Proprietress Encourages Kids to Imbibe Humanitarian Gesture
Mary Nnah
The Proprietress of Blooming Greens School, Yaba, Lagos State, Mrs Susan Babatunde-Yamah has urged every child, especially children born with silver spoons to engage in charitable and humanitarian deeds as a means of spreading love to indigent kids across the country.
Babatunde-Yamah made the call following the School’s art exhibition with the theme: “Artrageous Charity 2023” stressing that charity plays an important role in addressing the most pressing issues facing today’s humanity.
The issues include poverty, hunger, inequality, and access to education and healthcare.
Explaining, how the charity exhibition started seven years ago due to her passion for humanitarian deeds, she said, “I have been involved with humanitarian deeds before the establishment of the school, so when the school came I decided to inculcate that passion on the school calendar.
“We have to teach the students how to love and share. Ensure they understand that there are less privileged kids who do not have the opportunity and life they have been privileged kids. They have to see life from a different perspective and understand that kindness is a virtue they must exhibit”, she noted
She explained further that the exhibition has brought parents of school kids, family, friends, vendors and multinationals together to affect lives, adding, “You can see the banks here today, Fidelity, Sterling and other financial institutions who have bought the idea to be part of our corporate social responsibility to our immediate community.
On his part, the Art Teacher for the exhibition event, Adeniran Odumbo said it took them tenacity, consistency, passion and hard work to achieve the 2023 Artrageous Charity Exhibition.
“The works from the students were sourced from each term, the best were selected and equal opportunities were given to the children to showcase their talents.
“Also, they are guided during the input but it’s an inspiration from the environment. The pupils have to develop their drawings from happenings in the environment. We made some artwork from biscuit wrappers encouraging them on recycling and waste management.”
Head Girl of the School, Zara Danyaro said she got her inspiration from the African woman’s daily struggles. Her beauty, pain and strength. How the African woman has been able to carry on despite all the challenges she comes out strong. She is intelligent and smart.
Danyaro said she loves wildlife, so her paintings equally reflect animals in Africa, like lions, Elephants Antelope, and leopards they just give her a sense of the African culture our norms and traditions. I just portrayed the African rich heritage in my painting.
She expressed delight in using her talent to put smiles on the faces of less privileged kids. I understand that every child deserves care, so we try to show a little kindness by selling our wares for charity.
