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The only hope for school for these village children in the Abuja
region of Nigeria rests with EIS.
Edu-Vision International school extension under construction.
Classroom setup for underprivileged children, Gwagwalada.
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“Strengthening Basic Education in Africa Initiative”
at the Grassroots
Edu-Vision, Abuja, Nigeria
As part of the U.S. Administration’s “Strengthening Basic
Education in Africa Initiative”, Nigerian based Edu-Vision International
Services (EIS) is methodically distributing 250,000 supplementary readers
and teaching/learning aids to schools in four states in Nigeria, in conjunction
with other U.S. based organizations.
The EIS mission is to provide qualitative education for children from
less privileged rural communities in the Abuja region of Nigeria, when
families are financially unable to send their children to school. A school
established by EIS for the targeted communities also provides adult literacy
classes, primarily for the village women, as well as training local teachers
and providing them with employment.
Co-project mangers, Simon & Joan Danmola & Michelle Oosterwijik
recently shared the following:
“To further our goal of concentrating on primary education in the
Abuja region, we have targeted four local villages: Gwagwalada, Gwako,
Kashanfa & Gosaone. These villages are comprised largely of Gwari
(poor farmers), as well as a large segment of unemployed settlers from
various parts of Nigeria. Six classrooms have been constructed, with more
construction in progress; over 100 village children are receiving good
qualitative education with modern methods of teaching.
“Through EIS’s support, not only children but also their parents
have deepened their awareness toward qualitative education. It was encouraging
that many of the parents, especially mothers who tend to be uneducated
and illiterate, start to seek to gain literacy.”
To learn more click the following link: Edu-Vision.
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