The
IQRA Foundation, a non-profit in Nigeria focused on providing improved
access to quality education for marginalized children in Nigeria, is
launching a community walk-in library at Bariga, Lagos.
Established
on the back of the school closure that denied access to millions of marginalized children, this walk-in community library will prevent a
future occurrence as it will ensure children in the community have
access to a variety of books to aid literacy, no matter the situation.
It will be managed by the community book club and Bright Achievers
Academy.
The library was built in partnership
with Spazio Ideale, an interior design company in Lagos who ensured it
was up to standard and homely enough for the children.
RovingHeights,
Page Bookstore, Ouidah Books, and Restructure Africa donated suitable
books for school aged children. These books along with books from other
individual donors will ascertain that the library is well equipped to
cater to children of all age groups/ children ages e.g. 4-18. We are
grateful to our donors, who provided funding and manpower to ensure the
library was constructed to be up to quality child engaging standards.
This
is only a step forward in redefining education for the marginalized in
Nigeria. There is a lot more to be done and The IQRA Foundation-Access
to Books is committed to ensuring that each child gets a fair chance at a
quality education.
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