Sierra Leone News: Soroptimist Club intensifies support to Cheshire home

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In its drive to make physically challenged people feel belonged in society, Soroptimist International Club Freetown over the weekend donated cooking items, toiletries and provisions to the Cheshire Home at Cline Town. The donated items include two bags of rice, a bag of sugar and salt, Cartons of sardines, cartons of peak milk and cocoa, gallons of cooking oil, cartons of tomato paste and other luxury items estimated at Le 3, 000, 000 (Three Million Leones). According to the President of the Soroptimist Club, Dr. Nana Pratt, the donation is an every year activity as a way of extending friendship and love to disable people. She said they started the yearly activity by providing cooked food items, but that that scheme has since changed to now donating raw food stuffs, because they want the stuffs to last long with the beneficiaries. Dr. Pratt said the club is a female club that aims at promoting vulnerable people. She said the donation was sponsored by members because as women they have the attribute of care and concern for people that are less privileged. Dr. Pratt said the welfare of disables is strongly ingrained in their hearts and minds, noting that this includes all vulnerable goups. Delivering his keynote address, the Director of Cheshire Home, Henrietta T. Sesay also a member of the Soroptimist Club said the home is only meant for physically challenged and has 40 inmates, noting that the home is sponsored by government and other organization including the Soroptimist Club. Director thanked the club and its members for their continuous support, stating that the club had shown their interest to exclude marginalization of people with disability in this part of the country. She assured that the donation would be used for it intended purpose. Monday February 10, 2014

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