Faculty, staff and students of the American University of Nigeria distributed emergency relief aid to internally displaced persons at the St. Teresa’s Catholic Church, Jimeta, at the weekend.

Also determined that the educational progress of children and young adults in the IDP camps is not disrupted, the AUN Academy, a leading provider of secondary school education in northeast Nigeria, donated exercise books and other learning materials to the IDPs camp housing over 2,000 families at the NYSC camp in Yola.

President Margee Ensign, who led the AUN team announced that the university, was mobilizing 40 volunteers from among its faculty and schools to teach, counsel and offer ICT training in the IDP camps. She was joined by members of the Adamawa Peacemakers Initiative (API), a group of local community and religious leaders.

The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Bishop Stephen Mamza, received the items which include rice, maize, cooking oil, and clothing to cater for the additional 2,000 families which registered with the Church’s charity in the last few days. At the NYSC camp, the AUN/API team rendered expertize in improving the sanitary condition  by helping to construct 25 latrines – 15 for women and 10 for men.  The Executive Secretary to ADSEMA, Mr. Haruna Hamma-Furo, praised the AUN-API gesture. “This great moment is one of the best things you can give to somebody”.