A Non governmental organization Mercy Corps and Interfaith Mediation Center, IMC Kaduna have presented over one hundred desks to Government Day Secondary School Badarawa, in Kaduna North Local Government area to ensure conducive atmosphere of teaching and learning.
The Chief of Party, Quick Impact Project CIPP, Mercy Corps Nigeria, Mr David Gatare at the presentation of the desks explained, that the donation was made under Mercy Corps Community Initiatives to Promote Peace and Quick Impact Project.
Mr David said the donation of the furniture to the school would serve as a connector to Badarawa and Unguwan Yero communities aimed at promoting peace.
According to him, students from the two communities attend the school, stressing that the intervention would help to bring them togethea with the the school acting as a connector.
He further explained that the classroom furniture provided for the school were identified as a key conflict driver in the community, because when children come to the school and fight over lack of space to sit, they can go back to settle their score in the communities.
Also speaking, the Co-Executive Director of Interfaith Media Center IMC, Reverend James Wuye, said the project was done to foster peace among the two communities with a view to attracting more of such support from within and outside the country.
Reverend Wuye who cautioned the students against drugs and substance abuse, urged them to always keep themselves clean.
He also warned them against pre-marital sex that could lead to abortion and other vices that can hamper their education.
“Behave yourselves and avoid joining bad groups. Don’t get involved in thuggery, community rivalry where young people carry knives, cudgels and other dangerous weapons against the other community,”
The Principal of the school, Malam Sadiq Sani, said the donation of the classroom furniture came at the appropriate .
Malam Sadiq who spoke through the Examination Officer, Mrs. Idayat Oyetunji thanked Mercy Corps and IMC for the gesture, saying it would go a long way to aid the learners in their academic pursuit.
COV/AMINU DALHATU
