By Tanwa Taiwo | Marketing Manager
As the world is still dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, students have resumed full time classes and education, but we are still being very careful and ensuring social distancing is maintaned at all times.
In the past couple of months, a new sustaininability project focused on agriculture and animal rearing was launched. The project has been gaining momentum and the students and teachers are very excited about the prospects of the project.
Farm animals and agricultural products were purchased to enable planting of various food items. The goal is to expand this project to provide sufficent food items that can be used to subsidize the food items currently being purchased and also give an opportunity to educate and train teachers and students.
Agriculture is at the center of the Nigerian economy, providing the main source of livelihood for the majority of Nigerians. Having our students and teachers acquire this new life skills course not only provides the students an opportunity to explore their instincts, it is also practical because it opens the door to a future career in farming and animal rearing. Agriculture is not only an occupation for people but also a way of life.
In such a short time the students have blossomed. During our last trip to The Light School it warmed our hearts to see the pride in their faces as they showed off their farm and animals to the IBSF Board of Directors and volunteers. We were so impressed with their productivity and passion about this agriculture and animal rearing project. See pictures below!
As part of our plan to support the project, we will be introducing a full time Agriculture program and getting an Agronomist to train and educate the teachers and students.
We hope you are all as thrilled as we are that it's possible to positively impact a village such as Ishahayi Beach through educational projects like the new Agriculture Project! We will continue to share updates and photos as the project progresses and we thank you for all your support and encouragement!
Sincerely,
IBSF Board of Directors
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