My Views on Child Beggars in Nigeria by Osamudiamen
In Lagos, according to research by an Economist on CNN, there are about 3 million beggars and about 1 million of them are children. Most of these children do not get the opportunity to have a quality education which deprives...
My Bethesda Experience by Urenna Uzoukwu.
Upon meeting the students of Bethesda Nursery and Primary School, I was very nervous. I have never given a presentation to a place like their school before, and I simply did not know what to expect. I understood that this...
Meet Olaitan!
We would like to introduce you to one of our rising academic superstars, Josephine Olaitan Ayanfe. She is in primary 1 and came first in her class this term. She scored 98% in English and 92% in Mathematics. Inspired by...
What Does It Really Take To Keep A Child In School?
Providing free education to disadvantaged children has never been easy for Bethesda. The model was to assign a child to a sponsor and each sponsor pays for a particular child’s school fees. Out of the 800 children currently enrolled...
Faces of Bethesda (Part 2)
My name is Odunayo Michael, I joined Bethesda in October, 2014, as the Librarian at the Bethesda School, Ijaiye-Ojokoro, Lagos. The library was designed to serve both the children in our school and other children in public schools around the...
Adopt-A-School Challenge
Valentine’s Day has always meant the same thing to me, a day when I buy the person I love most a gift. I usually spare no expense as I look to buy something expensive and classy so this person will...
Is Education important?
There are many people in our country who fail to see the importance of education. This was the first thing I learnt working with Bethesda Child Support Agency. Bethesda is non-profit organisation which focusses on providing basic education to less-privileged...