TDT AT IT AGAIN!!!

The Destiny Trust Foundation is called TDT for short. Read the article introducing the group and what they do here.

They visited a community called Ilaje. Now the ilaje community is the only busstop between the Ajah roundabout and the VGC roundabout in Lagos. I joined TDT for this visit and when we got there, it felt like we had left Lagos and gone into a war zone or country like Congo. There were splinters of squatter areas where children and their families were living in shacks on stilts in Lagos. Quite alarming!!! We met so many kids roaming around with no means to go to school. Our concern was particularly for the kids between the ages of 10 to about 15 who had missed out on the elementary school learning.

See pictures of the visit below.

Moving on, Bimbo, a TDT member, came up with a brilliant idea which he termed as “ Bridge to School”. His concept on this is

“out of school children, perhaps due to lack of opportunity of early childhood education, encounter major learning difficulties when they are eventually enrolled in school. Some never get the balance required to go through lifetime academic and career endeavours. The bridging programme will focus aspects of basic literacy, numeracy, civic responsibility, creativity development and prepare children psychologically for schooling.

To achieve this, the TDT’s learning centre will open as a day centre to 20 out of school children who will be enrolled in regular schools ultimately in September 2014. After enrolment in school, the learning centre will continue to provide after-school support to these children whose parents are predominantly illiterate and cannot assist with homework”.

Enough of the big grammar, what we are saying is that TDT needs help to help these kids.

Here is an opportunity to be a part of a change as a lot of things would be required to make this a reality.

The list is as follows and would be required before the end of March, 2014 which is the intended kick-off date:

1.       School supplies (notebooks, drawing books, crayons, pens, arts and craft materials, writing slates, chalks, textbooks, practice books

2.       Lunch for these children daily at N200 per child for 20 children for about 6 months.

3.       Rent for the learning institute.

4.       Classroom furniture

5.       First Aid

6.       Awareness campaign and outreaches

7.   School enrolment including uniform, school bags, school shoes, socks, sweater, lunchbox, report cards, fees, textbooks etc.

Now nothing is too small to contribute to these items listed. It could even be only a pack of 40 leaves or 60 leaves exercise books, a pack of biros etc. and these would be used as instruments to change the lives of children. Pictured below is TDT’s pledge card showing the many ways you can be a part of this.

Also, if you are willing to spare your Saturdays and come in as often as you can afford to teach these kids, interact with and mentor them, TDT would be more than glad to welcome you on board.

If you would love to be a part of this, kindly send a mail to makingdifferences2014@gmail.com or you could send a text to 09093307380.

We would communicate drop off points or you could give us pick up addresses to be a part of this. REMEMBER!!!! Nothing is too small!!!

Let’s all start to do things that matter.