ONE BIG FAMILY...THE PARTY!

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We organized a Christmas party to celebrate their recovery and liberation as well as thank God for his blessings. The party was organised by the hospital team and also supported by the 'Help Wihtout Boundaries' Foundation. The event took place on the 22nd December 2018, at the Federal Neuro Psychiatric hospital in Calabar, graced by the head of clinical operations Dr Ekpe, the consultant psychiatrist in charge of their case Dr Oluntoki, Oberiko Progress other doctors, nurses, social workers, guests and other patients in the hospital.


You can imagine the feeling of extreme joy Ben and his family had as they celebrated Christmas. To every normal child Christmas is special, it is a season where they look forward to new clothes, an outing and unlimited fun but to these kids Joy, Ebenezer and Joshua who had no idea what Christmas means, nor looked forward to any new clothes, it was an extraordinary occasion and an amazing feeling as they had the opportunity to wear new clothes, shoes, Christmas caps and other accessories. These are Children who do not know what it means to have a birthday, on that day they sat in the front chairs and cut their Christmas cake, for the first time ever, they were the center of a celebration. Their joy was unlimited. This is indeed a tremendous beginning, an overwhelming feeling they had.

This is somebody who would frown at the camera or get aggressively defensive when anyone tries to offer a helping hand or advise him about his condition, but there he is smiling and looking cheerful before the camera and all the attention he received. His wife would not talk to any man apart from her husband Ben, who would also only have a conversation with men only apart from his wife Blessing, their kids would not go anywhere close to a stranger but here they are around people, chatting and having rapport with all gender and everyone equally.



Mr Ben and his wife Blessing spoke and appreciated God for their lives and thanked the ex-Corper Progress Oberiko who made it possible and the hospital who has shown them care. Looking at them before and now gives me some sort of fulfilment  and am grateful to God for His Kindness.
But this isn't the end of the story, their recovery will be at it's peak if they are fully reintegrated into the society.  But as it is, the burden of caring for this family has solely been on the resources of the hospital and nothing is on ground for them up till now. It is therefore an appeal to the general public, NGOs, Churches and everyone whose interest has been caught by the plight of this family to kindly offer scholarships to these children Joy, Ebenezer and Joshua, provide a home for them and also an employment or source of livelihood for Mr Ben to cater for his family.



God Bless You!

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