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The Role of Community Facilities in Enhancing Rural Child Education: Part 1 - Libraries

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Introduction           A  community should be more than just a dictionary definition. According to Oxford Languages, a community is defined as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. While accurate, this definition fails to capture the sense of togetherness and solidarity that true communities embody. This concept becomes particularly important when discussing the role of community facilities in enhancing rural child education. This First Part will focus on the significance of libraries . The Importance of Community Facilities Community facilities are the public locations which community members sustain for the betterment These facilities provide resources and spaces that can supplement formal education and foster a conducive learning environment. Examples include community halls, recreational centres, museums, libraries, parks and many more.  The importance of community facilities can be seen in the following ways, aiding Nigeria thr
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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Challenges in Rural Education

The introduction of urban cities and modern societies has led more and more Nigerians to leave their Nigerian rural communities (what some call villages). This is done in search of a better life and better education for their children.  The concept, in theory, has its merits; an opportunity to raise the next generation with a quality education that will be a stepping stone for a successful life, an introduction to a network of opportunities, and such things some will term 'greener pastures'. However, the Nigerian reality with its economic state can not allow this. It's not easily doable nor is it sustainable for a guardian to afford such a lifestyle change. Although some could achieve this through sheer will, determination and maybe a little bit of grace, it'd be untrue to say this is the situation for a large majority of people.  Thus, the people are left only with the choice of rural education. This should not be an issue. Quality education is a fundamental right and
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International Women's Day 2024 - Inspire Inclusion

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  In line with the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, we at Sustainobles are proud to have women on our team lending a hand to young women in our community. These women have dedicated their time, effort and resources to bettering the world. Every day, they inspire us to continue striving for a world where girls in Nigeria are included and their empowerment is a priority. From Sanusi who served as Judge Judith in the Morit Experience, Tise the interviewer, Chidinma the Holiday classes teacher, and every other Sustainobles woman, thank you for your service for a better world. Happy International Women’s Day🌟 We pray you find your voice and a place in a world where patriarchy rogbodiyan has been dominating.
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Joining the Holiday classes

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I love Teaching.  Teaching is one of the absolute loves of my life.  When I got the opportunity to volunteer to teach during the summer with the sustainobles initiative, I grabbed it tight with both hands.  So far, I have enjoyed this experience; from the "Do you understand" and "Yes Aunty", to finding out that some understand and some don't.  From being able to point out the students that are not even following at all in class while they try to make it seem like they are, to learning what teaching/learning styles work for them. It's been a great experience and I would do it time and again.  Teaching students and enjoying every aspect of it, is one of my joys in life. I love teaching and I am a proud Educator. Cheers!
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My First time Being a Coach

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Sustainobles Football club: My first time being a Coach. I received a call from oyiga Micheal on twitter looking for a coach for his boys of about 46 people.  These boys were children living on the streets who are exposed to the streets lifestyle. However in a bid to get these kids away from that life, he formed this team to be keeping them busy on the weekends. He called for an extra hand and I decided to Volunteer. Got there at about 12 mins late and the entire team is already on the field waiting on instructions and match reports.                             We did a little bit of warm up all round the field, push ups, target practice and skills training.  You could see the hunger in the kids eyes. They were too raw and the power on their feet is remarkable. We taught them the importance of team work and why you don’t need any ones validation before doing what you love. Immediately after training. We had a session to discuss what’s bothering everyone. Regardless of what it is, Oyiga
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MY MORIT EXPERIENCE: A Tale of my first time Volunteering

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  MORIT  EXPERIENCE   Standing under  Oshodi Bridge  waiting like a groom whose wife is being brought to him is the perfect depiction of my situation that Monday morning. Till tomorrow neither Tise nor myself accepts that we caused the mix up in the description of routes. After waiting for over an hour (she ’ d claim it was 27mins,  but  believe  me I’ m the author of this piece)  she showed up in her royal majesty and the journey to Oyigas’ station began.   As a L agosian,  you must ha ve found yourself at the mercy of  Lagos  conductors especially when you don’t know where you ’ re going. Every minute ,  you have to remind the driver of the bus stop you would  alight .  Same thing happened this day. “D river ….  w a oo   oo, we don’t know there ooo”, was our anthem for every bus  s top we got to. After consistent nods of acknowledgement  amidst  smirking glances from fellow passengers, we decided to  stop. One hour and thirteen  bus stops later, we finall y arrived at Oyigas’ place w
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