The Jigawa Library Project

OUR STORY

We the Jigawa Library Project team believes that every child ought to have adequate access to reading materials in other to position themselves to compete with their counterparts across the globe. Access to books and reading materials paves the way for creativity, innovation and resourcefulness in children. Access to books and reading materials also enable children to have quality education in line with the UN SDG4 (Quality Education).

Our vision is to create access to reading materials through the establishment of libraries and reading clubs in 16 Senior Secondary Schools in Jigawa State Nigeria.

Shortly after service began, we explored ways of giving back to our host community. They clearly had a lot of needs but we could not provide solutions to them all. We began giving tutorials to underprivileged children. We tutored them on Maths and English and we read together with them.

In the beginning there was no visible improvement in their speaking and reading ability. They seemed eager to learn and yet always seemed to forget what they had been taught.

We tried incentives; sweets, pens, biscuits and exercise books. Their interest was piqued but this as well did not yield the result we desired. It was one day while we taught them that one of the children opened up and told us that it was because she didn’t have textbooks that she was not performing at optimal level.

At the time, Aisha, the girl in question could not add 20 + 50, and she was in JSS3.

We provided a maths text book to her and 2 months later she could not only add and subtract but could multiply, divide and solve complex mathematical equations. Aisha was never a dull student, she just didn’t have a maths text book.

We were curious about the situation. We reasoned that if Aisha had such a challenge as a student in a government secondary school, whether there were other students with similar needs. We then conducted a research and found out that the access to books and critical materials are low in public secondary schools in Jigawa.

We began this project in order to curb the challenge of poor access to books through the creation of libraries and the poor reading culture through the creation of reading clubs.

We are currently working with 16 schools in 3 Local Governments in Jigawa State;

Dutse LGA

• Government day Secondary School Danmasara.
• Government Girls Day Secondary School Marabusawa.
• Government day Secondary School Kudai.
• Government day Secondary School Gadadin.
• Government day Secondary School Madobi.
• Government day secondary School Galamawa.
• Government day Secondary School Sakwaya.
• Government day Secondary School Zai.

Gumel LGA

• Lautai Science Gumel.
• Government Day Arabic Secondary School.
• Dantonamo Government Day School, Gumel.
• Government Girls Day Secondary School, Gumel.

Yankwashi LGA

• Government day Secondary School, Firji.
• Government day Secondary School, Karkarna.
• Government day Secondary School, Yankwashi.
• Government Science Technical College, Karkarna.

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS?

• 16 Senior Secondary Schools with little access to Libraries.
• Over 8000 Students from low-income communities with little access to study materials.
• Up to 200 Teachers with little access to teaching materials.

WHAT DO WE INTEND TO DO

The objective of this project include but are not limited to

1. To create Libraries in the selected schools through the provision of

• Shelves
• Tables
• Chairs
• Charts/Maps
• Textbooks 

      2.  To create reading clubs through the provision of;

• Novels
• Reading incentives (Eg stationeries)

OUR TARGET

Our goal is to reach 8,000 students in the 16 schools through the execution of this project.

ESTIMATES FOR THE 16 SCHOOLS

Shelves                          -  N436,000   (For shelves in the libraries in the 16 schools).

Chairs                            -  N277,600   (For Chairs for students and librarians in the 16 schools).

Tables                            -  N480,000   (For tables for the libraries in 16 school).

Charts/Map                   - N16,000  (For charts to hang on the walls of the libraries in the 16 schools)

Textbooks                     -  N1,339,200 (For text books in 7 subjects, 9 copies in each school).

Library renovation        -  N157,910  (for renovation of library space in 4 schools).

Novels                           -  N800,000 (1600 copies, 100 copies per school).

Reading incentives        -  N32,800   (Reading incentive for the 16 schools).

TOTAL                        - N 3,539, 510

WE NEED YOUR HELP   

In order to actualize this project in all the schools mentioned. The children in these communities need your help, together we can do more.

At the moment, you may help by making financial donations towards our fund raising goal.

You may also make a book donation. These may be;

1. Textbooks for senior secondary school students
2. WAEC and JAMB past questions
3. Novels for teenagers and young adults
4. Story books for children
5. Dictionaries and Encyclopedia.
6. Activity books

To make a book donation or for further enquiries please contact us at

Phone : 08036470180, 09067121289 or 08163967263

Email : thejigawalibraryproject@gmail.com

BENEFITS OF DONATING

Your donations will add value to the lives of over 8000 underprivileged children, and help actualize their dreams and future aspirations. They will have a better future because of you.

In every child lies the future of a Nation. Join us in shaping the lives of these ones and securing the future of Nigeria.

Be Part of Their Story.