We are counting our blessings during this remarkable month of May…..
My dear friends, May 2007 has been a great month for all of us at UKF, we conducted 4 visits this month: the Ikeja General Hospital children’s wards (IGH) on May 19th, the Bab Es Salaam orphanage (BES) on May 20th, the Children’s Transit Home (CTH) on May 26th and the Hearts of Gold Children’s Hospice (HOG) on May 27th. Here are the highlights of these and other events:
We will like to thank all those who made these visits happen, those who defied the bad weather and personal commitments to make the visits, folks who have been there since day 1 and keep coming back, we welcome those who came for the first time, we pray that you will continue to support us with your time, may God bless you all.
This month, we were blessed with so many individual acts of selflessness; one of our members donated a water heater to be installed in HOG’s bathroom. Another member gave us a major share of the huge cash award she won at her office for us to buy/install air conditioning systems in HOG and help renovate CTH.
The visit to BES was a bit disappointing as only one person showed up, we thank this hardworking trustee, and ask God to reward his efforts.
The turnout at IGH was much better, we had: Ibrahim A, Bukky A (Mr.), Tope Y-A, Tope S., Funke, Ngozi, Lanre F, Taiwo O, Amani, Akeem, Aminat, Ayo, Chika, Bimbo, Nini and Sheriff - Thank you very much people, God bless you. We made deliveries at both Ayinke House and main hospital children wards as usual. This visit also marked the beginning of our patients'' prescription assistance programme (UKF-PAP).
UKF-PAP involves an agreement with Juli pharmacy to provide medication to selected patients at a discount to UKF and free of charge to the patients. We chose Juli for its reputation as well as the proximity to the hospital. Now that parents pick up the medication from Juli (UKF pays), we hope to eliminate the risk of patients’ parents diverting our cash donations to meet other needs apart from the kids’ medication.
In addition to an abandoned baby required Zinacef injections, we sponsored the following children under the UKF-PAP in May 2007.Shazeem Olanrewaju - We had met this child during one of our past visits, we gathered that fluid had started gathering around the area of the thoracic surgery he had when we first met him. Prescription for him was Fortum 500mg antibiotic. Sinat Adebayo - The prescription was Zinnat & Flagyl (syrup). Muiz Adeleke – This child had cerebral malaria and meningitis, he required Cefriazone. In all cases, we bought drugs and provided money that would take care of treatment till Monday 21st when the pharmacy will be open for them to collect the remaining dosages.
At IGH, we also came across a child with a hole in the heart - Sukurat Rasaki whose surgery needs to be done in India. The GT Bank account details for help are: 2392229301590. Dr. (Mrs.) Erinosho is in-charge of patient and can be reached on: 08033524473.
After two years on being involved with Ariyo (the pediatric urology patient we met at IGH), we are happy to report that Ariyo and his mom are now in the UK for his surgery, their first appointment will be on May 29th. May God bless the trustees and others who worked tirelessly to make this happen, we pray for a successful surgery.
The turnout at HOG was fantastic despite the scheduling challenges and bad weather; many thanks to Ngozi, Adesuwa, Khadijah, Amani, Temitope S and Funke. There are more children with all manners of deformities in HOG now. Some are scheduled for surgery at St Nicholas at no cost to HOG. We toured the new building and noted that one of the bedrooms and the living room area are in need of some serious work. The tiles need replacing and they need about 10 double-decker beds, we hope to help out in this area.
I decided to leave the most overwhelming one for last, that is, the visit to the CTH. We will like to thank Mommy Adebiyi, Tony, Adesuwa, Amani, Lanre, Ngozi, Funke and family for anchoring this very important visit. It was indeed an eye opener for a lot of us, if you have not seen the pictures, please click on any of the following links: http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=158851887/a=5869777/t_=5869777 or http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/temitopef/album?.dir=7102re2&.src=ph . This home has 56 children and needs almost everything imaginable: ranging from pillows, bed sheets, playroom equipment, safe/secure doors, laundry facility, cooking fuel to computers. There is also a need for major renovation work as the floors are broken, paints are chipped and roofs are damaged. With God on our side, we will make this our major project for the rest of 2007. Please contact us by sending an email to temitopef@yahoo.com if you, your family or organization will like to partner with us at CTH because we will need all the help we can get here.
Thank you once again for your support, we are on the road again on June 16th at 9am, please make plans to join us at IGH……. UKF is the stage and our time is now, why not join us?
God bless you all!
