Mrs Juliet Vincent-Obi, founder and Executive Director of Kidperneur Africa, said 50 Adamawa public schools are to be provided with Financial and digital literacy training including children of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) under her “Project Educate Me”.
She disclose this at the distribution of learning materials to IDP children at Labundo Camp in Girei Local Government Area of the state.
According to her, the initiative of Kidpreneur Africa aimed at providing teaching centres for internally displaced children and children in underserved communities for them to have access to quality education, enjoy the benefits and long-term opportunities that education offers.
“The Project Educate Me in Adamawa state is in partnership with Access Bank, Ministry of Education, State Town Planning and Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency.
“The selected IDP camp is Labundo located in Girei Local Government Area while the 50 Schools for the Financial and digital Literacy training are selected from four LGAs Yola-South, Yola-North, Gombi and Girei L.G.A,” she said.
Vincent-Obi, staid that education holds the key to unlocking the potential and dreams of millions of children across the country, yet for many residing in underserved communities.
“Over a million internally displaced children, within schooling age in Nigeria, do not have access to quality education, severely limiting their opportunities in the future,” she said.
She added that Kidpreneur Africa, in partnership with Access Bank, will empower the Internally Displaced children and underserved children in these states with appropriate levels of literacy, communication, financial, digital and life skills as well as the ethical, moral, and civic values needed for laying a solid foundation for life-long learning.
She also stated that Kidpreneur Africa will recruit fresh Nigerian graduates and professionals who are vision-driven and willing to transform the nation through educational contributions.
“The Project Educate Me will also become a vital source of psychosocial support for the IDP children by giving them a level of stability and normalcy and also helps to boost their confidence on how to handle discrimination or stigmatisation,” she said.
The Head of Group Sustainability, Access Holdings PLC, Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan, stated that in line with Access Holdings’ sustainability agenda, they are committed to the educational development of Africans.
“Therefore, we embrace collaborations that create opportunities to educate the African child,” she said.
Victor-Laniyan further said that Project Educate Me is one of the ways they achieve this and that they aim to directly empower over 50,000 underserved and internally displaced children with essential literacy, financial, digital, and life skills.
“Working collaboratively with our stakeholders, we will continue to impact lives positively now and in the future,” she added.
