Corps member donates wheel chair, crutches to physically challenged in Oyo

…Refurbishes Delivery room, wins State Award

 

A Corps member, Dr. Kingsley Chizia Ugwe with State code No: OY/23A/1108 and call-up no: NYSC/UPP/025410, deployed to Oyo State for the mandatory National service in the 2023 Batch ‘A’ has distinguished himself by refurbishing and equipping delivery room at the General Hospital, Igbeti and also donated wheelchairs and crutches to win the State Award.

 Dr. Chizia upon completion of his orientation course, was posted to the General hospital Igbeti, a rural settlement in Olorunsogo Local Government Area of Oyo State for his primary assignment. After settling down, he carefully and passionately identified the felt need of his place of Primary Assignment which had hindered the smooth running of few operations at the hospital. 

Speaking on his motivation to make these contributions to his host community, Dr. Chizia said  delivery room is significant to the hospital, community and individuals because it is the location where children are brought into this world. He said that he noticed the delivery room in the General Hospital, Igbeti was in a deplorable state and with faulty equipment and the solution was to renovate it,  acquire new equipment and repair the existing ones.

He equally mentioned that the significance of the project is to ease the process of taking deliveries by the midwives with availability of equipment, increase the chances of both mother and child making it through delivery alive and increase the number of deliveries that can be taken at the same time to two(2) in the facility.

In the Corps member’s quest to improve the lives of those living with disabilities, he also donated 3 wheelchairs and 3 crutches to some persons who could not afford them.

Also, in order to make his impact felt among the younger generation in the community Dr. Ugwe embarked on Health, Academic talk and quiz competition for four (4) selected secondary schools in Igbeti. He distributed 400 copies of customized notebooks and pens to students of the selected schools and sponsored four (4) indigent students for WAEC registration with a sum of forty thousand naira (#40,000) each.

Included also in the record of wins were three Corps members who received commendation letters based on the personal projects they executed.They are :Kelani Taofeekat with the State Code OY/23A/2165 who built a modernized toilet for Idi-Araba Community High School, his place of Primary Assignment in Ogo Oluwa Local Government to reduce open defecation and its consequences.

Corps member Bamigboye Damilola OY/23A/0788 equally embarked on advocacy and awareness Campaign for pregnant women attending antenatal which focused on benefits of healthy and balanced nutrition, hazards attached to  delivery by the traditional birth attendants and the importance of family planning.

Lastly, Corps member Andrew Blessing OY/ 23A/0880 who also embarked on Skills Acquisition/advocacy and business management in five secondary schools in Iseyin namely; Islamic Boys’ High School, Aseyin Grammar School, Baptist Grammar School Koso, Iseyin District Grammar School and Ajayi Crowther Victory College. In these schools, students were encouraged to learn bead making, pastries and cosmetology.