My dear friends, May 2007 has been a great month for all of us at UKF, we conducted 4 visits this month: the Ikeja General Hospital children’s wards (IGH) on May 19th, the Bab Es Salaam orphanage (BES) on May 20th, the Children’s Transit Home (CTH) on May 26th and the Hearts of Gold Children’s Hospice (HOG) on May 27th. Here are the highlights of these and other events:
We will like to thank all those who made these visits happen, those who defied the bad weather and personal commitments to make the visits, folks who have been there since day 1 and keep coming back, we welcome those who came for the first time, we pray that you will continue to support us with your time, may God bless you all.
This month, we were blessed with so many individual acts of selflessness; one of our members donated a water heater to be installed in HOG’s bathroom. Another member gave us a major share of the huge cash award she won at her office for us to buy/install air conditioning systems in HOG and help renovate CTH.
The visit to BES was a bit disappointing as only one person showed up, we thank this hardworking trustee, and ask God to reward his efforts.
The turnout at IGH was much better, we had: Ibrahim A, Bukky A (Mr.), Tope Y-A, Tope S., Funke, Ngozi, Lanre F, Taiwo O, Amani, Akeem, Aminat, Ayo, Chika, Bimbo, Nini and Sheriff - Thank you very much people, God bless you. We made deliveries at both Ayinke House and main hospital children wards as usual. This visit also marked the beginning of our patients'' prescription assistance programme (UKF-PAP).
UKF-PAP involves an agreement with Juli pharmacy to provide medication to selected patients at a discount to UKF and free of charge to the patients. We chose Juli for its reputation as well as the proximity to the hospital. Now that parents pick up the medication from Juli (UKF pays), we hope to eliminate the risk of patients’ parents diverting our cash donations to meet other needs apart from the kids’ medication.
In addition to an abandoned baby required Zinacef injections, we sponsored the following children under the UKF-PAP in May 2007.Shazeem Olanrewaju - We had met this child during one of our past visits, we gathered that fluid had started gathering around the area of the thoracic surgery he had when we first met him. Prescription for him was Fortum 500mg antibiotic. Sinat Adebayo - The prescription was Zinnat & Flagyl (syrup). Muiz Adeleke – This child had cerebral malaria and meningitis, he required Cefriazone. In all cases, we bought drugs and provided money that would take care of treatment till Monday 21st when the pharmacy will be open for them to collect the remaining dosages.
At IGH, we also came across a child with a hole in the heart - Sukurat Rasaki whose surgery needs to be done in India. The GT Bank account details for help are: 2392229301590. Dr. (Mrs.) Erinosho is in-charge of patient and can be reached on: 08033524473.
After two years on being involved with Ariyo (the pediatric urology patient we met at IGH), we are happy to report that Ariyo and his mom are now in the UK for his surgery, their first appointment will be on May 29th. May God bless the trustees and others who worked tirelessly to make this happen, we pray for a successful surgery.
The turnout at HOG was fantastic despite the scheduling challenges and bad weather; many thanks to Ngozi, Adesuwa, Khadijah, Amani, Temitope S and Funke. There are more children with all manners of deformities in HOG now. Some are scheduled for surgery at St Nicholas at no cost to HOG. We toured the new building and noted that one of the bedrooms and the living room area are in need of some serious work. The tiles need replacing and they need about 10 double-decker beds, we hope to help out in this area.
I decided to leave the most overwhelming one for last, that is, the visit to the CTH. We will like to thank Mommy Adebiyi, Tony, Adesuwa, Amani, Lanre, Ngozi, Funke and family for anchoring this very important visit. It was indeed an eye opener for a lot of us, if you have not seen the pictures, please click on any of the following links: http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=158851887/a=5869777/t_=5869777 or http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/temitopef/album?.dir=7102re2&.src=ph . This home has 56 children and needs almost everything imaginable: ranging from pillows, bed sheets, playroom equipment, safe/secure doors, laundry facility, cooking fuel to computers. There is also a need for major renovation work as the floors are broken, paints are chipped and roofs are damaged. With God on our side, we will make this our major project for the rest of 2007. Please contact us by sending an email to temitopef@yahoo.com if you, your family or organization will like to partner with us at CTH because we will need all the help we can get here.
Thank you once again for your support, we are on the road again on June 16th at 9am, please make plans to join us at IGH……. UKF is the stage and our time is now, why not join us?
God bless you all!
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The blessed hearts at the hospice posing with Mrs. Adedoyin (proprietor) and UKF's trustees.
UKF and HOG - A blessed partnership. Thanks to KPMG, we were able to 'cool' the air at HOG with these new split unit Air conditioning systems.
