To mark her birthday for 2014, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, visited the Heritage Homes Orphanage in Lagos.
While stressing that the day was not one for speeches, Braide implored Nigerians to give to the less privileged.
According to her, her birthday was actually on March 25, but she thought it fitting and nice to celebrate it with the kids who had touched her heart.
Her words: “My birthday was on March 25 but instead of celebrating it as I did last year, I decided that I would spend it with these children because I have really been touched by them.
“I have donated some of the things I know that they will need.
“Today is not about speeches but celebration.
“It’s good for us to always remember them (orphans) and I hope we can make impacts in their lives in any way we can.”
Braide donated cartons of noodles, toiletries, drinks, bags of rice and other items to the orphans, who came out in droves to welcome and celebrate with her.
The Administrative Officer of the orphanage, Kola Akinola, urged members of the public to emulate Braide’s gesture, adding that the importance of giving could never be over emphasised.
Akinola said that the orphanage was a transit home as its aim was to rescue abandoned orphans and connect them with foster parents within the shortest possible time.
He revealed that most of the children in the orphanage were between the ages of 0 and 4 and the orphanage could still use more generous donations.
Akinola said: “This orphanage is a model transit home.
“The vision of this place is not to keep a child until the age of marriage.
“The aim here is to save the lives of babies that have been orphaned or abandoned.
“Some of the babies come with certain medical conditions so we begin to rehabilitate.
“As soon as this is done, we try as quickly as possible to get a parent for the child but if the child is over five and has not found a parent, the child is then taken to the Lekki branch of the orphanage because the directive is that children that are four years apart should not share the same room.
“We don’t make money from this orphanage but through the help of some good members of the society, we have been able to keep the dream alive.”
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