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Fresh Water Wells

The REV. SIMEON’S COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND has provided funding to THE CENTRE for water wells in the communities of Agbatala, Kohov, Vandeikya, Agidi, Kohov West and Mbwer/Ahundu.

PREPARATION IS IN PROCESS FOR A WATER WELL IN COMMUNITIES YET TO BE DETERMINED

AGBATALA POTABLE WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROJECT

On March 11, 2010, Father Simeon Iber, 15 volunteers from THE CENTRE, and U.S. visitors Norman and Joyce Beauchamp, met with approximately 1,000 members of the Agbatala Community in Buruku Local Government area of Benue located about 90 miles north of the city of Makurdi. At this third meeting, Fr. Simeon and his team gathered necessary information and commitments from the Community to upgrade their sanitation, hygiene, and potable water usage.

Joyce and Norman Beauchamp, visitors from Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.A.

The first well was dug in the Agbatala community. Before this, no potable water or toilets and no healthy source of drinking water were within a three-square kilometer radius (2-mile radius) of the area. There was no toilet facility within the entire village. Men, women and children walked long distances to obtain drinking water, while defecation was done in bushes. Their Tribal Chief supported the project and ensured that every hut had a sanitation pit dug for defecation/urine purposes.

Villagers were instructed on how to provide for sanitation measures. The community members agreed that it was of great urgency that the drilling boreholes was necessary to help with sanitation and hygiene, thereby improving physical, social, and economic lives of their members.

Kohov Village – Preparing for the boreholes (water wells)

Community gathering – drawing water well plans in the sand

First village to get a water well

Beginning the boreholes

Clean fresh water!

Water Well Celebration

Thank you for giving us clean fresh water to drink!

Donations are always greatly appreciated!

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Education

Renovation of four classrooms at RCM Primary School Kohov, Kwande lGA, Benue State, Nigeria and providing staff and classroom materials

• The REV. SIMEON’S COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND, with the generous support of families in the Port Huron and other communities who have adopted THE CENTRE as a sister non-profit charity organization, sponsored the renovation. The building needed serious renovation and often students were without a teacher.
• Classroom desks for students were built and educational materials including exercise books, textbooks, pencils, erasers, and pens were provided to each student.
• The school was provided with financial support for the staff to spend extra hours of tutoring to improve the quality of student education.
• A well was dug with assets from the Fund and overseen by THE CENTRE.

Kohov Community engagement meeting between Community elders, School Management Committee and THE CENTRE at the school premise.

Original classrooms – unplastered walls, dirt floors

Worn-out windows frames and bases were recast and patched to make them stronger

Classrooms were replastered

Timber for desks

Interiors completed and new desks!

Students with new school materials!

Donations are always greatly appreciated!

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School Supplies and Shoes

Contributing to the fight against illiteracy, especially among children who are orphaned and those whose parents cannot support them in school, THE CENTRE printed and distributed notebooks to students at the NKST pilot primary school Apir in Makurdi local Government area of Benue State in November 2009.

BACKPACKS AND NEW SHOES FOR KOHOV SCHOOL CHILDREN

No child ever had a backpack, and many children have never had shoes or socks!

Donations are always greatly appreciated!

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Playground and Sports Equipment

Donations are always greatly appreciated!

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Job Training

THE CENTRE provides women with basic workforce skills such as sewing, candle making and computer literacy, giving them a source of livelihood and a sense of responsibility in such an unstable part of the world. Educated women create a more stable community by offering their adolescent children security at home even in times of violence and civil unrest.

Donations are always greatly appreciated!

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Health-Hygiene-Sanitation

HELPING PREVENT MALARIA: DISTRIBUTION OF TREATED MOSQUITO NETS TO PREGNANT WOMEN AND NURSING MOTHERS

Nigeria bears a great malaria burden. In its efforts to reduce malaria caused by mosquitoes, THE CENTRE continues its efforts to reduce malaria by distributing mosquito nets to pregnant women and nursing mothers. This first activity which has its focal point as “the reduction of infant and mother morbidity/mortality rate” caused by malaria fever was carried out at the Karmem settlement area within Makurdi LGA. Mosquito nets were distributed on a first come first serve basis to pregnant women and nursing mothers. Those who did not benefit from the distribution on this first distribution day were urged to be patient until THE CENTRE was able to purchase additional mosquito nets. The second distribution of mosquito nets was also at Karmem settlement area within Makurdi LGA. Rev. Simeon Iber accompanied the volunteers to distribute mosquito nets to families. THE CENTRE will continue this much needed contribution to help prevent malaria.

Donations are always greatly appreciated!

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