March 29, 2007
VC in Tugan Magajiya is running well...Lucky will be there this week to see them and collect the list and pictures of the registered children.
The Amanawa community are doing unbelievably well. They have incorporated by themselves the rest of the village folk into the program. The village head, who is a Muslim, has endorsed the program and is promoting it. Youths are seen sweeping church, mosque and market places. Trees are being nursed for planting, car wash and laundry facilities are provided for by the community for youths to earn an income to assist the families. In the church every member is encouraged to sanitize their homes, clean the children, cook good food and keep their surrounding clean. I cant believe myself the speed at which this community is going. Again workers in the community are raising funds to provide scholarship for their own.
The community in Sokoto is a complex one because where we conducted the training is in a police barracks. I have not registered any child there because by the very nature of their jobs they could get transfered to any location at any time. In Moreso, it is not easy to operate there as all our activities will be checked with suspicion.
Michael and the 9 other communities in Abuja are still working out how to coordinate themselves. However, they are doing a great job of helping the poor and the widows and making sure they sanitize their environment. They are consistently holding meetings and Michael is making sure that things are rolling. I have left them to decide what they want to do themselves without any interference. This may take some time but i believe it is the best if they own up.
I suspect that the next 2 trainings will be like that of Amanawa.
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