Freetown — The Sierra Canadian Humanitarian Development Organization (SCHDO) at Wellington has donated assorted gifts and items to some orphanages and polio homes in the western area of Freetown.

Supervisor of SCHDO, Joseph Katta said the items were to support the homes with feeding, medication, clothing, training tools, text books and beds to enable them become self-reliant.

He said it has been the dream of the organisation to help the less fortunate become self-reliant, noting, "We are grateful to the director of SCHDO, Alpha Abu, for making this possible".

Katta said the humanitarian items were donated by Ebbe Marquardsen, Don Smith, Karmel Sakran and Dr. Conrad Van Dijk - all in Canada, to elevate the social standard "of our brothers and sisters".

Managing director of Children in Need, Inna Maria Kamara commended SCHDO for their passionate gesture to their home, stating that the donation would go towards the upkeep of children in the home.

Chairman of the United Polio Brothers, Osman Kabia lauded the efforts of humanitarian organisations in helping the less fortunate to be self-dependent.