Hey guys! I'm back again with the Irede Foundation for their new project which will be coming up in a few days. Do you remember their previous project tagged "Project 1000"? You can read all about it here
This year the Irede Foundation's annual awareness walk tagged "Out on a Limb" will be coming up on the 8th of April, the theme for this year's walk is SAY NO TO INEQUALITY in line with the United Nations Sustainanble Goal 10. We are using our voice to say that children living with disability should not be stigmatised, discriminated or treated unfairly.
See Official Document by The Irede Foundation below:
"1000 Lead Advocates| 30 Limbs | 30 Locations as THE IREDE FOUNDATION goes ‘Out-on-a-Limb’ for Child Amputees.
…Identifying
Ability in Disability
A
group of Nigerians concerned about the plight of children with acquired or
congenital limb loss has inaugurated a Non-Governmental Organization called The
IREDE Foundation to give succor and relieve to the children and their parents
by providing them with artificial limbs to enable them to live well and move
freely.
As
part of activities to create awareness for children living with this condition
the foundation has an annual walk tagged ‘Out on a Limb’, this year’s walk is
focused on putting an end to Inequality, Discrimination and Stigmatization
towards children living with congenital limb defect and limb loss. The 2km walk
will take place in Lagos and 28 other location spread across Nigeria and
outside Nigeria. Members of the public are enjoined to participate by joining
us at any of the below listed addresses within Lagos.
Lagos
Location 1: YMCA Building, 77, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi beside Mobil Filling
Station.
Lagos
Location 2: Ikorodu local government building, Tos Benson Road, Ikorodu
Time:
7 am
Out on
a Limb walk will take place simultaneously in 30 Locations within and outside
Nigeria. We will be creating awareness in Nigeria in the following states Lagos,
Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ile-Ife, Ogun (Akute), Ilorin, Enugu, Sokoto, Uyo, Benin, Kano,
Warri, Port-Harcourt, Jos, and Abuja while outside Nigeria we have
Johannesburg, Paris, Atlanta, Singapore, Virginia, Geneva, Madrid, Nairobi,
Texas, Dubai, New Jersey, Maryland and Germany. Details on the addresses were startup
will take place in locations outside Lagos, can be gotten by clicking on
register for Out on a Limb on our website from our various Social Media Pages
The
general public is invited for the Out on a Limb awareness walk as the IREDE
Foundation beneficiaries will also be in attendance. Celebrities, OAPs, Pressmen and Religious
leaders will also be present to show their support to the cause of empowering
children living with limb loss and putting an end to inequality. We encourage
everyone to join us in any of the 30 locations listed above.
T-shirts
will also be available for anyone who wants to purchase at N4,000. Funds raised
from the sales of the T-shirt will be
used to empower child amputees with a prosthetic limb to enable them live their
lives without limitations . The IREDE Foundation will be empowering 30 child
amputees within the year 2017. This is a 30% increase compared to what we
achieved last year (20 limbs were given in 2016). Providing 30 limbs can be
made possible through donations and partnerships from well-meaning/philanthropic
individuals, organizations and various governmental bodies.
The IREDE Foundation was founded in 2012 by
Crystal Chigbu, mother of 7 year old Irede Beulah Chigbu who was born with
congenital limb deformity as a means to assist indigent children living with
limb loss, gain access to prostheses that would enable them live independently.
The IREDE Foundation will continue to stage “Out on a Limb” annually to create
public awareness to the plight of child amputees.
To register
for the walk go to OUTONALIMB
To
Purchase T-shirts:
Bank: Gauranty Trust Bank
Acount Number: 0126031730
Acount Number: 0126031730
Account Name: The IREDE Foundation"
XO..MM
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