A group, the Social Welfare Integrated Programme Initiative, has unveiled its initiative to assist orphanages, elderly care homes, children with special needs, and the mentally challenged in the areas of infrastructure, nutritional and educational needs.
“We have taken steps to meet these needs by paying visits to 64 orphanages and care homes in Lagos with an emphasis on orphanages, elderly care homes, children with special needs, and mentally challenged to identify needs and proffer adequate solutions to them. Some of the gaps noticed mostly were in infrastructure, medical, education, nutrition, and training needs.
“Children have grown to the point that we need to make things the way they should be and the government cannot do everything all alone. To this end, we have delivered a training curriculum, using world-class facilitators and the feedback has been improved knowledge and delivery of care by the caregivers in the homes.”