The Rotary Club of Carlisle used its District Club Grant funds to provided food and literacy education for 25 young Muslim boys and girls in a poor community in Yola, Nigeria.  Working with American University of Nigeria, the Friends of Nigeria in the USA operates a program to teach English, mathematics, civics and personal life skills to enable students to become functionally literate. Children receive educational materials including readers, exercise books, pens and pencils as well as hygiene materials, such as tooth paste and toothbrush, bathing soap, washing soap and a pair of slippers.  In addition, the program provides a lunch each day to supplement the children’s low-quality nutrition.

 

At the beginning of each year, the program assesses early grade reading and math skills to determine proficiency levels and measure progress. The program also measures weight and height of students to identify students who are malnourished and in need of supplementary feeding.

 

This project is extending the Rotary Club of Carlisle’s  reach to another part of the world and is changing the lives of young people living there.