National Assembly: Over FCFA 11 Million For Mora Refugee Orphans

The spouse of the Speaker of the National Assembly chaired the fundraising event at the Banquet Hall of the House on January 14, 2017.

In the coming days, distressed children and orphans lodged in the refugee camp in Mora, Mayo Sava Division of the Far North Region will receive assistance from a humanitarian philanthropist association “Land of Hope.” These are children of Nigerian refugees and the local population displaced by the war against the terrorist group Boko Haram in the area. “Land of Hope”, organized a charity gala for victims and orphans of the war against Boko Haram at the Banquet hall of the National Assembly on January 14, 2017.

Sources at the association indicated that over FCFA 9,457,500 was raised on the spot and FCFA 1,750, 000 as pledges. The sources said one medical officer has promised free dental care and a computer training school has also promised to enroll some the children. The fundraising event placed under the patronage of the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril was chaired by his spouse, Fadimatou Cavaye who is the matron of the association.

The President of the seven-member association, Pacifique Derreck Rukundo  said their focus was on the distressed children ...