Bishop donates wheelchairs to physically challenged persons in Shendam
Jos crisis: Victims receive relief material
The Catholic Bishop of Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State, Most Rev. Dr Philip Davou Dung, has donated wheelchairs to physically challenged persons in the diocese.
Rev Dung, who presented the wheelchairs to the beneficiaries at the Divine Mercy Catholic Hospital Luuwokur Total, said the gesture is to facilitate their mobility.
He said the donation is part of the church’s humanitarian services and its commitment to better the lives of the physically challenged and give them a sense of belonging.
In her remarks, Sr Bernadette Duru OP, the Sister in charge of Divine Mercy Hospital, thanked the bishop for putting smiles on the faces of the beneficiaries and prayed God to continue to bless the Diocese of Shendam.
The representative of the CAN chairman, Shendam Local Government, Mr Mathias Dajan, also thanked the church in Shendam for the kind gesture.
Also, the JNI chairman of Shendam Local Government represented by the Secretary, Alhaji Sarajo Babayo, commended the bishop for rekindling the hope of people with disabilities to live their dreams.
The beneficiaries were drawn from Kwande, Langtang, Shendam and Kwa, deanaries, and they included both Christians and Muslims.
The Management Committee Chairman of Jos North Local Government, Shehu Bala Usman, has donated relief material to the victims of attacks in Yelwa Zangam in the LGA.
The community was recently attacked leaving about 37 people dead.
The gesture, according to the chairman, was part of his administration’s social responsibility to alleviate the plight of victims of the recent attacks on the community.
The chairman, who was represented by the Supervisory Councillor for Social Services, Peter Kaze, said he was deeply disturbed by the incident, adding that his administration would do everything possible to prevent a reoccurrence of such act.
Receiving the items on behalf of his community, the community leader of Yelwa Zangam, Ajida Isa, thanked the chairman for identifying with them in their moment of grief and pledged to distribute the items judiciously.