Oyo State Prison Fellowship Of Nigeria Mentors Inmates’ Children During 3-day Holiday Camping
The Prison Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Oyo state chapter has organized a three-day holiday camping for children whose parents are serving jail terms in correctional facilities within the state
The programme under the Promise Path Initiative of the Fellowship was an annual event organized for the children with a view to shaping, moulding, inspiring and impacting on beneficiaries who were drawn from different parts of the state.
The exercise which has its theme as “Discovering Me” featured games, film show, quiz, mentorship, life coaching and spiritual guide
Speaking at the end of the 3-day holiday camping held at St Peter Catholic College, Apata, Ibadan, the state chairman, Prison Fellowship of Nigeria, Prophet Boyede Sule said the children were at the camp for a life changing encounter, to make them become better citizens and be useful to themselves and the society at large.
Represented by Pastor Daniel Farinde, Prophet Sule challenged the children to be obedient, be of good behavior and make the best out of life for themselves.
Also speaking, the national coordinator of the project, Mrs Tosin Olugbade said the project was to provide psychosocial support and mentorship to the children whose parents are incaserated in correctional facilities, giving them hope of becoming great in life despite their family experiences.
Mrs Olugbade also hinted that the fellowship hope to address growing insecurity in the country with the programme, expressing the need for the society to constructively engage such children for them not to be criminally minded.
In his goodwill message, Reverend Father Ralph Agbeja commended the organizers for using their resources, time and energy to mould the future of the inmates’ children, challenging government to take a cue of the initiative.
Earlier, the Oyo state coordinator, Promise Path Project, Rev Kayode Oluyombo said thirty inmates’ children between ages 10 and 20 benefitted from the gesture, urging them to put to use the character-build mentorship gained during the exercise.
