By Esther Onyegbula

As part of its effort to ensure young children get quality education and return to school against all odds, a non Governmental Organisation, Abbyzworld Initiative, under its school support programme has paid the tuition of ten indigent pupils of JOGEM International School, Owode, Ogun State.Speaking on the programme, the Founder of Abbyzworld Initiative, Abigael Taiwo said the project which started two years ago currently has 20 beneficiaries.In her words, “We just concluded the second batch where we sponsored ten school children.”“It first started as a Christmas school support to give back to the society leveraging the festive season, also considering January situation for some parents and the difficulty in paying school fees. However, as the project progressed, it evolved into a School Support Fundraiser.”Explaining further, Abigael Taiwo revealed that the pioneer fundraiser program had donations of N144,000 which catered for the tuition and examination fees of ten pupils of Colwem International School in Simawa area of Ogun state. She said the fees was disbursed to cater to pupils in the playgroup/reception category, two pupils in Nursery 1 and 2 categories, two pupils in Basic 1 and 2 categories and two pupils in the Basic 3 and 4 categories.“The second fundraiser program which was just concluded received donations summing up to ₦161,000 which was sent to the School Administrator for school fees of 10 indigent children. The fees covered for one pupil from Nursery 1 and Basic 1, two pupils each from Basic 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. It keeps getting better.”“My passion for young minds gave birth to the project. A lot of people contributed to my growth and development today and God helped me use the opportunities I got well.“The project started two years ago as I reflected on my teenage and early youthful years; how far I have come and how my parents mostly struggled to pay our second term fees. That thought triggered something in me. I want to help at least ten school children get back to school every second term.” She expressed.She added that the choice of Colwem International School was simply based on the fact that it was the first school she taught after secondary school. “The school owner of Colwem International School helped me save close to N100,000 towards my undergraduate studies. “Abbyzworld sincerely hope that well meaning Nigerians will key into the project in the future.” she said.