Berger Ladies Charity Group
We were able to pay a visit to the BEMA School just before the beginning of the summer holidays and bring some small gifts for the children as well as for the teachers.
Apples and biscuits for the students and rice for the staff.
During our visit we were also able to examine the new safety shutters which will hopefully prevent theft of school supplies in future. We had made this a condition for further donations for classroom materials and also funded them.
This is Idris Sakari, he has been a student at the Bema School since February 2017. He is 26 years old and belongs to the Foulani tribe; they live as seminomads in wide parts of Nigeria. His village is close to the school.
His greatest desire was to learn how to read and write and we gladly found a sponsor for him who pays his school fees.
Idris is a very good student. At our last visit in May he showed us his exercise books and very proudly read to us.
He really enjoys school, he is always the first in the morning and has not missed school for a single day.
The teachers are very satisfied with his progress.
It was on this occasion that the Bema School agreed to start a particular school class for adults.
Apparently news spread quickly and a young Foulani girl appeared in the classroom, also with the wish to visit the school.
Shafa Atu is 19 years old and speaks Hausa. Her first task will be to learn English with the help of the teacher and her classmate.
The formalities were completed promptly, a sponsor was easily found, the teacher welcomed her at Bema School and presented her with an exercise book and pencils.
We would love to give more children and adults the opportunity to visit a school and are grateful for any donations.