Nigeria Media Lauds The Initiative, One Child, One Schoolbag

The ''One Child, One Schoolbag'' project successfully launched in Nigeria to commemorate Children's Day in 2015, has been lauded by a host of Nigerian dailies including Vanguard and  Punch.                                                                                                                                              

The project aimed at promoting education amongst disadvantaged children and encouraging girl-child enrolment, has come and gone, but it remains indelible in the minds of everyone particularly the beneficiaries. 500 disadvantaged children attending low-income (public) nursery and primary schools in Lagos State were given free schoolbags and writing materials.

In 2013, Save Our Needy made front page news in a National daily in Benin Republic for its contribution to development through poverty alleviation programmes. The Save Our Needy team was applauded by the Benin media for reaching out to disadvantaged children in the most remote areas of Cotonou and Calavi to donate schoolbags to them under the ''One Child, One Schoolbag'' project.

 

Since 2011 when it was launched in Benin Republic, the ''One Child, One Schoolbag'' project has benefited no less than 1,500 disadvantaged children particularly girls. More than 5,000 lives have been touched so far.

One Child, One Schoolbag Project Comes To Nigeria

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One Child, One Schoolbag project launched in Nigeria! 500 disadvantaged children reached; more than 1000 lives touched already. We hope to reach out to 500 more disadvantaged children before the end of the year. The project was initially launched by Save Our Needy in Benin Republic in 2011.

The banner used for the project

Children from St Michael's Nursery and Primary Schools 1 & 2, and Alaworo Nursery and Primary School, Ojo-Okokomaiko,  were full of smiles and gratitude as they received the donated items comprising schoolbags and writing materials. Some of the beneficiaries were selected randomly via an online forum (Stella Dimoko Korkus blog).

 Before and after pics of some of the disadvantaged children

We sincerely thank the Lagos State Education Board, Stella Dimoko Korkus of SDK blog, Bellanaija and Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi (Editor-In-Chief and Founder, The Intellectual Magazine) for their support and encouragement. Our profound gratitude also goes to our partners: Verdant Zeal,  Madrew's. A big thank you to all the generous and well-meaning individuals including REGMAC International Co. Nig. Ltd who donated to make this project a huge success. May God replenish your pockets in a billion fold.

Join us to promote education amongst disadvantaged children. Support school enrollment of the girl-child.

If you wish to support the "One Child, One Schoolbag" project or any of our other life-changing projects, please do send your cash donations to:

Save Our Needy Organisation

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank)

0168556004

OR

Donate in kind. Send your enquiries to: saveourneedy@gmail.com

THANK YOU and God bless you.

To know more about our activities, visit our website: www.saveourneedy.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SaveOurNeedy

Twitter: @SaveOurNeedy

''One Child, One Schoolbag'' project as reported by SDK blog (Nigeria's best overall blog): Click here

Everyone looking happy and satisfied with the day's activities

Marvella Odili (CEO, Save Our Needy), presenting a schoolbag to a beneficiary

Volunteers and Parents of beneficiaries posing with their children

Beneficiaries showing off their new schoolbags

Beneficiaries being called out by a teacher

Potential beneficiaries looking expectantly at their teacher

Jerry Odili, Programme Manager at Save Our Needy, posing with a widower and his kids who benefited from the project

Excited pupils

Potential future leaders of Nigeria proudly displaying their new schoolbags

SON Volunteer, Marian Onu, with a beneficiary

Representative of Lagos State Education Board presenting a schoolbag to a beneficiary

A happy girl receiving her schoolbag

Pupils of St Michael's Nur/Pri School waiting expectantly for their schoolbags

Marvella Odili with pupils of Alaworo Nur/Pri School

OLX Nigeria and Save Our Needy - Now Partners

OLX (OnLine eXchange) Nigeria is SON's newest partner.

OLX is an online classified marketplace for used goods. OLX is one of the most reliable and trusted means of exchanging goods online. They are present in more than 106 countries.

Please donate your gently used or unused (but no longer needed) items: electronics, household wares, etc.They will be sold off via the OLX platform to generate funds for our various life-changing projects.

For more enquiries, please send us an email: saveourneedy@gmail.com

OR call: +234-9025600734, +234-8151546111

THANK YOU & God bless.

Happy Children's Day!

Children, no matter their circumstances deserve kindness, love and attention.

We, at Save Our Needy always strive to reach out to disadvantaged
children in any way we can because we believe that happy children
today will become productive citizens tomorrow.

Help promote education for all. Support girl-child school enrolment.






Join us to make the "One Child, One Schoolbag" project a recurring project.

Together, we can give disadvantaged children the opportunity to not
only attend school in favourable conditions but also make them enjoy
the experience of attending school.

#OneChildOneSchoolbag

Stephanie Linus Wins International Award For Film "Dry"

Nollywood's A-list actress, director and producer, Stephanie Okereke Linus just won an award for her upcoming new film "DRY" at the Geena Davis and ARC Entertainment’s inaugural Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) in Arkansas, U.S. for “Best Protagonists”.

"DRY" sheds light on the plight of the child bride in Nigeria: consequences of early marriage and complications arising from early child bearing.

The film is scheduled for a summer release in 2015. The movie trailer for DRY can be watched through this link- http://youtu.be/soXkS9BnKu0



Big congrats Stephanie. Keep making us proud. #AfricanWomenRock #KeepSoaring #StrongWomen

Help STOP child marriage NOW! Protect young girls from a life of suffering and pain.
Encourage female education.

Founder And CEO of Save Our Needy Honoured

Congratulations to our Founder and CEO, Marvella Odili, on being recognized as top overall 6% of Nigerian Top Executives in Public Administration 2015- "Award of Excellence 2015”.

Marvella Odili was selected by a very reputable jury due to her skills, perseverance and aspirations in Public Administration.

The premier publication of the Nigerian Top Executives in the Public Administration 2015 is now available world-wide on Amazon:

http:// www.amazon.com/Nigerian-Top-Executives-Public-

Administration/dp/1507561172

Thank you Elvis Krivokuca, Editor-In-Chief, Nigerian Top Executives 2015, and your wonderful team!

#AfricanWomenRock #KeepSoaring

Poverty Is Sexist

Being born female in one of the poorest countries means your life will be harder, simply because of your gender.

A woman in Sierra Leone is 183 times more likely to die giving birth than a woman in Switzerland.

Unlocking the full potential of girls and women wouldn't just transform their own lives, or even their families'- it could help end extreme poverty for good- Culled from ONE Campaign

#PovertyIsSexist

Support and encourage girl-child education. ''Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a nation.''- James Emman Aggrey

Support and encourage women empowerment. Give women the power to decide their own future.