Author: miji
SOSGFA’S Visits to Ibara Prison
SOSGFA’s Visits to Children’s Homes
SIA…Water Relief for Rural Women
SIA Water for Rural Women, an ongoing programme aimed at providing potable water for rural women in Ogun State through modern boreholes with the attendant facilities. More than 10 boreholes have been constructed and four commissioned so far.
Follow-up Measles Campaign 2016
This campaign aims at encouraging mothers and caregivers to vaccinate their wards free of charge against measles in anyOgun State health facility or mobile centre, in order to reduce the mortality rate among children in the state. While flagging-off of the 2016 edition, Mrs.Olufunso Amosun said measles is a highly contagious viral illness and one of the six childhood killer diseases,whose mortality was high among malnourished children especially in children less than five years of age living in overcrowded condition. With the high attendance of mothers and babies at the flag-off event, Mrs. Amosun seized the opportunity to administer the polio vaccine to all the non-vaccinated babies in attendance too and encouraged the women to take full advantage of this free exercise for the benefit of their growing children by spreading the news of the programme to those in their neighborhood and local communities.
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for IDPs
Concerned by the plight of the Internally Displaced People(IDP) In different camps in Nigeria, the wife of the former Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun and three other women climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in December 2015 to raise funds towards improving the living conditions of those in camps. Mrs. Amosun who climbed on behalf of the Wife of the President of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Mrs.Aisha Buhari expressed concerns over the way mothers,children and relatives were flung apart ,in various IDP camps around our nation. Several has been ripped out of their homes,torn apart from their loved ones and found themselves living in makeshift overcrowded camps for no fault of their own. Children had been yanked out of schools by bombs, depriving them of formal education;they are traumatized from the ghastly killings they had witnessed and would benefit from love,care and psychological support to stabilize them and keep their hopes alive. Inspired to take positive action, Mrs. Amosun and the other climbers decided that contrary to the lavish fund-raising dinners that normally entails, they would subject themselves to climbing the famous Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for those in the IDP camps in an Initiative tagged #climbwithremi. The idea was to whip up empathy from fellow Nigerians, by making the sacrifice of climbing the highest mountain in Africa under treacherous conditions, simulating the sufferings of those in the camps in the hopes of motivating people to donate towards alleviating the sufferings of those in the camps. In her own words,”I am troubled by the number of displaced women,children and families in the IDP camps across our nation, and thought I am comforted by the fact that our President, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, is resolute to conquer the Insurgence in our nation, I still feel the that any additional support by the citizenry towards this mission would not be out of place.”
FREE BREAST LUMP EXCISION SURGERY
During the annual cancer screening exercise in Ogun State by Mrs. Amosun,the former State Governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun promised gto sponmsor free breast lump removal for all cases found. In fulfillment of this, ALL breast lumps patients found during the 2015 October screening exercise offered free surgical removal and the lumps extracted were sent off to establish if or not they were cancerous for further intervention.
Distribution of Frisomum Milk
In September 2015, the Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari allotted several cartons of Frisonum Gold Milk to wives of governors of various states for onward distribution to breast-feeding mothers and pregnant women across the federation. Frisonum is a nourishing food supplement which provides required nutrients to expectant and nursing mother to assist them during the nursing period. During the distribution, it was emphasized that Frisonum is not a baby formula and that exclusive breast-feeding where possible, is still favored and most beneficial choice for mother and child.
1st Ogun State Women Conference
1st Ogun State Women Conference 2014: Mrs. Amosun in collaboration with the Spouses of Ogun State Government Functionaries Association (SOSGFA) organized the 1st Ogun State National Women Conference in 2014 aimed at improving the lots of the womenfolk and ultimately empowering them to contribute to national development. The two-day event in attendance eminent personalities including wives of state governors and others who highlighted the successes of women emancipation and empowerment agenda and drew attention to the gaps yet to be filled in these regards.
Solidarity Walk for Chibok Girls
The abduction of 300 schoolgirls by a group of militants at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State has remained a global issue. To highlight her concerns for the abducted Chibok Girls, Mrs. Amosun organized a prayer session and solidarity walk for the girls. After one year of hoping and praying for the safe return of the girls, another ‘Solidarity Walk for the Chibok Girls’ led by Mrs. Amosun was embarked upon on the 15th of April, 2015 in the Abeokuta metropolis.