Troops of 21 Brigade, 7
Division Nigerian Army, have established a temporary school for children at the Internally Displaced Persons’
(IDP) camp located in Bama town, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State
using military tents.
The school comprises 6 military tents in which
soldiers not on essential duty serve as teachers. In addition, some of the IDPs
who were teachers before their displacement, also teach in the school.
Presently, the school has a population of over
3,000 children. The Brigade has also established a section of adult education
for women.
Impressed with the laudable initiative, the
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) also assisted the Brigade with 2
additional tents and school bags for the pupils, while Borno State Urban
Education deployed a Principal to assist in running of the school.
The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General
and the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Mr Toby Lanzer, and
Borno State Government celebrated the recently held World Humanitarian Day with
the IDPs in the school and commended the efforts of the Nigerian Army for
establishing the school.
Similarly, an American Non-Government
Organization (NGO), Empower54, equally impressed with the fact that “despite
the heavy responsibility of fighting off the terrorists daily, the soldiers are
making time to teach the children”, appreciates the soldiers of 21 Brigade for
their selfless effort by establishing the school in a blog and hashtag.
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