Low-Cost Rural Primary Schools, Northern Nigeria

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Summary

Create 100 low-cost rural primary schools for northern Nigeria. Can educate 400 children in first year with a donation of only $300 per child.

Received $660 from 3 donations from people like:

haltarawill
(Anon.)

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

USAID states that 60% of eligible children are enrolled in primary schools. The 1991 Census showed that in northern Nigeria only 21% of 6- to 9-year-olds were literate. UNICEF statistics show that of 3.2 million children not in school, 67% are girls. This constitutes the largest population of out-of-school girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Children are browsing the streets daily, hawking, begging and combing in garbage. We will deliver 100 new rural turn-key schools for more than 400 kids each year.

Activities

Each schoolhouse will cost $12,000, or 40 donations of $300 each. These funds will pay to manufacture, erect and outfit the school, purchase supplies and books, hire the teacher(s) and arrange uniforms and lunches

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

A larger number of children in northern rural Nigeria will receive at least a primary education to break the illiteracy cycle. More local graduates may also move on to higher learning and some will graduate from college.

Project Message

One of the objectives of primary education is the inculcation of permanent literacy and numeracy, and the ability to communicate effectively.
- Dr. Idris Dag-Ellams, Director of ABT Nigeria

Who is Running This Project

Contact

John Daniels,
President
814-8501 Bayview Avenue
Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B3J7
Canada
(905) 882-2499
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Tech Museum Awards

Organization

ABT Insulpanel Limited Logo ABT Insulpanel Limited
814-8501 Bayview Avenue
Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 3J7
Canada
(905) 882-2499
http://hometown.aol.com/danielsabt/myhomepage/business.html

Learn more about ABT Insulpanel Limited and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nigeria and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Nigeria, read the Human Development Report on Nigeria or the Wikipedia entry for Nigeria.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 15, 2005.

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