefits that accrued from the developmental processes in the state.
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