By Afam Onyema | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Schools in Nigeria closed last April through August as the COVID-19 pandemic spread and raged. Our scholarship recipients quarantined in their villages throughout the country.
The girls had no access to smartphones, computers, school lessons, or reading materials. They didn't even have paper books to read. We therefore donated tablets to our scholars and hundreds of other students to help them continue reading and learning during the quarantine. We partnered with Worldreader to preload those tablets with hundreds of West African books. We are donated tablets and Worldreader apps to our partner schools in Ibadan, Enugu, Abuja and Jos.
When schools opened again last August, the tablets and reading material were integrated into the academic programs at our partner schools. The students continue to read and learn at a higher level than before the pandemic. We donated 220 tablets in 2020 and will provide another 110 tablets to worthy students in the first quarter of 2021.
We currently have 34 scholarship recipients at 4 schools - Brightland Academy in southeast Nigeria, Foundations Academy in northern Nigeria, Anglican Girls Grammer School in the capital of Abuja, and Fruitful Vines in southwest Nigeria.
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