WEEKEND READING EXERCISE

Onuesoke Foundation Library making waves in our rural communities.. Photo speaks:

IF ONE CAN DO THIS MUCH, THEN HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE ALL DO IF WE COME TOGETHER?

Onuesoke Foundation has produced  five hundred thousand copies of exercise  books ready to be given out to children in rural communities to encourage them in the practice of writing and the importance for learning. Another giant step towards bridging the yawning lacuna which exist in the education of this young chaps.

The foundation has again showed her undying passion for the rural child who is precariously positioned in life be cause of geographical location. The child who wakes up  and goes to school with out text books nor writing material. The child who cuts off some branches of the 'dogonyaro' trees and boils them for malaria treatment. The child whose parents are uninformed about the importance of books and writing materials in learning in the form of Text  books and stationery without which proper learning is forestalled.

Onuesoke Foundation in collaboration with Mrs. Ete a good Deltan who made a good donation  to the foundation made the production of these free exercise  books possible. To recognize her magnanimity, the foundation printed these lot a brand customizining our donor on the booklets cover. This we believe will make these young chaps recognize and know that they are not alone in this world that persons like Mrs. Ete and the Onuesoke Foundation has got their backs.

Joins hands lets restore these great minds. Without your help, the task may not be fully achieved. Join Onuesoke Foundation and contribute your quota to this great mission.
The Rural Child Must Read initiative (RCMR) is a go!!!

EDUCATION FOR ALL..

Okiemute and her friends were not left in the weekend reading episode. Even though she is a food vendor, she always make out time to participate in the reading exercise. Education is the greatest gift you can give a child, every child deserves equal right to quality education. In Onuesoke Foundation, we help these young relatively less-privileged ones reach their dreams.

OKIEMUTE, THE FOOD VENDOR ALSO CAME...

It is very difficult at this point of the Rural Child Must Read programme (RCMR) not to get emotional as we are about moving the library to another community. Looking back we can only see kids with the passion and hunger to read and achieve destiny but might not reach their goals because life has brought with it, lots of hindrances and difficulties.
One of those kids is Okiemute, the chips vendor. Okiemute preferred to be in school than on the street where she has become a common food hawker. Okiemute's case leaves trace of tears in the eye when you watch her sitting with her book which she read passionately during our RCMR, abandoning her bucket of chips which she ought to be selling.

Okiemute is one typical example of situation and challenges being faced by this poor kids who hadn't the right to choose what life would offer them, that this programme 'RCMR' by Onuesoke Foundation has brought to bare. It is pathetic and heart crushing to see children with so much zest and zeal but with little opportunity. It is a rape of destiny when we fail to help this young stars actualize their dream and satisfy their curious quest for knowledge.
Lets help take as many Okiemutes as are out there away from the street and back to the classrooms. That's where they will be better...

IF WE ARE TO LOOK AT NIGERIA BEYOND OIL THEN WE MUST BRING BACK AGRICULTURE TO OUR CLASSROOM

The place of Agriculture in any economy cannot be over emphasized. For a nation to feed it self, is great pride. Agriculture has been the first existing industry since the creation of man followed by education.

Without food and education of how to live, the existence of man will be but brief vapor. Ironically, these two sectors of the economy have been the most neglected in third world counties.

About 40-60 percent of national economy is being produced from  Agriculture and  while about 70-80 percent of labor force is being engaged in Agriculture although not all at  national level but in small scale farming .

Today , Agriculture is beyond  peasant farming  but includes forestry to preserve our  green environment, wildlife and water sheds. It also includes live stock, live stock products, industrialization, manufacturing, processing and packaging. To operate in this scale of agriculture requires great skills for personnel to take up as skilled jobs and provision of services to agriculture product and the industry as a dynamic one is also a part of education for the people.

The importance of agriculture numerated is inimical to neglected.

1.        Food and fodder

2.       Source of livelihood

3.       Contribution to national revenue

4.        International trade

5.       Raw material

6.       Source of transportation revenue

7.       Storage and surplus market

8.       Foreign exchange resource

9.       National Development

10.   Employment

It is obvious that we have lost this sector to negligence and dependence on oil which is not a sure guarantee for national development today…

Don’t you think the best place to re-introduce sustainable national development through agriculture is in OUR SCHOOLS? 

TODAY'S WEEKEND READING EXERCISE WITH THE CHILDREN OF EMADADJA COMMUNITY

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ONUESOKE FOUNDATION : Restoring nature, saving humanity. We engage in community development and climate change mitigation..