A prominent real estate firm in Lagos, Finn Grey Projects had put smiles on the faces of children as it donated foods, beverages, carbonated drinks, toilet items and other household materials to Little Saints Orphanage, Akowonjo, Lagos to ease their burden during the festive season.
The founder of the group, Olubisi Shaola who is also a lawyer said they decided to make the donation to the children of the orphanage to make life better for them in terms of feeding, clothing and shelter; stressing that the gesture was their own way of giving back to the society in order to make it a better living place for all.https://live.primis-amp.tech/content/video/amp/videoIframe.php?s=113240#amp=1
Items donated included cartons of noodles, pasta, Milo, bags of rice, CornFlakes, toiletries, carbonated drinks among others.
Shaola said: “The reason why we are doing it in this kind of place is that it would encourage other people. They would see that we have come to add value to the life of people in this place.
“We have chosen this kind of place in order to encourage other people to do same. They would see that we have come to add value to the life of people in this place and they too would be encouraged to do similar thing.
“Our message to other organizations and groups is for them to emulate us and give back to the society as well through this gesture. We shall be helping those who are in need so that the world can be a better place for us to live in”, he said.
AkintayoAfeez, Director of Operations said that in the nearest future, the group is considering discussing with the authority of the orphanage on the possibility of sponsoring the education of one or two of the children.
The Administrator of the orphanage, Mrs Tina Odiong thanked the group for the donation made to the children of the home.
Mrs Odiong said the orphanage has grown over time with branches in other states of the country and children from the homes playing important role within and outside the country.
She stated for instance that some of those who left the orphanage for America are doing very well in the US Army.
To ensure good education and better tomorrow for the inmates, she said children of the orphanage attend private institutions from primary, school to university level and that two of them are in UK writing their master programme examination very soon.
Mrs Odiong said some of the children attend Crawford University, and the University of Lagos, (UNILAG), Akoka.
She listed places where the orphanage has homes to include Akowonjo for boys under 16 years of age, Ogudu for girls with some of them in the university, Itele, Ogun State for boys in university, and Ipaja also for boys in the university while the administrative office of the orphanage is at Palm Groove, Lagos.
