Post a comment
They say love is the true meaning of Christmas, and It’s not ow much we give but how much love we put into giving that makes everything beautiful. It’s against this backdrop of love, compassion and a blissful Christmas spirits that one of the biggest.
telecommunications companies in Sierra Leone, Orange-SL through its Orange Foundation project, and in partnership with its implementing partners ICAP, has on Wednesday 21st December 2022, donated Christmas gifts to pregnant women at the Kroo- Bay Community hospital.
The Christmas gifts contained a ‘baby pack’ with items like baby napkins, baby diapers, baby clothes, blankets, and baby cots. The Director of Orange Foundation, Madam Jestina Betts, presented the gifts to the pregnant women at Kroo-Bay Community hospital. She congratulated the mothers for a successful delivery. She went on to say that the project which started exactly one year ago, falls under the top three categories of Culture, health and Education
She added that their objective is to safeguard maternal mortality, as Sierra Leone is among the top three countries with the highest maternal mortality rate. She concluded that this move is also geared towards encouraging and sensitizing pregnant women to visit the hospital during pregnancy-as pregnant women in Sierra Leone tend to use the most cheaper method of giving birth. she encouraged them to make use of the different facilities that Orange-SL and Orange Foundation have provided all across the country and have a safe delivery.
The Head of Coding at Orange-SL Madam Priscilla Okechuwku, in her statement, encouraged women to always go through the anti-natal process in order for them to have a safe delivery.
She emphasized that Christmas is a period of giving and putting smiles on the faces of people and they want these pregnant women to be happy during this period. She asserted that with these gifts,
Orange-SL and Orange Foundation have provided all across the country and have a safe delivery.
The Head of Coding at Orange-SL Madam Priscilla Okechuwku, in her statement encouraged women to always go through the anti-natal process in order for them to have a safe delivery.
She emphasized that Christmas is a period of giving and putting smiles on the faces of people and they want these pregnant women to be happy during this period.
She asserted that with these gifts, the mother now has all the important items needed to take care of her baby.
Speaking on behalf of the pregnant women, Aminata Kamara, acknowledged and thanked Orange Foundation for such a wonderful gesture. She added that the gifts will take care of them and their babies, as it will safeguard them. The event climaxed with the other recipients of the gifts in joyous mood as they celebrated with Orange Foundation for such a wonderful humanitarian gesture.
