…Fetes People With Disability, Orphans
Sunday, December 12, 2021 was a day to be remembered by people with disabilities, motherless babies, orphans and other less privileged in and around Oyo State as they were treated to good foods, drinks and showered with gifts.
The occasion was put together by the Care People Foundation at its Orphanage and Motherless Babies Home on the Ibadan – Lagos Expressway, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.
The carnival, which featured music performances by various orphanage homes and schools for people with disabilities, was organised by the Care People Foundation, to let the less-privileged also feel the aura of celebration which is associated with the Christmas period.
Aside the food and entertainment, the attendees were showered with gifts, which include wheel chairs, pepper grinding machines, rice and other items.
The foundation also, in conjunction with Animasahun Foundation, Canada, gave out a N1 million scholarship awards to 15 indigent students from tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
Speaking at the occasion, the President of Care People Foundation, Revd (Dr.) Paul Tunde Tioluwani, popularly known as ‘Lesekese,’ called on the government at all level to help the less-privileged in the society, especially people living with disabilities.
He said, “If I am doing this in my own little way, the government should do more. The country is hard and governnent must ensure that people living with disabilities are supported and encouraged.
“The government is not doing enough to help People Living with Disabilities, PLWDs. The government should do more for them. Governnent can do better.”
Speaking on the effort of the foundation to help the less-privileged, Tioluwani said, “At our foundation, impacting lives is a golden assignment that must be done. Since our take off in 1990, we have left no stone unturned in this regards. By God’s grace, we have established a multi-million naira orphanage, where thousands have benefitted from. We commissioned the first indigenous pitch for the disabled football in Nigeria in the year 2004.
“We have given scholarship to thousands of poor students in tertiary institutions and assisted thousands in our Computer Training School, co – sponsored by Torino Police, Canada. We have given out hundreds of brand new wheel chairs to physically challenged persons and assisted many widows who are currently on monthly salaries.”
On the achievements of its orphanage, the President of Care People Foundation said it has produced seven graduates, with one of them, Lamide Olowere, working as officer of the Nigerian Army.
Also speaking, the Vice President of the Foundation, Barrister (Mrs) Favour Tioluwani, said that God, through His grace has sustained their philanthropic assignment despite the harsh economic environment.
She said that she has been collaborating with her husband in helping the less-privileged because she believes it is an assigned project from God.
She expresses her joy that the foundation every year makes the orphans, people living with disabilities and other less-privileged to feel the yuletide celebration.
Dignitaries at the event include: the Chairman of Ibadan Central Hospital, Dr Abib Olamitoye and his wife; former Vice Chancellor, Bell University, Professor Isaac Adeyemi and his wife; Prof. and Mrs Ogunbode; Special Adviser to the Oyo State governor on Culture and Tourism, Hon. Akeem Ige, among others.
