Myths and Facts About The COVID-19
The 2019 novel Corona virus now called SARS-coV-2 has caused an outbreak of the illness (COVID-19) that started in December 2019 in China and spread to other countries. The outbreak of the virus was declared a global health emergency on...
Why A Food Drive?
On Saturday the 7th of December we held our annual Christmas party marking the end of our Christmas Food Drive. Special thanks to Donors volunteer for making it a success as we were able to reach our goal of providing enough...
Girl Force: Unscripted and Unstoppable
According to UNICEF, there are currently 10.5 million children out of school in Nigeria. This is currently the highest number of out-of-school children in the world! Girls, street children and children of nomadic groups are the most affected. Cultural and...
Dear Child
You are the promise of a better today, Hope for a brighter world. Our expectations of you are high, Yet your constraints and challenges are many. But true greatness was never attained without a struggle Nor victory without a...
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...