In an effort to eradicate poverty by educating children, a young social entrepreneur and philanthropist, Victor Hilenen Aben has within the week organized a programme tagged to educate and sponsor internally displaced children living in the IDPcamps tagged “IDPcamp2school” at St. Theresa's Catholic Church Camp in Yola, Adamawa state.
The programme which targeted children living in IDP camps in Adamawa State is aimed at changing their lives for the better.
In an Interview with the Coordinator of #IDPcamp2school at the launch of the programme explained that the purpose for organizing the programme is to address the challenges faced by Internally Displaced children in the society.
He said that the children are displaced due to the insurgency that rocked the northeastern part of the country as well as the middle belt which made a lot of families to lose their source of livelihood and can’t afford to send their children to school.
Hilenen said that the project will be a continuous process as he plans on taking it to other IDP camps in order to touch the lives of the children positively.
He added that their next project is to establish summer classes to make them ready for junior WAEC or even SSCE.
He lamented that raising funds for the project was not an easy task, adding that some children have the desire to further their education but are unable because they can’t afford it.
Hilenen therefore, appealed to the state government and other well-to-do citizens to support the project to educate the future generations.
One of the beneficiaries Daniel Francis appreciated Victor Hilenen and his team for initiating such project, he said that insurgency made them abandoned their town and ever since things have not been easy for them.
The Coordinator, Mr Hilenen Aben also celebrated his 30th birthday with the IDP’s and his partners from Thinking Cap Literacy Initiative and Big family foundation among others.
Items shared included Books, writing material etc.
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You can still make your donations to this project. We are reaching out to more internally displaced persons in the camps.