Kwami community brings succor to orphans

No fewer than 176 orphans and vulnerable children received school instructional materials donated by a community self-help group, the Kwami Youth Consultative Forum.

The materials donated to the orphans and other children who are pupils of Auni Musa Memorial Science Primary School, Kwami included school uniforms, textbooks, exercise books and writing materials.The donation was part of the forum’s 2018 educational support project.

Launching the distribution of the materials on Monday in Kwami, a lecturer with the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe, Malam Muhammad Juji Baraya, said the effort of the forum would encourage the beneficiaries to be dedicated to their studies and realize their potentials.

He recalled that educational communal work in Kwami town dated back to the commencement of western education in the area in 1949, when the first primary school in Kwami was built through communal efforts.

“Also the Kwami Community Secondary School was built in the 1980s by the Kwami community through the same efforts,” Baraya said.

He therefore, commended the forum for the donation, noting that such kind of gesture to the orphans and children of the less privileged is highly encouraged in the society and advised others to emulate.

The chairman of the forum, Malam Usman Muhammad said the programme was part of the forum’s effort to touch the lives of the less privileged and reduce the burden on their parents and guardians.

He added that part of the projects being undertaken by the community included payment of school fees, registration of SSCE and procurement of UTME scratch card to brilliant students among others.

On his part, the Village Head of Kwami, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi appealed to the government and donor agencies to provide more infrastructural and instructional facilities to schools in the area.