All sisters were ghastly crushed to death by a running crude truck while they were trying to chase a moving vehicle so as to sell the sachet water they were hawking. How this happened in a flash I can't tell rather this incident plunged me into an unforgettable pain. An experience that has forever left a scare in heart, bringing tears from my eyes when I got to know that these lovely little sisters where orphans.
This unforgettable experience created driving force in me to reach out to the orphans, realising that this set of persons constitutes a part of the population with least attention paid to them by the government and the populace at large.
Yes it maybe difficult to estimate the population of orphans and orphanages in the country today due to its enormous population. Indeed a census for this is very important,however, it has been severely neglected by the Statistic Bureau of the National Population Commission.
From 2012 till date according to statistics, there are about 11.5 million orphans in Nigeria.
Thus, it is safe to say that the situation has probably gotten worse since then.
The state of affairs concerned with orphanage statistics is quite despicable as the government herself do not know how many orphanage home function within the country. My research shows that there are lots of unapproved or rather illegal orphanages in Lagos and in other states.
To this end, raising finance for at least a satisfying donation to the less privilege as a Final year potential Geologist, in the University of Portharcourt, Nigeria, posed a little challenge for my vision. But it all changed and gained illumination when the phantom of my aspirations of making impact through donations to the needy became feasible when I had my first Steem Dollar.
To this end Steem Foundation Donation Project Will Begin In Nigeria, On the 1st February 2018.
By God's Grace.
