Humanitarian

NGO wants government collaboration to eradicate leprosy

Funmi Lawrence

 

 

In a bid to give back to the society, Hope Door Global Initiative, a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has called for collaboration from the government and other well-meaning Nigerians to eradicate leprosy in the country.

Mrs Iby Ikotidem, Founder of the organisation made the call in Abuja on Thursday at a Charity Dinner to celebrate the identified lepers.

Ikotidem said it was the responsibility of every Nigerian to cater for the needy thereby helping them to break away from the shame and stigma attributed to them in the society.

 

“Our major initiative is the leprosy project. We try to bring awareness concerning leprosy as many people don’t know this and also to erase the myth concerning leprosy.

“We try to share the plight of the abandoned people with leprosy. We are here today to give them a spotlight to let them know that having leprosy is not the end of their lives.

‘ We advocate concerning different issues for them. I have taken the campaign to cater for leprosy in Akwa Ibom and Borno state. We work on their deformity by trying to make sure they have specially made shoes.

” We have also renovated a building that houses 40 of the leprosy people to make life confortable for them. Our main aim is to be able to make sure people suffering from leprosy comes out of it.

“We are trying to find a way to collaborate with government and individuals to pull the children out of stigma and give them a new life.

Ikotidem also said that the initiative had also put back about 35 children in school as well as providing them with educational materials to give them a facelift.

She, therefore, said that the foundation would in 2020 initiate a farming project aimed at helping the lepers to be self-sustained.

She also called on the government to come in by providing medications and as well medical facilities for the benefit of this group of people.

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