(GIPLC) an NGO based in Abuja with a strong bias for orphans and
vulnerable children are doing a great job and I wanted to shared
something phenomenal they did recently - the case of Okikijesu
Olawuyi.
Okiki was born in May 11 2010 without more than half of her skull. A
rare medical condition called Congenital Cranial Deficiency.
All of the hospitals visited by their organisation home and abroad
could not offer a cure or lacked the facilities and man power except
for the John Hopkins hospital in Maryland, Baltimore USA where the
director of Paediatrics Dr Ben Carson is the first doctor to handle an
issue like this ever, only then it was on a conjoined twins joined at
their heads (the Binder twins). Please continue...
When GIPLC became involved in Okiki's case and after due
consultations, inquiries and findings as to how much it will cost to
have Okiki treated, they were able to raise within the space of 72
hours the sum of $234,000 (two hundred and thirty four thousand USD)
or N37,000,000 (thirty seven million naira)and deposited the complete
sum to the John Hopkins Medical which was their required deposit to
commence the series of surgery on Okiki. She will now leave Nigeria in
the company of her parents for the USA by April 2013.
Okiki is not the first child GIPLC has sponsored overseas for Medical
attention. They have for a period of six years raised over
N120,000,000 (one hundred and twenty million naira) for children with
debilitating medical condition. (See it here - www.giplc.org)
Okiki's is special because no NGO in the history of Nigeria has
accomplished this feat, to raise the sum of N37,000,000 for a single
individual!
GIPLC World Press Conference comes up at Transcop Hilton in Abuja on
the 26th of March 2013.
Linda Ikeji at 12:23 PM
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