Providing Education - The Path to a Better Future

Dear Project Supporters,

Your support is making a difference for future leaders in Nigeria, like John, who is so thankful for your support that helped him complete his education.  John is the first beneficiary of the 4-year college scholarship program for indigent students. He is a graduate of Banking and Finance and the first person in his family to get a college degree. 

Growing up he desperately wanted an education because children like John understand the pivotal role education plays in lifting them out of poverty. Sadly, the dreams of getting an education by many promising students from less privileged backgrounds will never become a reality unless help comes their way in the form of scholarship opportunities. 

Thank you so much for believing in the youth, investing in them and for empowering students like John to complete their education.  Your support helps them break the cycle of generational poverty, it helps them transform their lives and by extension their families as you open doors for them to acquire education and skills for better opportunities and a great future. 

We encourage you to start a monthly recurring donation here to help more students like John get their education. Even a few dollars a month will go a long way. Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.   

With great appreciation,

Amy & The Develop Africa Team

Links:

• Set up a Recurring Donation for Future Leaders in Nigeria

Dear Project Supporters,

Your support is making a difference for future leaders in Nigeria, like Nofisat, who after reading the Pencil Project book, was inspired to start a social impact project for underprivileged students.   With your ongoing support, we were able to ship more school supplies to Nigeria for Nofisat to continue distributing to students in underserved primary schools.

According to Nofisat, she doesn’t want "lack of writing materials to be an excuse for students not to do well in school".   She decided to go back to her primary school because she recalled the difficulty she had with learning when she couldn’t afford a pencil or writing materials while in primary school.

In March of 2019, Nofisat along with a few of her peers carried out another outreach to two underserved public primary schools to distribute educational materials - pencils, crayons, markers, sharpeners, drawing books, notepads, etc. The beneficiaries were pupils in nursery one, primary one and primary three with ages ranging from 5 - 8. She also spent some time, teaching them colors and guided them as they used the coloring books.   The pupils were so happy with this rare opportunity to color as many of them lack basic educational materials.  

In addition, she shared her personal story and encouraged the pupils on the need to stay focused and get the best from their education emphasizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4- Quality Education. She explained that getting a good education can help end poverty, hunger among other social problems. 

Thank you so much for believing in the youth, investing in them and for empowering Nofisat to give more opportunities to the less privileged.  We encourage you to start a monthly recurring donation here. Even a few dollars a month will go a long way. Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.   

With great appreciation,

Amy & The Develop Africa Team

Links:

• Set up a Recurring Donation for Future Leaders in Nigeria