The Salihijo Ahmad Foundation, an NGO, has enrolled 55 orphans and vulnerable children to school in Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area of Adamawa.
The enrolled kidsThe Executive Director of the foundation, Hajiya Zainab Salihijo Ahmad, disclose this at the inauguration of the foundation in Mayo-Belwa on Friday.
She said that the foundation would take care of the children school fees, educational materials and Islamic education at the basic level.
According to her, the foundation will enroll more children in September.
She added that “this event is the beginning of other great impacts, the foundation intends to execute other projects in the coming months.
“The project includes girl-child counselling, sustainable education and training programme, among others.”
Ahmad enjoined beneficiaries to take their studies seriously and advised parents to cooperate with the school authorities in bringing their wards to school.
The Education Secretary in Mayo-Belwa Local Government, Malam Bawuro Garu, commended the foundation for contributing to education in the area and the state.
Garu called on wealthy individuals and groups to emulate the foundation in touching the lives of less privilege people in the area.
Malam Sale Dahiru, the Director of Administration, Nurul Ulum Academy, an Islamic institution, said “the sponsorship is timely because it has been a challenge to some parents.”
According to him, there are talented students with poor background, while some are orphans with no one to pay their school fees, but with the sponsorship, they will succeed.
Hauwa Bakari, who spoke on behalf of parents appreciated the gesture and prayed for the success of the foundation to do more.
The foundation distributed exercise books and school bags for the beneficiaries at Nurul Ulum Academy, Rimi ward, Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area.
