No fewer than 378 abandoned and orphaned children have been adopted from the Little Saints Orphanage in Lagos over the past 32 years, with 40 of them finding homes abroad.
Founder of the orphanage, Mrs Christiana George, disclosed this on Sunday during the triple celebration of the orphanage’s 32nd anniversary, her 70th birthday and the unveiling of her book, Call to Love, held at the Eko Hotel, Lagos.
George said the orphanage, which she described as the first indigenous orphanage approved by the Lagos State Government in 1994, had rescued hundreds of abused, abandoned and vulnerable children, many of whom have gone on to become successful professionals in Nigeria and overseas.
“Our first adopted child is in the United States today. In the last 32 years, 378 children have left this orphanage through adoption, and 40 of them were adopted abroad,” she said.
She explained that the orphanage initially struggled with the idea of adoption but later embraced it after obtaining approval from the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development.
