The 19th of December 2015 will forever be rembered as an epochal moment
for residents of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in New
Kuchingoro, a suburb in Abuja. The Atimoh Odili Foundation (AOF), as
part of its philanthropic gestures donated gift items and relief
materials to the residents of this camp made up of mostly women and
children ravaged by the scourge of war in the North East.
The Founder of AOF, Dr. Atimoh Odili, is a man who understands the
hardship faced by all under privileged people and for many years has
devoted his resources to fighting the war against poverty. For those at
the camp, numbering about 936, including women and children, it was
quite a moving experience when they witnessed the arrival of loads of
relief materials comprising of mattresses, blankets, bags of rice, milk,
tomatoes and salt, all worth over N20 million.
Tagged #TouchingLivesAtKuchingoro, its aim, among others, is to offer
urgent relief to Camp residents and in the future explore opportunities
for meaningful re-integration into the larger society.
“We generally take up projects that have the ability of directly
improving people's standard of living. Our mission is to eradicate
poverty in Nigeria. For the IDPS, once we are able to address the
fundamental problem of hunger, we can help them grow and become
reintegrated into the society,” said Miss Chioma Nwigwe, Managing
Director AOF.
written by Dr. Edwin Ndukwe
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