The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) recently carried out massive books
and computer distribution to schools across the six geopolitical zones
of Nigeria. This is the fourth major book distribution the foundation
will be carrying out in Nigeria since the initiative began. The
continent-wide project is a collaborative effort between the Foundation
and Books for Africa (BFA), a non-profit organization based in the
United States.
According to information gathered from the Foundation’s end of year
activity report, over 26 million US dollar have been expended in the
distribution of books, computers and other educational resources.
Schools covered in the project are primary, secondary and tertiary
institutions. It is estimated that over 19 countries in the African
continent including Gabon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Guinea, Ghana, Ivory
Coast, Cameroun, Rwanda, Kenya, Zambia, etc. have benefited from the Sir
Emeka Offor Foundation’s books and computer distribution to schools.
“Education would be a shadow pursuit without reading materials,” Sir
Emeka Offor said, during the book distribution. This is his motivation
in distributing a variety of qualitative reading materials to schools in
a continent where the education sector appears to be underfunded. The
distribution of books is a continuous project of the Foundation, which
is one of the cardinal areas that it creates a positive impact in the
society as well as provides opportunities to the underprivileged.
Below are some of the pictures that were taken at the book distribution
at Sir Emeka Offor Foundation headquarters in Oraifite Anambra State……
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