CEE-HOPE Nigeria plans to provide scholarship for 100 primary school pupils orphaned or displaced by the Boko Haram crises in a school in Northern Nigeria. It will also provide essential teaching aids and renovation assistance for their school, the Queen of Peace Model Academy in the city of Jos. In addition, it will help build a playground for the pupils.
Boko Haram's violent activities under six years left many people dead, leaving in their wake orphans and in many other cases, mass dislocations (1.5 million internally displaced, according to UN). For the region, Nigeria's poorest and with the lowest literacy level, the insurgency is an added tragedy that has seen high rates of school drop-outs and in many cases, many girls are also married off. The school was originally donated by a philanthropist as tuition-free but fees were later introduced
The project will enable CEE-HOPE to provide scholarship for 100 vulnerable children (50 previously in school and 50 more to be freshly enrolled into the school) between the age of four to 15 years, so they can continue to pursue their academic dreams. It will also provide other assistance in the forms of teaching aids and a playground.
Providing scholarship for the orphaned and displaced children in this school will ensure their dreams are not dimmed and that they are given another chance at life, to be assets to their families and society. In addition, providing basic school supplies would aid in their learning process while the playground will help develop their sporting skills, provide leisure while building their sportsmanship and friendship skills, towards a more peaceful and harmonious Nigeria.
