By Foday Moriba Conteh
As part of their support to vulnerable children in the country, We Yone Child Foundation in collaboration with ‘Giving Tuesday Sierra Leone Chapter’ with support from the Wegdam Foundation in the Netherlands has on Tuesday 16th June, 2020 donated used clothes worth millions of Leones to Vulnerable Children within the Dwarzark Community in Freetown.
In his address, Education Outreach & Child Protection Officer, We Yone Child Foundation, Amara Shengbe stated that the Day of the African Child is celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to honor those who were brutally suppressed during the Soweto Uprising in 1976.
He said, over the past years, children have been celebrating the day in a grand style but said due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country children were not opportune to celebrate it this year, adding that since We Yone Child Foundation is an organization that has been working for the development and welfare of children in the country its members thought it fit to execute the aforementioned donation to vulnerable children within the Dwarzark Community.
He stated further how the donation is a clear manifestation that they care for children even at a crucial moment like this when the coronavirus is ravaging the country and people are in dire need underscoring that is why they deemed it prudent to donate thee used clothing to the vulnerable children.
He added that at a time like this when the coronavirus is ravaging the country the welfare of children should be considered as very important stating that in that regard they also used the opportunity to educate the children on hand washing and the use of face masks.
She expressed gratitude to Wegdan Foundation in the Netherlands for their continuous support towards the organization in order to implement their activities which have contributed tremendously towards the development of less privileged children across the country.
A member of Giving Tuesday- Sierra Leone Chapter, Ibrahim Lansana, disclosed that in order to unleash the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world, on the 5th May, 2020 they launched its Sierra Leone Chapter, adding that ‘Giving Tuesday’ is a Global Generosity Movement that believes in the power of people and organizations.
He said that Generosity is part of their work and that is why they collaborated with We Yone Child Foundation to undertake the aforementioned donation to vulnerable children.
He said every act of generosity counts and everyone has something to give, further encouraging everyone to identify his or her gifts, pick a cause that gets he or she fired up, and give back not just occasionally but every day as a way to show generosity to people in need.
