As part of its September activities, Ikeja Dynamic Lions Club has donated textbooks, exercise books, mathematical sets and other writing materials to about 1000 pupils in St Peters Anglican Primary School and Adeniyi Jones Primary School both in Ikeja, Lagos.
According to club president, Lion Adeola Boluogun, the gesture was part of the club’s way of commemorating this year’s World Literacy Day, which also coincides with the ‘Back to school’ season.
“We’re here to donate writing materials, textbooks, exercise books, biro, pencils and mathematical sets to pupils in commemoration of this year’s World Literacy Day. We do this every year and it is like a ‘Back to school’ project for us.”
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Every year, Boluogun told The Nation that the club extends this gesture to schools within the Ikeja axis. Last year we were at Agidingbi Primary School; and usually we give the books directly to the pupils, not to the teachers; and then we donate whatever is left to the school libraries. Today we have been able to serve two schools: about 700 pupils in St Peters Anglican Primary School and between 250/300 pupils in Adeniyi Jones Primary school, which means we have been able to serve about 1000 pupils.”
Disclosing that the project was financed through members’ donations, Boluogun expressed his appreciation to LearnAfrica, which he said responded to its request for support by donating some of the textbooks to them.