Mrs Soludo Gives Succour To Sickle Cell Orphanage And Underprivileged Home Agulu To Mark World Sickle Cell Day
As Anambra State joins the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Sickle Cell Day, wife of the governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, spent time with children at the Sickle Cell Orphanage and Underprivileged Home, Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area.
Mrs Soludo, who explained that the visit was to show her support to the children, explained that beyond the annual occasion, people with SCD deserve to always be cared for and celebrated.
The governor’s wife represented by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, led the Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo’s team to the home, pointing out that the state government is keen on opening up special opportunities for people with special needs to achieve their dreams without impediments.
She explained that the visit was to motivate the children to be focused and pursue their dreams without seeing their health status as any form of obstacle, and to also use their current situation as a motivation to lead awareness on the importance of genotype education.
She re-assured that the current administration will continue to support the home and others, urging them to also take care of their health and pay special attention to what they eat.
Responding, the Director of the home, Mrs Aisha Edwards Maduagwu, who is also the National Coordinator of Association of Persons Living with Sickle Cell Disorder, APLSCD, expressed their eagerness to utilize every opportunity and assistance from well-meaning citizens and benefactors for the growth and empowerment of vulnerable sickle cell children, as well as work towards total eradication of sickle cell disease from the State.
Mrs Maduagwu informed that seventy-one persons with the disease have become free beneficiaries of Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme through the intervention of Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
She further disclosed that the home is also currently receiving monthly subventions from the state government, and thanked Governor Soludo and his wife for prioritizing the welfare of people with special needs in the state, appealing to everyone to keep trusting and believing in their potential.
During the visit, Mrs Soludo donated food items and cash to the home, where she had visited in similar measures just three months ago.
Recall that just a few days ago, the Anambra governor’s wife enrolled, for free, one thousand persons with special needs into the Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme to cover their medicals for one year.
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