PEGA And Friends Foundation Doles Out Educational Materials To 6,500 Pupils To Celebrate Children’s Day
Mobolaji Michael
PEGA and Friends Foundation recently put smiles on the faces of about six thousand, five hundred (6,500) children via donation of educational relief materials to encourage the pupils to be regular and punctual in school.
The initiative undertaken to celebrate this year’s edition of Children’s Day took place in a number of schools across the country. 
PEGA and Friends Foundation is a non-profit non-governmental organisation that reaches out to the forgotten people in society (women, youths and children especially) so as to give them hope and make life worth living.
The joy of pupils and teachers of some selected schools across some geopolitical regions of Nigeria knew no bounds as PEGA and Friends Foundation celebrated Children’s Day with them. Among the beneficiaries, schools are LEA Primary School JAHI Kadokuchi FCT; Saint Peter’s Anglican Primary School, Ologorin, Ogun State; African Church School, Yobo; Christ African Church Primary School Igbore, Abeokuta.
A statement signed by Prince Ekunola Gbenga Abraham, Director, PEGA and Friends Foundation and made available to Eighteen-Eleven Media on Wednesday said the Foundation celebrates Children’s Day with a mission statement to help less-privileged children in Nigeria achieve their maximum potential by empowering them to create a brighter future.
The Foundation, championed by the Mandela of Yewa Land, Prince Ekunola Gbenga Abraham, and some members of the Foundation, visited these schools to celebrate the occasion of Children’s Day. 
Members of the Foundation, who came from all corners of the country, were seen having fun with the pupils as well as charging them for a better tomorrow.
Speaking through Chairperson, Social Committee of the Foundation Madam Sunmisola Adeyemi, Ekunola said he was delighted to deliver on the mission statement of the Foundation by giving back to less-privileged kids in the society, who he noted were the future of tomorrow.
He noted that he was never in doubt of the potential that less-privileged kids possess but added that for them to attain their full potential they must be supported by well-meaning individuals in the society and corporate bodies, who he stated have crucial roles to play in capacity development of young ones.
Ekunola’s speech was greeted with wild applause from the kids, teachers and elders who turned out in their numbers for the ceremony.
Responding, Head Teacher of LEA Primary School, JAHI Kadokuchi, FCT, Lady Arhanmhunde Edith thanked Pega for remembering pupils of her school, noting that it was a unique gesture extended to them as far as her memory could recall, Arhanmhunde urged successful Nigerians to help the needy ones in the society, warning that failure to do such would only increase the number of delinquents in the society.
Also, Head Teacher of Saint Peters Anglican Primary School, Ologorin, Ogun State, Mrs Bello, expressed her profound gratitude to the Foundation ”We thank Gbenga Ekunola and his friends for this kind gesture and hope that others will emulate him so that the future of these little ones will be brighter”, said Bello.
Afterwards, the gifts in the goody bags were given to the pupils, who beamed with wild smiles as they danced away to the blaring sound.
Receiving the quests, the Head Teacher of African Church School, Yobo said that though the school has been neglected by those expected to be supporting its growth, he thanked Pega and Friends Foundation for associating with them and creating and making an impact on the society.
The atmosphere was not different at Christ African Church Primary School Igbore, Abeokuta, as students happily received the Foundation and the gesture was applauded by the school authority.
Meanwhile, the traditional ruler of Pahayi Emmanuel Olabisi Ekunola; lauded the kind gesture of PEGA and Friends Foundation, describing it as a save-our-souls intervention.
PEGA, who is also the Coordinator of Yewa Connecting Minds, hails from Pahayi, a town via Ilaro-Yewa in Ogun State, and it will be recalled that recently, the Foundation also visited several schools, correctional centres, motherless homes and villages across Nigeria to support the less privileged.
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