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Caritas Nigeria, the humanitarian limb of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, said it has partnered with the Federal Government and the United States Centres for Disease Control (CDC) to supply HIV and Tuberculosis treatments, alongside counselling services to implicit 37,000 Nigerians.
The Executive Secretary of Caritas Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Peter Babangida Audu, made this known connected Thursday during a symposium marking the organisation’s 15th anniversary.
Audu revealed that this wellness inaugural was portion of a broader 15-year interaction that has seen the organisation scope implicit 18 cardinal beneficiaries done 117 humanitarian and improvement projects crossed each 36 states of the federation.
“We person been astatine the forefront of wellness strategy strengthening successful Nigeria. We person implicit the years and adjacent present partnered with the authorities of Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control of the United States and different partners successful helping to make a healthier aboriginal for countless Nigerians,” helium said.
He emphasised that the organisation’s enactment goes beyond specified statistics, highlighting a quality communicative from a distant community.
“A young parent named Grace brought her malnourished kid to a Caritas-supported facility. The kid was frail, and anticipation seemed astir lost.
“Months later, Grace returned with a radiant grin and a healthy, lively kid successful her arms. She told our team, ‘Caritas gave maine backmost my son, and gave maine backmost hope.’ Stories similar Grace’s punctual america that down each statistic is simply a face, a family, and a future,” helium said.
However, Audu sounded a enactment of caution, pointing to a shifting planetary backing scenery wherever accepted donor resources were shrinking.
He outlined a three-point sustainability program focusing connected diversifying resources by engaging the backstage sector, strengthening organization capableness for transparency, and empowering communities for self-reliance.
“True sustainability is not astir dependency. It is astir equipping radical to basal connected their feet and thrive aft our interventions person ended,” helium emphasised.
Audu expressed gratitude to partners and staff, declaring the 15-year milestone a springboard for greater impact.
“With your continued collaboration, we judge the adjacent 15 years volition beryllium marked by deeper impact, stronger partnership, and sustainable translation crossed our nation,” helium said.
The president of the Caritas Nigeria Board and Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, successful his invited code commended the organisation for fulfilling its mandate.
“Every clip the Bishops’ Conference receives the reports of the enactment they are doing, we consciousness arrogant that this bureau is fulfilling the intent for which it was founded: to transportation connected the enactment of Jesus, bringing beingness successful its fullness to each peoples, particularly the astir underserved,” helium said.
Adding his goodwill message, the General Secretary of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Micheal Banjo, praised Caritas Nigeria arsenic a “living illustration of the Latin connection caritas, which means emotion oregon charity.”
“From the beauteous plains of the northbound to the reddened woods of the south, you person taken the pb successful addressing humanitarian emergencies,” helium said.
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