GESI NEWS: (COVID-19) Dr. Mena & Friends Donates to Bakassi Returnees Living in Bayelsa

 

Bakassi Returnees (Bayelsa State Chapter) Appreciate Dr. Mena&Friends for Reaching Out to them in this Trying Time.

 Dr. Mena&friends is a charity organization with a passion for caring for the vulnerable in the society. Dr. Mena who is the founder of this organization is a University of Port Harcourt trained Medical Doctor. She currently works as a Pediatrician at Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa. She is also a prolific writer, who has written several articles in magazines to educate the public on child health related issues.

As against the prediction of Milinda Gates, wife of the Co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates, who predicted that the streets of Africa will be littered with dead bodies when the coronavirus eventually spreads to Africa. Dr. Mena&friends Foundation stood to falsify this statement by going all out to make sure that the virus does not spread beyond control. She has also in her personal effort, organized public awareness campaigns to enlighten the public on ways to prevent the spread of the virus, while also donating relief items to the most affected in the society.

Bakassi camp is one of their major tag audiences; they want to the camp almost every week with already cooked food (fried rice, chicken cakes and fruits) for the children. They feed over 300 children every week. The programme was tagged “Sunday rice" And they also shared raw food stuffs to the elderly (rice garri, beans etc).

Mena&friends, carried out voluntary counseling and testing for HIV for the pregnant women, distributed face masks, insecticides, mosquito treated nets, clothing and shoes to parents and children recently.

 In conjunction with Medical women association of Nigeria, Bayelsa State branch, they were able to celebrate the 2020 Children's Day at the Bakassi Camp, giving the kids a sense of belonging, while assuring them that the future belongs to them.

Mena&friends Foundation have outlined projects aimed at repairing a makeshift school where the camp children learn under voluntary teachers, so that when the rains come pouring; the children will be protected

According to Dr. Mena some persons in the Camp have approached her on the need to establish an Adult Learning Centre to help educate the elderly people who have interest in learning how to read and write and she has added this to her pet projects, saying she will take it seriously as soon as things normalize.

You can view the photo story of some of the satisfied children after Sunday rice

If other Organizations decided to partner with Mena&Friends it will go a long way in eradicating poverty in Nigeria.

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