TheGiveBackGroup

A volunteer driven social development organization operating a knowledge exchange mechanism in the areas of education, health and security.

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Being an adult is basically just worrying about money and not getting enough sleep

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@JokeSanwoolu Your Excellency, our Book Distribution Drive is a project we would love to have you be a part of. Please see our proposal in your DM

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The irrepressible joy brought on by books is a sight we will never forget. 

Happy World Book Day young Bibliophile, may books bring the big world to you and you to the bright future waiting in the pages of books.

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Our iconic picture captures this young man running to the boat that brought him and his friends, through the brackish, grime-filled water, to celebrate securing a golden copy for himself.

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The Angels colouring books quickly became gold as it wasn't only engaging and interesting for many, but also the resource they could interact with, with little or no adult guidance.

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Imagine our dismay when we discovered that our age and class-appropriate workbook model was not feasible as a 9 year old was in primary 3 with the literary competence of a 3 - 4 year old preschooler.

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We had recently been boosted with a donation of Angels colouring books and workbooks for Pre-School  by Nonye packed 15 units to complement the mainly Lower and Upper Primary LearningPAKs we intended to share.

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At the height of the Pandemic, we set out on the LearningPAK Distribution Drive to put curated workbooks of curriculum-compliant content into the hands of more than 1500 learners. It led us to Whayinna, a village on stilts and poles in the middle of the Lagos Lagoon.

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The theme for this year's World Book Day is  ' Share A Story's and so we celebrate today with a Give Back tale tied to the picture this post is hinged on. 
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Lighting The Light of Literacy: A Give Back Tale

'Books boost our brains, broaden our world and brings us abreast of a big beautiful world beyond our mind borders'
Lanre Yusuf

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Our gratitude is boundless and deep as we acknowledge that the little we have done will go a long way for many and our desire is to do more, be more and reach more in our quest to Give Back.

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Our donors contributed used clothes in good condition with some even giving out new items. Having all items freshly laundered, packed and labelled by the CPE team was an added blessing that helped sorting and distribution

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Over 300 individuals left our long queues with radiant smiles and at least a shirt/top or footwear to shield the feet

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With the able support of the Concerned Parents and Educators Network, we scaled our intervention from the provision of edibles to providing clothing for the destitute.

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A fire disaster is a raging storm that consume millions in minutes. Fixing the damage and its effects is a marathon that takes repeated efforts. This is the rationale behind extending our Immediate Succour Intervention Project For the Okobaba Sawmill Community to Phase 2

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Over 400 hundred children and more than half the number for adults benefitted from the token donated by the CPE network and more succour will be provided for the destitute so that learning, living and surviving in a better condition can restart for the hundreds on pause for now

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At least 70 families who are connected to us through the work we do with their wards in education were rendered destitute and efforts to secure clothing and a basic meal for the children (at least) were amplified by support from the Concerned Parents and Educators network.

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The inferno that gutted the refuse and sawdust-filled land where the sawmill industry and over 500 families coexisted was devastating in diverse ways that were intertwined with our areas of focus, hence, we had to intervene.

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As a volunteer-driven organization whose work is People, we sometimes venture into areas beyond our core focus of education, health and security in the densely populated, low income communities we work with. Such was the case at Okobaba.

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Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.... sustainable, achievable and the Give Back type.