NGO conducts free medical tests, donates food items to pregnant women in FCT Community
By Matthew Denis
A popular humanitarian and apolitical Non Governmental Organization (NGO), called Zaks Foundation for Humanity (ZFH) has carried out free medical tests and antenatal care to pregnant women numbering about 86 in Kwali Local Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Wednesday.
The Foundation also donated food items worth millions of Naira to the beneficiaries as part of its routine antenatal care for pregnant women under its programme, called Community Health for Adolescents and Reproductive Mothers (CHARM).
Speaking to journalists at the scene, the Chairman of Zaks Foundation for Humanity (ZFH), Zakari Aliyu said, “this is part of our several programmes in tackling malnutrition and addressing health challenges encountered by pregnant women in the society.
“We are into poverty eradication, fighting health, agriculture and environmental challenges to assist communities in providing remedies all these challenges in their domain.
”Today’s event is part of the Nutritional Assistance Programme (NAP) which we have captured about 8,000 households, 48,000 individuals in the North-Central zone,” he said.
According to him, in terms of creating
Awareness on Malaria Prevention and Control (CAMP-C), 6,000 Households have been reached and 48,000 Individuals benefitted from distribution of anti-malaria drugs and mosquito nets.
The Chairman tasked on all tiers of government to play a vital roles in assisting the people as poverty is becoming a major pandemic among the people at the grassroots, causing insecurity challenges in the Country.
He emphasised that the foundation has database for most of the communities in their area of coverage and have been partnering philanthropists, NGOs that have similar goals to assist the people by ensuring smooth distribution of resources to them.
“In the past, we have partnered with some agencies of the Federal Government and we are into negotiation with some State Governments because they are seeing our footprints in their States with a sincere manner. So, we are partnering with them on this livelihood and emergency feeding (palliatives) in a more professional way.”
Mr. Aliyu stressed that to be able to feed a household in Nigeria will require a minimum of N48,000 as the United Nations statistics, but noted “we can’t tell you that it will remain like that because of the inflation in the market.”
