Supporting Lovatt Foundtn in North Nigeria with assisting basic needs like clean water, food, health care, education, greening & much more.
International
Since May 2020 we have been raising funds from around the world to support the tireless 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 1000s of boreholes and plant 1000s of trees. The following is just a glimpse of the kinds of projects she has taken on - small business loans especially to women, medical treatment, prisoner release, food programs, and educational 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
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.
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.
December 2024 Update - LOVATT FOUNDATION. org 12 January 2025
BORES
27 bores repaired
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
10 packages for host families raising orphans in situ
3,720 meals for orphans in MARAYAU 60
60 pairs shoes
TREES
210 trees planted
FEEDING
30 widows received month of food (2 mothers of triplets)
972 home cooked meals delivered to displaced people in hunger
RUMBU(Interest-free, micro enterprise loans)
10 beneficiaries
EDUCATION
6 x community literacy centres
9 x stipends for community literacy Leaders
20 x resource kits for teachers (SchiBo = school in a box)
27 x teachers receiving ongoing training in Katsina and Adamawa states
5 x ICT scholarships
3 x short term loans to Nigerian students abroad
4 x tertiary student allowances in Borno, Kano & Adamawa states.
2 x secondary students support
Museum excursion for 19 members of Alhudahuda Library and Literacy Centre, Kano.
MEDICAL
Diphallia
Injuries from a driving accident
Malaria
Chemotherapy
Hypertension
Lacrymal cyst
Necrotising fasciitis
Health Advocacy visit to village (Inspired work of Health Advocate in Costa Rica work with set case load, promoting health hygiene, sleep, exercise, nutrition, doing well-being checks to prevent chronic ill health. A person found who had broken leg set, 95 days ago, by someone who used concrete blocks as brace. For extra weight, the blocks on either side were weighted with bottles of water.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
repairs to a village toilet
20 cold packs 4 elderly containing sleeping mat and blanket
9 uniforms for people in ed.
Jazak Allah khairan ❤️
Jazak Allah khairan ❤️
Jazak Allah khairan ❤️ for your kind donation.
Jazak Allah khairan ❤️ for your kind donation.
Jazak Allah khairan ❤️
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