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Orphan empowerment and Christmas festivities
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By Kingsley Alumona
AS we mark Christmas today and the New Year draws closer, orphanage homes are usually devoid of Christmas aura, and the hope of celebrating these festivities like other children are bleak. However, while most people do not care about institutionalised orphans and their caregivers, The Orphan Empowerment Society, TOES, an Afrocentric non-governmental organisation, cares and believes in orphans’ happiness and survival.
On December 19, 2020, I was invited by my friend Olugbenga Ogunbowale, the CEO of Epower NG and founder of TOES, to their annual event for orphans simultaneously held in Oyo and Lagos states, and also in Sierra Leone, Botswana and Zambia. The theme of the event was ‘TOES Fashion Academy: Graduation edition’.
As Christmas and New Year drew closer, orphanage homes are usually devoid of Christmas aura, and the hope of celebrating these festivities like other children are bleak. However, while most people do not care about institutionalised orphans and their caregivers, The Orphan Empowerment Society (TOES), an Afrocentric non-governmental organisation, cares and believes in orphans’ happiness and survival.
On December 19, 2020, I was invited by my friend Olugbenga Ogunbowale, the CEO of Empower NG and founder of TOES, to their annual event for orphans simultaneously held in Oyo and Lagos States, and also in Sierra Leone, Botswana and Zambia. The theme of the event was ‘TOES Fashion Academy: Graduation edition’.
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