The MTN Foundation has donated food and household items under its Orphanage Support Initiative to Olive Blooms Orphanage Home in Lagos.
Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, handed over the goods on Friday in Lagos to the Founder of Olive Blooms Orphanage Home, Mrs. Ngozi Ken Ugochukwu.
The minister commended the MTN Foundation for upholding its tradition of providing support to the less-privileged residents of orphanages and hospices spread across the country by donating household items to them.
Adeosun described the event as a worthy cause by the MTN Foundation that will go a long way in providing succour to the vulnerable and less-privileged children in the orphanages.
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She also commended the Founder of Olive Blooms Orphanage Home for her genuine passion for the less-privileged children.
The Executive Secretary of MTN Foundation, Ms. Nonny Ugboma, explained that the Orphanage Support Initiative was established as part of the organisation’s expression of love to orphaned and vulnerable children.
She added that food and household items would be delivered to orphanages across the country under the MTN Foundation Orphanage Support Initiative.
Among the items handed over to the orphanage home were bags of rice and beans, and cartons of groundnut oil, detergents, soaps, sugar, spaghetti, beverages and milk.