School The Slum
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Ended 03/26/2016"Every child has the right to be educated but few has the opportunity to, Give voice to their dreams! , https://hdtk.co/LUm1D"
— Oshunpidan Hannan and 12 other supporters
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Summary
Children living in informal settlements and slums tends to grow up fast, they become the informal solution to their families struggling to deal with daily problems involving infrastructure access and livelihoods. These children often has to take up roles such as watch over younger siblings, sick household members, and step into the role of productive contributors to help the household make ends meet.
Most of the time they become hawkers or petty traders at a very tender age, saddled with these responsibilities, they often limit or forego their schooling, cutting short their future educational potential and the economic and social opportunities, as well as skills, that education affords. This vicious cycle of poverty is one of the biggest issues in development, and necessitates significant creativity to problem solving.
What we have been able to achieve
For over two years that we have been in existence we have witnessed an influx of children in our targeted group, we have successfully enrolled over 80 children in our current school located at Ipaja Ayobo slums in Lagos state
We have been able to provide uniforms, books, lunch and care for these ones making them feel loved and not unfortunate to come from a poor home or drop outs.
Our Aim
Our major targets groups are children with disabilities, drop-out, orphans and vulnerable children from the slums of Ipaja Ayobo, Lagos.
Challenges
The root of the problem is large number of students in our school with poor infrastructure that has led to congestion and our inability to further enroll more pupils and few teaching staff, and a very poor infrastructure which leads to poor quality education. This has partly been an unintended consequence of …. success in increasing primary school enrollment. Also our school is ill equipped with learning materials.
What We Need
Rebuilding and expanding our classes so as to enable us bring in more children from these slums is one of our major priority also our team of volunteers with your support will be able to provide additional support to over-stretched teaching staff. This includes providing teaching assistance, distributing reading materials, individually supporting the children in most need through mentorship, and organizing extra-curricular activities such as sports, reading clubs, life skills mentoring.
Long-term Impact
With the continual success of this project more local children will be able to finish school with a high level of literacy and core skills to succeed in life. Helping them to shape their perspective about the society so that they can view it has one filled with possibilities and a society that calls for social responsibility with an opportunity to positively impacts several lives.
Fundraising Goals!
Our goal for this campaign is of $5,000 which will help us in reaching out to more children in ipaja ayobo slums and provide them with quality education.
Goals of our fundraising drive:
1. Acquire a bigger facility for expansion of the congested class rooms
2. School kits and classroom essentials
3. Support volunteer teaching and non teaching staff allowance.
If we don't reach our entire goal we will keep up to achieve this dream. But we will always share our best with you.
EVERY EFFORT COUNT!!!
Even if you can't contribute right now, we would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word about this campaign to your friends and family who might be interested in being a part of giving hope to children in Ipaja ayobo Slums by providing them with quality education. You can use e-mail, Indiegogo's share tools, or other social media to spread the word.
Thank you for everything you can do!
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