{"id":59208,"date":"2017-08-23T05:10:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59208"},"modified":"2017-08-23T05:10:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:10:01","slug":"sanomi-foundation-helps-paralyzed-chibok-boy-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sanomi-foundation-helps-paralyzed-chibok-boy-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanomi Foundation Helps Paralyzed Chibok Boy To Walk Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3398\">A six year-old boy from Chibok, in Borno State, who was paralyzed \u00a0by Boko Haram three years ago, has the chance to be on his feet again.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2925\" class=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333signature\">\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2946\">Thanks to \u00a0Dickens Sanomi Foundation, which \u00a0has offered to pay the medical bill of \u00a0the boy, identified as Ali Ahmadu.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2947\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3034\">Boko Haram militants had run over the boy during an invasion of the town where 275 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the terrorists the same year.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2948\">The medical bill for the spinal cord surgery to enable young Ali to walk again, is $48,000 (N14,640,000.00). Surgery will take place at a medical facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2949\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3035\">\u201cAli needs corrective surgery to enable him walk again after he was over ran with a motor cycle in Chibok by Boko Haram members during a night raid,\u201d said Nuhu Kwajafa, the coordinator of Global Initiative For Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC), an NGO spearheading the campaign for the medical aid of the young victim.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2950\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3399\">Mr. Kwajafa said the total requirement needed for the complete treatment of Ali was put at $60,000.00 (N18,300,00.00), including feeding, accommodation for three months. Mr Kwajafa expressed his thanks and appreciation to the National Assembly and all well meaning Nigerians for their support and contribution, thus far.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2951\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3042\">Members of the GIPLC were at the Dickens Sanomi Foundation office in Abuja as part of the initiative to ensure that young Ali walks again.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2952\">They were received by Chairman of the Foundation Igho Sanomi and Trustee members.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2953\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3400\">Chairman of the Foundation, Igho Sanomi, who is also the chairman of the energy company Taleveras \u00a0said, \u201cas a father, it is very touching to see a young boy like this suffer. It is sad what some of our kids have to go through. This is an opportunity for us to show our love to those who need it.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2954\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3046\">\u201cAlthough, education remains the key focus of the Foundation, kids have to be healthy before they can attend school. On behalf of the board of trustees of Dickens Sanomi Foundation, we will take care of Ali, this will include paying the Hospital bill and we will visit him in the Hospital after the surgery.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2955\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3043\">The Dickens Sanomi Foundation (DSF) was founded in 2011 by the children of Dickens Oghenereumu Patrick Sanomi.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2956\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3045\">It serves both to commemorate the life of the family\u2019s patriarch and to provide charitable support for that particular objective upon which he placed such great value, the education of Nigeria\u2019s youth.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2957\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3044\">The resources of the Dickens Sanomi Foundation are used to deliver and support charitable projects whose aims and activities are in accord with this objective.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_2958\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_3801225562583581980yiv4808048333yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503410449216_3047\">Examples of these include essay competitions, musical outreach programs and literacy awareness campaigns. 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