A non-governmental organisation, Women Rescue and Firefighting Forum (WRFFFORUM) has donated huge sums of money to the families of deceased women in the rescue and fire- fighting profession.
The cash and other gifts which were donated to the deceased families, over the weekend, at the FAAN Rescue and Firefighting Unit, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, was for the children of the deceased to further their primary and tertiary education.
The president of the NGO, Frank Osadebe, who spoke during the donation said the aim was to give hope and succour to the victim’s family, provide education, safety training to schools and organizations, support and advocacy for fire service women.
According to him, they have been able to put smiles on the faces of bereaved families of firefighters who risked their lives saving others.
“We want to be able to help those that are bereaved while in service or rescuing people and their children who are not able to continue with school or who are not able to help themselves in life, we try to come to their aid and see what we can do for them. We have been able to help some persons, one of them has a disabled leg, we are also trying to fix that too,” he said.
Osadebe added that they are collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to reach many Nigerians in need of support, assistance and rescue in the event of emergencies or death.
