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Project 1:
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Repair and equip Community School in Ehume, Obowo,
Imo State, Nigeria. |
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Project 2:
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Provide assistance to Primary School in Umuezeagu,
Obowo, Imo State, Nigeria, which is presently under construction and scheduled to be
fully open by September 2002. |
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Project 3:
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Build a
new school to replace Community School. |
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Project 4:
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Convert
Community School to a teaching/learning center for
adults. |
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Community School in Ehume is in dire
need of repairs and school supplies. We plan to do the following.
| 2003 January-March
| Install a new roof. |
| Repair/replace the walls, doors, and windows. |
| Begin collecting books and teaching aids for Community
School. |
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| 2004 January-March
| Refinish the exterior walls. |
| Install interior partitions. |
| Begin equipping the building. |
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| 2005
| Provide desks, books, and education aids. |
| Send volunteers to teach the teachers. |
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The success of Project 1 depends on the following:
| A volunteer effort by the citizens of Ehume and vicinity to
perform the installations, repairs, replacements, and so forth using
the materials and guidance to be provided by the Ehume Fund. |
| Fair prices for building materials from local sources. |
| Generous donations from citizens and government agencies. |
| Honesty and Integrity by all citizens and officials working on
the project. |
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Primary School Umuezeagu is about two miles from Community
School in Ehume. There has never been a school in Umuezeagu. Moved by
the interest and anticipated support of the EFEF and with significant
support from local, State, and National leaders, the Umuezeagu citizens
held a great history-making meeting on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2002,
and undertook the planning, preparation, equipping, and staffing of a
2-room Primary School in Umuezeagu. According to Dr. Duruji,
Commissioner of Imo State Ministry of Education, [http://www.imoedu.org], he will see to
it that the new school becomes one of the first in Imo State to acquire
the LEA status recently announced by Mr. President Obasanjo. With
financial support from local leaders and EFEF members and with material
and labor donations from local citizens, we expect this school to be
fully operational by September 2002.
| The primary role of the EFEF will be to seek donations of math,
science, and English books and related teaching aids for this
school.
| According to Simon C. M. Iberosi, Special Assist. to the
Honorable Commissioner, IMOE, Nigeria, " Imo State schools and
libraries are in dire need of educational infrastructures such as
computers and text books." He further stated, "The logistics for
collection, and subsequent shipment to Imo State is being worked
out and you will be informed in due course. Meanwhile, please be
rest assured that cost of shipment of all educational items
collected, will be borne by the state government."
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Ehume and vicinity needs a modern school.
The school building should be
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Large enough to serve the elementary school needs of
the area. |
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Equipped with modern teaching aids and furnishings. |
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Maintainable by local citizens and available
resources. |
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Secure against theft. |
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Located near the population center of the students. |
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Have adequate drinking water and restroom
facilities. |
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Have a teaching staff supported by the government. |
To begin Project 3, we must be successful with Project 1.
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Project 4 is ambitious, but attainable, if we are successful with
Projects 1 and 3. When the children move into the new school, we hope to
convert the Project 1 school to a teaching/learning center for their
parents and other adults. We want to teach the adults how to make a
living in the modern global economy.
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