March 2008 News...

Dear Friends,United for Kids Foundation held its monthly visit to the pediatric wards of the Ikeja General Hospital and Ayinke house on Saturday March 15th 2008 thanks to the following people who took time out of their busy schedules to make it happen: Ibrabeem, Amani, Khadijah, Tope F, Lanre F, Funke A, Anuoluwapo S, Ugoma, Omakolo,Seun F, Adesuwa and her adorable twins, Mr Olukoya, Aminat, Mama Ariyo and Folasade. In addition to donating their time, Funke, Lanre, Adesuwa, Mr Olukoya and Ugoma also gave cash donations during the visit. We thank you all for your support and pray that
God rewards you abundantly. As usual, we distributed groceries and supplies to the children on admission at Ayinke houseand the main hospital wards, we also selected three patients (Ajuwon Ayodele, Amara Ukelonu and Olanrewaju Ayomide), all less than 1 year old and diagnosed with meningitis for sponsorshipunder the UKF Prescription Assistance Program (PAP), the costs of their prescriptions have been covered by UKF.The visit to the Ikeja GH provided a good opportunity for members present to thank Ugoma of Zebra Living for her generosity (the proceeds from the
December 2007 Zebra Ball was donated to UKF). We also got an update on the fund raising efforts by Mama Ariyo for the second/final surgery needed by Ariyo in the UK (they are awaiting final approval from the Lagos and Ogun State Governments in order to receive the donations promised). Other News:After the visit, a couple of members went to Wesley and Wright primary school in Somolu to assess the extent of work needed in the school and to meet with two contractors being considered for the fencing work. The extent of work needed is enormous, but we have decided to tackle them in manageable phases. We hope to select a final contractor for the fencing work and begin work by April 1st. UKf continues to support the Children’s transit home (CTH), we have provided the monthlysupply of charcoal and will be paying the common entrance fees and extra coaching sessions
for the kids taking the exams in that home this year. If you are not on our mailing list, please send a blank mail to firstorphanage- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com to get on board. Thank you very much and God bless!