Pregnant Woman Displaced by Flood Gives Birth in IDP Camp in Rivers State, Gets Help From Kind Nigerian Lady

Pregnant Woman Displaced by Flood Gives Birth in IDP Camp in Rivers State, Gets Help From Kind Nigerian Lady

  • A Nigerian woman has given birth at a camp housing people displaced by flood in Omoku, Rivers state
  • Mrs Zanga of the Zanga Afrique Foundation who visited the woman, told Legit.ng she has received basic childcare materials
  • The woman who is identified as Precious was sleeping on the floor before the intervention of the foundation

A pregnant woman displaced by flood in Rivers has given birth successfully in Omoku area of the state.

The woman simply identified as Precious gave birth in the camp housing displaced persons in Omoku.

Photos of Precious who gave birth at the IDP camp in Omoku, Rivers state.
Mrs Zanga of the Zanga Afrique Foundation paid the woman and her baby a visit and made donations. Photo credit: Mrs Zanga.
Source: Twitter

Mrs Zanga of the Zanga Afrique Foundation who paid a visit to the nursing mother told Legit.ng that she was previously sleeping on the bare floor.

To ameliorate her situation, Mrs Zanga said the foundation provided the woman with basic childcare items.

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Her words:

"Her name is precious and she's from Omoku, Rivers State. Yes, she gives birth few days ago at the IDP camp. She's one of the flood victims at the camp in Omoku. She was displaced by the flood.
"We provided some basic care materials for her such as mattress, pillow, mosquito net, routine dru'gs for mother and baby and some used clothes from donations, detergents and disinfectants. She was sleeping on the floor before we provided the mattress."

In an earlier tweet, Mrs Zanga posted photos of the woman and her beautiful child.

In recent times, flooding has affected many parts of Nigeria, with many people chased from their homes in states like Kogi, Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo and many more.

See the tweet below:

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Zanga Afrique Foundation helps physically challenged woman

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the same foundation provided help for a displaced woman who is disabled.

Succour came the way of Ndidi Ordu, a 43-year-old Nigerian woman displaced by floods in Rivers state.

Legit.ng learned that Ndidi who is confined to a wheelchair lives alone without any close relatives to help her. Ndidi Ordu got help from the Zanga Afrique foundation.

Ndidi was provided with basic bedding materials. Photos of the moment she received the items were posted on social media.

Source: Legit.ng

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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 9 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.