By CHARLES IWUOHA

Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ebonyi State Council, on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, visited a Motherless Babies Home, Holy Innocent Motherless Babies Home, in Abakaliki, the state capital.

The Council, led its Chairman, Comrade Samson Nwafor, also visited the Old People’s Home, also located in Abakaliki metropolis.

The visit of the union to the homes was part of activities lined to mark this year’s Press Week.

Items donated to the homes during the visit included foods, tubers of yam, toiletries, diapers, detergent and beverage among others.

At the Holy Innocent Motherless Babies Home, Comrade Samson Nwafor said the visit by the Council was to demonstrate member’s love for the children love and give them hope.

He prayed God to continue to protect the children and grant them good health to attain what God has destined for them to be in future.

“There are lots of activities that we use to mark our Press Week. We have done a lot of them and today was dedicated for visits to a Motherless Babies Home and Old People’s Home.

“We use this period to celebrate with everybody, including the rich and the poor in the society. Here, we said we should come and celebrate with them.

“Our Council wishes them well, we don’t have much but this is our widow’s mite and we pray that the children who will make use of the items we brought will have good health, grow and become whatever God has destined them to be in life. For them, this is why we are here to do the little we can,” Nwafoe said.

While receiving her guests, Rev. Sister Fides Nwachukwu, one of the caretakers of the children, commended the Council for the visit and urged other well-to-do individuals and organizations to emulate NUJ.

“Your visit is a very good one, it is a nice one and I pray that God will continue to bless you and your families to continue to remember the less privileged in our society.

“The children can’t talk, but in spirit, they are very happy and as they are smiling, so also your family will continue to smile,” she said.

Nwachukwu noted that the Holy Innocent Motherless Babies Home was established in April this year and that it currently has 10 tender babies in its care, the oldest being eight months old.