The socio-cultural and charitable arm of the Ifa Aiyetoro Church Yoruba Heritage Foundation on Tuesday donated a number of school supplies to several schools in the Buxton/Foulis district.
According to a press release from the group, the gift included ballpoint pens, highlighters, pencils and sharpeners, plastic, wooden and cutting edge rulers and plastic file folders.
It also contained reading books, computational skills books and notebooks, among other items.
The ULEC Academy at Paradise Village, Paradise Primary School and the May 26th Nursery School at Melanie Damishana benefited from the exercise.
President of the Foundation Chief Priest Balogun Mwanza said the supplies were donated by local and overseas church members as well as their relatives. He said the Yoruba board passionately believes in the value of and the options that a good education can provide and as such it had the pens stamped “Education is the key to success” to inspire the users. Several others district schools and groups have also been earmarked for distribution later this week. Elder Akini Olamina and other members of the Foundation accompanied Mwanza to distribute the items.
