Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Over 63 orphans livingin Juba Orphanage Center celebrated the 68thYaba Odongo Odoyo’sbirthday. Yesterday, Juba Monitorstaff, South Sudan Broadcast Cooperation Managing Director James Magok andSouth Sudan Union of Journalists’ President Patrick Oyet celebrated68thbirthdayand 38 years in journalism of which seven have been actively spent in SouthSudan in media industry.
Speaking to mediayesterday, the Juba Monitor Managing Editor Odongo Odoyo said that he sharedhis birthday some years back when he was in Nairobi. “I am privilege to behere in this center because I share my birthday with my brothers and sisters. Thistime we are not going to do in normal way, I want to joint and put small smile withthe face of young one,” Odoyo said.
Meanwhile, Juba MonitorEditor in Chief, Anna Nimiriano said that Odongo’s birthday was a new start,fresh beginning and time to pursue new endeavors with new goals to move forwardwith confidence and encourage. Thedirector for Juba Orphanage Center Angelo Kenyi Samuel appreciatedJuba Monitorteamsfor visiting the center to celebrate birthday for Yaba Odongo.
“Orphanages arealso harshly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. orphanages in the center arefacing a shortage of funds amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exacerbatedthe existing economic hardships. Juba orphanage is not new history fortoday, it was established by 17 November 1962 because it was established forthe orphans in South Sudan. The number of orphans is 61, all of them are inschool both nursery school and secondary.But the major challenges that facingis they don’t have permanent those supporting center or NGO,” Kenyi said. Headded that the major issue was feeding, school fees plus the disease that has occurred in the center
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