By Tunde Olamilekan
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday, donated millions of naira worth of medical equipment to the Osun State SUCCOUR centre at Asubiaro Specialist State Hospital, Osogbo.
Speaking during the official handing over of the equipment facilitated by a non-profit organisation, Value Female Network, UNICEF Protection Manager, Mona Aika, said the gesture was extended to ensure that survivors of gender based violence are well taken care of.
Aika said UNICEF is implementing the Positive Parenting Programme, which helps parents and caregivers raise children with empathy, understanding, and non-violent discipline.
She also noted that the agency is working closely with the state government to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
Aika said, “Together, we are challenging harmful practices, raising awareness, and supporting communities to protect girls from a violation that has no place in their future. This work, like Positive Parenting and the SARC, is part of one vision: a safer Osun for every child.
“Facilities and programmes can only succeed when communities embrace them – and we have seen here in Osun the willingness of parents, caregivers, leaders, and young people to work together in building a safer state for every child.
“Together, we are challenging harmful practices, raising awareness, and supporting communities to protect girls from a violation that has no place in their future. This work, like Positive Parenting and the SARC, is part of one vision: a safer Osun for every child.”
In his remarks, the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke who was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Barr. Jola Akintola, said the donated equipment will provide assistance to victims of gender based violence in the state.
Adeleke said the state is
collaborating with relevant agencies to ensure comprehensive management of the victims who are to be attended to at the Centre.
The governor urged “other partners and well-meaning individuals to follow the noble example of UNICEF and VPN to also contribute to the sustenance of this SUCCOUR centre.”
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