Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria

by Keeping It Real Foundation
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Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria
Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria
Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria
Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria
Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria
Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria
Educate 270 Children in Northern Nigeria

Project Report | Jan 13, 2025
Providing Better Learning Environment For Jinkai

By BITEBO GOGO | Volunteer Executive Director

Jinkai and her peers
Jinkai and her peers

Happy and Prosperous New Year dear donors and friends. I believe that for all of us with children, one of the basic things that we wish for is quality education for our children in a safe and comfortable environment where they can focus, learn, and thrive! However, this not the case for Jinkai and some of her peers in the CDM Schools in the remote communities of Adamawa State in Nigeria, where over 90 percent of the children are the first generation in their families attending school. They lack basic furniture like desks and have to sit on the floor, making learning difficult and uncomfortable. School desks are vital furniture and influence students’ ability to focus, learn, and perform academically.

 Since 2017, through our GlobalGiving Project; we have donated over 83 desks to 4 underserved schools in Northern Nigeria; EthnoReach Nursery and Primary School in Niger State and CDM Prmary Schools; Lila, Lainde and Gimilmari.However, the number of children we support in the CDM Schools in Mubi Hills, which is in one of the most remote parts of Adamawa State grew from 270 to more than 350. Thus, the schools ran out of basic furniture like desks and bookshelves for our revolving library (where books are stocked so that the children would always have access to books). Our implementing partner in Adamawa State, CDM Foundation brought this to our notice by sending us a picture showing Jinkai and some of her classmates sitting on the floor during classes.

 The Solution:

Current research supports just how important furniture is to improving student engagement, health, focus, and interaction. In fact, when classrooms and other learning environments are designed thoughtfully, they’have been shown to facilitate student-centered learning, which leads to improved student engagement. In the last quarter of 2024, we donated ten desks and two bookshelves. Ten desks and one bookshelf were sent to CDM Primary School Lainde and one bookshelf to Gilmari

 

Personal Testimony:

"The lack of desks led to a drop in the attendance of the children because of how uncomfortable it is for them to learn sitting on the floor. We thank KIR Foundation for providing the 10 desks and 2 bookshelves through the GlobalGiving Project," said Comfort, the Coordinator CDM Primary Schools

Conclusion:

The observation by Comfort proves the significant role that school furniture plays in the education of underserved children, especially girls like Jinkai in remote communities. When schools have basic furniture like desks, they motivate young girls like Jinkai and her peers to enroll in school, attend, learn effectively, and finish school. Moreover, for young girls like Jinkai, not only do they acquire basic literacy skills, being in school prevents them from becoming child brides, helping them to break the cycle of poverty, enhancing, their overall well-being and quality of life. Thus, by investing in the education of girls like Jinkai, we can create a brighter future for Jinkai and countless other girls in rural communities in northern Nigeria, promoting a healthier, more prosperous, and sustainable community.

We especially thank our recurring donors, whose relentless support has helped us to provide the desks for Jinkai and her peers!  However, we still need $29,580 to ensure that girls like Jinkai in the Lainde community, continue to go to school. CDM Primary School Lainde still needs flooring and windows, CDM Primary School Gilmari needs desks and bookshelves, CDM Secondary School Lila needs solar panels for their computers, and more laptops; and all the schools need educational materials (writing materials, textbooks, and storybooks) and about 100 desks. Kindly consider becoming a recurring donor and donating to our project; http://bit.ly/2TLI6Bm . Please encourage your friends, family, and colleagues to invest in more girls like Blessing, and their peers in the Lila community to make learning easier for them! 

Desks for Lainde
Desks for Lainde
The desks
The desks
The bookshelves
The bookshelves

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Keeping It Real Foundation

Location: Port Harcourt - Nigeria
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Twitter: @kirfoundation
Project Leader:
Bitebo Gogo
Port Harcourt , Rivers State Nigeria
$16,881 raised of $46,461 goal
 
149 donations
$29,580 to go
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