The David Folaranmi Foundation Provides Free Food And Medical Outreach To Enugu Community
By providing food and a free medical outreach, the David Folaranmi Foundation (DFF), a non-governmental organization (NGO), gave the residents of the 9th Mile in Ameke-Ngwo community of the Udi Local Government Area (LGA), Enugu State a reason to smile. On the 7th of April, the community’s residents of the area came out in droves to receive the free health checks and food items that were being provided by the foundation. They couldn’t help but express their excitement as they lined up and waited to be attended to. Many of the residents affirmed that the medical outreach was the first of any of its kind within the area whether it was from an individual, an NGO or the government. The outreach, which soon became a festival with the arrival of DJ Kuti and MC Sugar, started at noon with an opening prayer from the Reverend Sister Maria Faustina of the Holy Cross.
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Mr. Sani Usman, a DFF field officer at the DFF, said that the foundation was rather passionate about uplifting the downtrodden in society. He stated that he believes that with more support from partners, a lot more less-privileged Nigerians would be able to properly benefit from the foundation’s medical and welfare packages. Afterwards, during a detailed health talk by Dr. Isabella Bellucci, she stressed the importance of a healthy living and regular health-check. She explained that some ailments were without symptoms and were not easily detected except through thorough testing. She also stressed the need for personal hygiene saying that it was a preventive mechanism to many diseases.
The founder of the foundation, Mr. David Folaranmi, said: “In support of the women’s month, we assembled an all female medical team who swung into action immediately.”
“For privacy, separate counselling and testing tents were provided to those who came for HIV testing and substance use toxicology tests. All of these people went through pre-tests and post-tests counselling routines. There was also a substance abuse enlightenment talk with educative materials on drug use distributed to all of the participants. At the medical tents, tests for malaria parasite, blood sugar level, blood pressure checks and body mass index were conducted and medication was also provided for everyone who was in need of it.”
Folaranmi said that on-the-spot referrals to medical facilities were made for cases the medical team couldn’t handle at the outreach. He said the foundation paid most of the medical bills in those cases.
“Snacks, soft drinks and water were provided for everyone in attendance. At the end, 207 persons were impacted at the outreach.”
At the event, a lawyer, Callistus Ede, thanked the foundation for its show of love to members of the community. He urged other kind-hearted Nigerians and private establishments to emulate the DFF in order for more people to be reached.
