Club raises funds to support School of the Blind

Members of Anthony Village Diamonds Lions Club, District 404 A3 Nigeria, dignitaries and other Lions Club members recently gathered to raise N5million funds to renovate the female hostel of the Nigeria Society for the Blind, Oshodi, Lagos, and also provide them with a borehole to ease their water problem.

The event, which also doubled as the Investiture ceremony of Lion Ruth Obehi Abure as the 6th president of the club, held at the Lagos Country Club.

Speaking on her investiture and why she has chosen welfare for the blind as her core project, Lion Abure said:

“I feel so happy and excited to be elected 6th president of this noble club. And I feel happier to have been able to bring together this crowd to raise money for the School of the Blind at Oshodi, Lagos. The plan is to raise N5million to renovate their female hostel and also sink a borehole for them to ease their water supply problem.”

On why she chose this line, Abure said, “I’m looking forward to achieving greatness in the aspect of touching lives and I’ve decided to focus on them because these people are in the dark and there is tendency for them to feel left out; so I’m trying to let them feel and understand that they are still part of us and that we care about them.”

Also sworn in alongside Lion Abure are: First Vice President, Lion Chinyere Eze; Second Vice President, Lion Uloaku Okerulu; Secretary, Lion Olabisi Oayiwola; among others.