The incredible people at
Global Initiative for Peace Love and Care (GIPLC) an NGO based in Abuja with a
strong bias for orphans and vulnerable children are doing a great job and I
wanted to shared something phenomenal they did recently - the case of Okikijesu
Olawuyi.
Okiki was born in May 11
2010 without more than half of her skull. A rare medical condition called
Congenital Cranial Deficiency.
All of the hospitals visited
by their organisation home and abroad could not offer a cure or lacked the
facilities and man power except for the John Hopkins hospital in Maryland,
Baltimore USA where the director of Paediatrics Dr Ben Carson is the first
doctor to handle an issue like this ever, only then it was on a conjoined twins
joined at their heads (the Binder twins).
When GIPLC became involved
in Okiki's case and after due consultations, inquiries and findings as to how
much it will cost to have Okiki treated, they were able to raise within the
space of 72 hours the sum of $234,000 (two hundred and thirty four thousand
USD) or N37,000,000 (thirty seven million naira)and deposited the complete sum
to the John Hopkins Medical which was their required deposit to commence the
series of surgery on Okiki. She will now leave Nigeria in the company of her
parents for the USA by April 2013.
Okiki is not the first child
GIPLC has sponsored overseas for Medical attention. They have for a period of
six years raised over N120,000,000 (one hundred and twenty million naira) for
children with debilitating medical condition. (See it here - www.giplc.org)
Okiki's is special because
no NGO in the history of Nigeria has accomplished this feat, to raise the sum
of N37,000,000 for a single individual!
GIPLC World Press Conference
comes up at Transcop Hilton in Abuja on the 26th of March 2013.
God will bless and enlarge their coast in Jesus name. This pure religion according to Apostle Paul, helping those in need. Pls ask them how we can join to help in their quest to help d needy. Mc Miracle.
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