Hope and excitement filled the Borstal Training Institution in Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State, as the Habiba Charity Foundation provided meals for about 600 students, bringing smiles to the faces of the beneficiaries in a humanitarian outreach aimed at supporting their welfare and rehabilitation.
The students expressed gratitude for the gesture, describing it as a demonstration of love, compassion and encouragement that reassured them they had not been forgotten by society.
Muslim News gathered that the Institution is a federal correctional and rehabilitation facility where juvenile offenders are remanded and provided with formal education, vocational training and moral reformation before their reintegration into society.
The institution focuses on equipping the young inmates with the knowledge, skills and discipline needed to become responsible and productive citizens.
The outreach was attended by the Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on Health, Dr. Lateef Temitayo Lawal, and renowned Islamic scholar, educationist and advocate for youth moral development, Professor Kamaldeen Olaiya Balogun.
Addressing the students, the two guests encouraged them to remain hopeful and embrace the opportunity for personal transformation through education, discipline and good character.
They reminded the beneficiaries that their present circumstances should not define their future and urged them to make the most of the rehabilitation programmes available at the institution.
They also offered prayers for the students before the meals were distributed.
Speaking after the outreach, the Chairman and Founder of the Habiba Charity Foundation, Engineer Rasheed Ismail, appealed to the general public, corporate organisations, non-governmental organisations and other well-meaning individuals to join hands with the government in supporting the rehabilitation and welfare of young people at correctional institutions.
According to him, meaningful investment in vulnerable youths is an investment in the nation’s future.
“Let us help these young people because the children of today are the leaders of tomorrow. If we want good leaders tomorrow, we must take care of the children of today,” he said.
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