Kenyan girl donates 100 masks to a police department in the US

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
Lifestyle

A Kenyan man and her daughter living in the US are trending after they donated 100 respirators to help the police department fight against coronavirus.

The Paxton Police Department took to their social media to thank the duo for their generous gift.

'A big thank you to Paxton resident Wilson Kiriungi and his daughter Alayna who generously donated one hundred 3M particulate respirators.

And a pretty terrific note from Alayna too this afternoon. We appreciate your generosity and support!' They wrote

The caption was followed by a photo of the father and daughter duo and the stated note.

'Thank you for being our heroes in our community all the time but especially now during the coronavirus pandemic'

She then went to explain why she had made her donation.

'I want our guys to stay safe and healthy. We hope these masks come in handy and keep you safe through the pandemic.'

See the original letter below

Since January the US have identified more than 842,000 Covid-19 cases

New York has become the epicenter of the countries outbreak with 263.754 ca confirmed cases and 19,453 deaths so far.