Some members of the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) yesterday in Calabar donated food items and toiletries to Infant Jesus Orphanage.
The corps members belong to the Community Development Service (CDS) Group on Charity and Welfare.
They donated three bags of rice, three cartons of tinned tomatoes, six packets of Maggi, salt and groundnut oil to the home.
President of the group, Mr Desmond Ikenna, said that it was important to care for the needy in the society, adding that the children were future leaders of tomorrow.
Another member of the group, Ms. Philomena Etuk, advised the children not to be discouraged by the circumstances of the time, but to always have positive outlook to life.
Ms. Blessing Bisong, an official of the NYSC, who accompanied the corps members, thanked the children for welcoming them.
Bisong advised the children not to see themselves as being forgotten or abandoned, but to always look unto God for better tomorrow.
According to her, the NYSC would always remember the less privileged in its activities.
In her speech, Ms. Patience Okon, head of the orphanage, thanked the corps members for their goodwill and initiative.
The donation was part of the activities marking the passing out parade of 2013/2014 ‘Batch A’ corps members in the state.
