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  • Yuletide: NGO Feeds Over 70 Street Children in Calabar 

    Yuletide: NGO Feeds Over 70 Street Children in Calabar 

    Over seventy street children in Calabar,  Cross River State, have benefited from the feeding programme embarked upon by a non-governmental organization, Feed a Hungry Child With Briana (FAHCWB). 

    The FAHCWB was founded by Briana Akpagu, a young lawyer and child rights advocate in 2021. It aims to identify vulnerable street children, provide them with nutritious meals, as well as  offering them educational and skill-building opportunities.

    To mark this year’s Christmass celebration, the foundation which has also been involved in several campaigns and empowerment to schools within the state, distributed food and gift items to street children around Ndidem Usang Iso road, Calabar on Christmas Day.

    Speaking, Akpagu said that “this year, we successfully fed over 70 kids as part of our ongoing initiative to combat hunger and malnutrition. Since we started this programme, we have had the privilege of providing meals to approximately 400 children and counting. ”

    She added that “my driving force and inspiration come from the bright smiles on the faces of the children we serve. Witnessing the positive impact of our efforts on their lives is truly rewarding. Our mission is twofold: to reduce food insecurity affecting street children and to advocate for access to quality education. By addressing these fundamental needs, we can empower and give hope to these kids to thrive and reach their full potential.”

    While appealing to the government and well-meaning individuals to pay attention to the plight of street children,  she maintained that “we marked a significant milestone of four years heading to the fifth on this job. Throughout this journey, we have remained committed to our mission and values, and we look forward to continuing our work to make a lasting difference in the lives of these kids.”

  • Foundation Sensitises C’River Students On Child Rights

    Foundation Sensitises C’River Students On Child Rights

     

    In commemoration of the 2024 Children’s Day, a non-governmental organization, Feed a Hungry Child With Brianna Foundation, conducted a sensitization campaign in some schools in Cross River State to raise awareness about child rights and social justice.

    The child rights sanitization exercise tagged “Know Your Rights” was approved by the management of two schools in Calabar approached by the foundation.

    On Wednesday, 29 May, the first edition was held at the Lourdes Academy, Calabar while today, Friday 31st, 2024, the foundation staged the event in the Holychild College, Maryslesssor, Calabar.

    During the visits by the Foundation, educative interactions and teachings on child rights, how to enforce the rights and demand social justice in the society were delivered to the students.

    The exercise which was led by the founder of the foundation, Barr. Briana Akpagu and supported by the offices of the Deputy Governor of Cross River State and the Senator representing Cross River South Senatorial district, included the donation of bags to the students.

    Speaking to reporters after the event, Akpagu said that with the growing cases of bullying and right abuses in schools, her team considered it necessary to embark on the project of creating awareness about the right of every Nigerian Child in schools.

    She thanked the management of the schools for the approval and opportunity provided to the foundation to improve awareness on child rights and social justice in secondary schools.

    While thanking the Deputy Governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, the Senator representing Cross River South Senatorial district, Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong and all those who supported the programme, she insisted that her foundation remains committed to providing for street children and creating robust awareness on the right of Nigeria children.

    According to her, “I want to start by thanking the management of the two schools we staged this programme for giving us this opportunity to interact with the students about their rights and how to enforce them. If Nigeria must improve on the social justice index then it’s important to begin to teach the young ones their rights and how to respect other people’s rights.

    Even though our foundation is particularly focused on feeding and providing for street children, we decided to mark this year’s children’s day differently by staging this event. This is our first edition and I’m very happy that it was not only embraced by the two schools we approached but even the students. You need to see how excited they were and some of the questions they asked in the course of our interactions. We hope to package a more robust event like this in the future”.