On Wednesday, December 20th 2017, THE GIVE HOPE TO THE SLUM CHILD PROGRAMME AFRICA Team and its sponsoring brand iTEL MOBILE Team were live at the MAKOKO slum (a settlement of about one hundred thousand people that live in shanties that are erected over muddy waters) and they did make global history.
The give hope to the slum child programme Africa is a Nigerian youth based non-governmental organization founded in the year 2011 by 5 young men with value-addition and hope confering at the core of their persons with a prime vision of putting smiles on African faces.
This vision birthed in a single room apartment in the city of Lagos has since inception grown into a budding global non-governmental organization with over 100 Nigerian youths in it’s membership taking smiles, giving hope and confering joy to the less privileged demography all over Nigeria..
At the project’s 8th edition which held on Wednesday, December 20th, 2017, over 100,000 lives were touched by both direct contact and ripple effects with quality smiles taken to the inhabitants of the great community of makoko.
Loads of goodies(food stuffs, daily essentials, educational materials etc) were shared to individuals and families within the community with free itel branded school bags, pencil case, manual torchlights, stationeries and other essentials for quality schooling activities given to the kids.
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The organization through its special cloth donation scheme was also able to cloth thousands of children and adults alike in over 10,000 different ways.
A special intensive medical check-up, free medical consultations and free drug administration also held simultaneously even as goody bags where being shared.
Inviduals living with certain subtle but very morbid conditions were identified through the check-up with medical consultation given for free on the spot by highly trained health care professionals.
Children within the community were also offered free dental check-ups, with the under 5 children given special attention via an extensive nutritional assessment package.
Materials needed for good oral hygiene, deworming medications and vit A capsule where also shared all at zero price.
Dancing mascots and music were some of the side attractions for the kids even as adults received other value conferring materials on the side.
This great event was held in conjunction with iTEL MOBILE, one of the world’s largest mobile and tech brand through her ‘LOVE ALWAYS ON’ CSR initiative. Members of staff of the itel family were also on ground spreading joy and hope to adult and kids alike.
History was made this day and it was by a group of African youths. What are you waiting for? Be a glimmer of hope today. Give hope and give smiles to people around you.
The smile is why we do it.
To become a Volunteer/Member. Pls call/Message:
Seun – +2348137445028
Babajide – +2348152041064
Mojisola – +2347038653060
Busola – +2348086132451
Lanre – +2349090081261
Kind Regards
Ogunpaimo Taiwo.
Ogunpaimo Taiwo.