South Sudan Allied Consultants, in partnership with a Swiss firm, Pharmalys Laboratories, on Tuesday delivered aid to Juba Orphanage Home, which currently hosts 85 orphans.
The aid package included powdered milk, first aid drugs, medicines, food items, exercise books, pens, and pencils.
Speaking during the handover ceremony, Akuei Benjamin Baak, the Pharmalys Laboratories country manager, said the donation is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility.
“It is part of our corporate social responsibility activities. We always look into the community, and then we engage in the needs and reach out as part of our giving back to the community,” he said. “We have come to donate our infant formula, which is our product, and we have given 500,000 tins. We have also given some first aid medications and drugs, food items, exercise books, pens, and pencils to the students. You know, schools have just opened, and they told us they have some challenges.”
Akuei said the supplies will improve the lives of the children and that they often respond positively when people knock on their door. He revealed that they carried out a similar activity last year with Citizen Call, an emergency response and rehabilitation initiative.
For his part, Angelo Kenyi Samuel, the director of Juba Orphanage Home, expressed deep gratitude for the timely assistance amid ongoing challenges.
“I would like to thank South Sudan Allied Consultants for visiting us and donating some of these aid packages, which include drugs and maize flour, to us,” he stated. “Our problems are very many; first of all, these children lack food. We lack funds to support the orphanage, and this affects the welfare of the children. The children also lack school fees, uniforms, books, pens, bags, and socks.”
Established in 1980, the orphanage has been a beacon of hope for vulnerable children despite limited external support.