BK Foundation Rewards UNICAL's Best Graduating Medical Student and Fetes Disabled Persons in End-of-Year Festivity
The BK Foundation commemorates its end-of-year festivity with a celebration for over a hundred persons with disabilities, including the recognition of the best graduating medical student at the University of Calabar Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
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The BK Foundation, established nineteen years ago in memory of the late Dr. Bassey Kubianagha, held an end-of-year festivity featuring a party for more than one hundred individuals with disabilities. The event, hosted at the foundation's secretariat complex in Calabar, included the acknowledgment and rewarding of the best graduating medical student from the University of Calabar Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
Etieyen Asuquo Ekpenyong, the Chief Executive Officer of Davendi Finance/Ekondo Micro-finance Bank and a member of the Board of Trustees of the foundation, chaired the occasion. In his address, he encouraged individuals facing disabilities to embrace their abilities and appreciate the opportunities provided by the government and the country's constitution.
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The BK Foundation, over its 19-year history, has maintained a focus on medical education and vocational training for disabled individuals and traditional birth attendants. Etieyen Asuquo commended the family of the late Dr. Bassey Kubianagha for establishing and sustaining the foundation's goals through annual award programs and other impactful activities.
Dr. Ugboh, Grace Amune, emerged as the Best Graduating Student of the University of Calabar Medical School and was congratulated by Etieyen Asuquo. He urged her to stay connected with the foundation in her future pursuits, emphasizing the significant contributions the foundation has made to the practices of past award recipients.
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The event featured a dancing competition among the disabled attendees and an exhibition showcasing handicrafts crafted by participants in the foundation's training program. Mr. Abasiofon John, the center coordinator of the foundation, highlighted not only the training programs but also the foundation's operational library, which is available free-of-charge for medical students and others.
