Educate 500 Children in Northern Nigeria

PROMOTING QUALITY EDUCATION THROUGH ACCESS TO WRITING MATERIALS

"Lack of educational supplies such as #books and writing materials is the 4th barrier to quality #education." - @Global Citizen

There are several barriers to quality education and the lack of writing materials is ranked the 4th. Quality Education is a major key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. When children like Dorcas and Zachariah in their early years do not have access to quality education, it affects their chances of having a bright future, which invariably impacts the world negatively, because our children are our future.

Studies have shown that when children have access to Writing Materials, it increases and improves their creativity, attendance in school, grades and academic performance, love for learning, and intrapersonal and interpersonal skills. Writing Materials are resourceful to both teachers and children because they need them to learn effectively and improve their literacy skills.

In February 2017, as a result of the Boko Haram Insurgencies and its devastating impact on the education of children like Dorcas and Zachariah in Northern Nigeria (low school attendance, destruction of classroom blocks and properties and high dropout rate); we adopted 3 primary schools in Mubi Hills in Adamawa State (CDM Primary School Lila, CDM Primary School Lainde and CDM Primary School GIlmari) and Ethnosreach Primary Schools Mazu’Muari Kamberi, Niger State.

Since adopting the schools in 2017; thanks to your immense support donors, and the GlobalGiving team, the enrolment has increased to over 520, Keeping It Real Foundation has supported over 1,800 pupils like Dorcas, Zachariah and their teachers with writing materials and donated over 2,000 academic and leisure books to the children and their teachers, set up 4 Reading Corners, equipped a community library with furniture and books. This has led to an increase in enrolment rate, attendance, the academic performance of the children and commitment from the Parents, and Teachers Association in the schools.

The schools have resumed for the new academic year and we are currently fundraising for Back-To-School supplies that will ensure that little girls like 7-year-old Dorcas and young boys like Zachariah will have access to quality education. Our goal for the Back-To-School Project is to support the over 520 pupils like Dorcas and Zachariah in the underserved community primary schools; CDM Lila, Lainde and Gilmari with writing materials.

Furthermore, we still need $30,702 to go to ensure that little girls like Dorcas, young boys like Zachariah and their friends continue their education and follow their dreams.  CDM Primary School Lainde still needs flooring, and windows, CDM Secondary School Lila needs solar panels for their computers, more laptops and all the schools need educational materials (writing materials, textbooks and storybooks) and about 75 desks. Kindly consider becoming a recurring donor and donate to our project. Please encourage your friends, family, and colleagues so that we can invest in more children like Dorcas and Zachariah and their 520 Schoolmates, especially in this Covid-19 season to give them a foundation for their future and dreams!

Therefore, we encourage you to invest in the future of Dorcas, Zachariah and their schoolmates so that they can become successful adults. Zachariah dreams of becoming Doctor., Please visit our project page  bit.ly/2TLI6Bm for details. Thank you so much for all you have done and are doing to promote quality education in underserved communities.

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In  2017, Keeping It Real (KIR) Foundation adopted 4 Primary Schools in Northern Nigeria that had been affected by the Boko Haram Insurgency. A  major problem that the schools had was lack of educational materials especially textbooks. One of the schools is CDM Primary School Lila in the remote village of Mubi Hills in Adamawa State. The school had not gotten textbooks in almost seven years, because the parents of the pupils are peasant farmers who despite the backbreaking work of farming in the rocky hills of Mubi can barely get enough to pay the school fees, so textbooks was a luxury they could not afford. Nelson Mandela famously said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Unfortunately, not all people have access to free or affordable education, especially children who live in poor communities in developing  countries like Nigeria.

According to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), lack of learning materials is the 4th barrier to education.Thanks to the commitment and investment of our GlobalGiving donors, Keeping It Real Foundation in partnership with the Parents Teachers Association of the School, set up a library for the pupils;  so that the pupils can have access to as many books as they need. Godiya and Dan are the first generation in their families to go to school, their parents are peasant farmers and cannot afford textbooks for their children. Textbooks improve the performance of children in schools and helps them to understand the world around them better. Where learners do not have access to books in their own homes, textbooks in the schools can potentially remedy this educational barrier. Thanks to our donors, Godiya, Dan and their 270 classmates now have access to textbooks.

However, we still need $30, 922 to ensure that children like Godiya and Dan and their friends continue their education and follow their dreams.  CDM Primary School Lainde still needs flooring, windows, desks, CDM Secondary School Lila needs solar panels for their computers, more laptops and all the schools need educational materials (writing materials, textbooks and storybooks). Kindly consider becoming a recurring donor and donate to our project; https://www.GlobalGiving.org/projects/educate-270-children-in-northern-nigeria/. Please encourage your friends, family, and colleagues so that we can invest in more children like Godiya and Dan and their 270 Schoolmates especially in this Covid-19 season to give them a foundation for their future and dreams!

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