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Foundation Partners FUTO On Digitising Learning, Fighting Cancer

POSTED ON July 3, 2024 •   Education      BY Benedicta Bassey •   VIEWS 101
The Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State/ Photo credit: Guardian

The Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, said it was partnering  with the Victoria Nwaeke Foundation to digitise learning and combat breast cancer in the university fully.

FUTO Vice Chancellor, Prof Nnennaya Oti, spoke during the handover of a simulation laboratory, donated to the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the school by the Victoria Nwaeke Foundation.

Represented by Prof Sylvester Alisi, the VC said that the university was grateful to the VNF for donating such a digital laboratory to the school.

She said, “We are grateful to the Victoria Nwaeke Foundation for donating such a digitised laboratory to us. We are happy because the Founder of the foundation was once our student. 

"Giving back to the school that shaped his destiny is wonderful. We promise to make good use of this simulation laboratory to improve learning and research in the school.”

VNF founder, Obinna Ama, said the foundation was working to ensure that FUTO is fully digitised, disclosing that apart from its programme in FUTO, the foundation was also committed to reducing breast cancer in the country.

He pointed out that the anti-breast cancer programmes it had successfully carried out in three local government areas of Borno State.

Represented by the secretary of the Foundation, Ijeoma Ogbonnah, he said that the Foundation was founded in memory of his mother, whom he said died of breast cancer.

He said, “The Victoria-Nwaeke Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to advancing healthcare through technology in Africa and was founded by Obinna Ama to collaborate with a wide network of partners.

“Our educational activities include undergraduate scholarships at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, with Education Technology Projects in FUTO, Imo State and David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State. We also give students scholarships to study abroad."

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