WRITTEN BY HON OBI MBONU
Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something human beings strive for. However, the best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.

This is because charity is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.
Thus, bearing in mind that man has solutions to fellow man’s problems, an Awka-born business man, Vincent Emeka Igwe, is organizing free medical outreach for his country men and women. There are many people gnashing their teeth today for one curable ailment or the other because they cannot afford hospital bills due to the economic quagmire in the country.
There are others who have lost their lives, sights or hearing ability because they cannot afford to see an expert or bear the cost of drugs. That is why the young Emeka Igwe thought it wise to provide succor to the needy by engaging the services of professionals like doctors, nurses, ophthalmologists, dentists, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, etcetera, to offer practical help to the sick.
This is purely an act of philanthropy, generosity and benevolence; seeking to promote the welfare of his kits and kin. It is a manifestation that Emeka Igwe is charitable, humanitarian, public-spirited, altruistic, socially concerned, magnanimous and munificent. Emeka Igwe, by this singular act, shows he is open-handed, bountiful, liberal, caring, compassionate, selfless and big-hearted.
The free medical outreach will involve medical testing and counseling, free drugs and treatment; free optical and dental care, free glasses, treatment of ailments like arthritis, malaria, typhoid, hepatitis, high blood pressure, high or low sugar in the blood, eye, ear and tooth problems among many other ailments. Just come and you will be provided for, free of charge.
The free medical outreach starts today at Obodo Ezi Umuogbu, Awka. Tomorrow, Thursday, April 26, 2018, the medical team will move to Ayom na Okpala field, while it will be the turn of residents around Ndi Ichie Hall on Friday, April 27, 2018. The Emeka Igwe free medical team will move to Okpuno Hall on Saturday, April 28, 2018 with the grand finale taking place at Umuokpu Secondary School field, Awka on Sunday, April 29, 2018.
The free medical outreach, which begins at 8am each day, will also feature free distribution of long lasting insecticidal mosquito nets to the public to help eradicate malaria in the society. Fortunately, today is World Malaria Day. The free medical outreach of Emeka Igwe is, perhaps, in response to Governor Willie Obiano’s mantra, AKU LUO UNO, in which the governor called on Ndi Anambra to think home and bring their wealth and resources home for the benefit of the down trodden and the hoi poloi in the state. No doubt, our differences matter but our common humanity matters more.
Vincent Emeka Igwe is a compassionate business man, who, brotherly love, fellow feeling, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, goodness, gentleness, pity, tenderness, benevolence, generosity and magnanimity run in his blood. He remembers the poor, the vulnerable and the sick in a number of ways.
Humanity is all about feeling love and compassion for other people, be they relatives or even people who are distant from our life. It is a feeling of love and compassion for everyone, irrespective of religion, caste and creed. Humanity is living a noble and caring life, as it is written in the Bible “In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you”
Charitable giving, as a religious act, stems from the most obvious directive of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who directs us to look after His flocks; giving the recipients of it the means they need to survive. The impoverished, particularly those widowed or orphaned, and the ailing or injured, are the proper recipients of Igwe’s charity. Those who cannot support themselves and lack outside means of support should therefore avail themselves of this great opportunity, provided by Vincent Emeka Igwe to access free medical care at the days provided.

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