Borehole Repairs and other charity in Nigeria
Borehole repairs and greening of Nigeria
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Since May 2020 we have been raising funds to support the good work of Lovatt Foundation in Nigeria. Lovatt Foundation.Org was established in May 2015 by a New Zealand poet and teacher Fiona Lovatt, who has lived and worked with women and orphans in Nigeria since 2011. She helped set up an orphanage in a war torn area of Borno -supporting and working with children who had been displaced. She has worked with volunteers and other NGOs to continue to repair boreholes and plant 1000s of trees. She has with the help of her Foundation supported small business loans, medical treatment, distribution of zakaat and education scholarships
The beauty of this grassroots organization is the speed at which you see your funds put to work. Every penny goes a long way as the collective does not get paid, nobody draws a wage for the work.
To find out more about Fiona and the amazing work she does with the foundation please visit her website and FB page.
https://www.facebook.com/lovattfoundation.org/
Please see my previous Givealittle page here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/water-for-the-children-of-borno
Tasneem Mohammed's involvement (page creator)
I am a Librarian and my first little project with Fiona was to find book donations for her "Books without Borders"project in 2008. Since then I have followed her work in Nigeria and once again I am getting the opportunity to assist.
Use of funds
The funds will be used to repair many boreholes that have stopped working in poor areas of Northern Nigeria and for continued support in planting fruit and other trees.
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Latest update
September Report from Nigeria amidst flooding 1 October 2024
*Lovatt Foundation. Org* received sadaqa from *46 ansar*.
MAIDUGURI FLOOD RELIEF*
7 teams of volunteers have delivered hot meals, dates, sanitation packs, mosquito nets to around 350
*BORES*
24 bores have been repaired.
*MEDICAL*
13 hospital cases have been attended to.
An second hand android phone for a case worker dealing with a chemotherapy case, she lost her phone in the floods.
1 village is receiving workshops on nutrition,
sanitation, first aid and prevention of malaria.
*ORPHANS & VULNERABLE CHILDREN*
60 orphans have received breakfast and dinner throughout September. Their widowed mothers on a cooking roster so the work is shared.
We add a little into the coffers of the 49ers, a home for orphans in Katsina.
A further 18 orphans living with relatives have been supported with food, school fees uniforms, etc.,
*THE GREENING/ THE EDIBLE FOREST*
128 trees have been planted. The work has been cut due to flooding in MAIDUGURI.
*HOUSING REPAIRS*
A widow in Kano lost her bathroom in the floods.
Our bore technician in MAIDUGURI had serious damage to his house supported by 1 Ansar to repair
*EDUCATION*
Supported Nigerian 7 students studying abroad through short term loans. Two other students have received allowance local.
Literacy delivered with book collections in 6 locations. (We lost everything in our Maiduguri location).
5 community teachers are being mentored in the Accelerated Literacy Acquisition programme we have developed.
Jazak Allah khairan,
Fiona
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