Makoko is a community located at the shore of the Lagos lagoon which of course is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean the second largest Ocean in the World, over looking the longest bridge in Africa the 3rd mainland bridge, with over three hundred thousand (300,000) people living there.
Makoko is known to be a place which home’s the headquarters of two prominent world voluntary organisations.
which are the Red Cross and the prestigious Scout Association of Nigeria.
Entering into Makoko, it looks all nice like every other average communities, but little do people know how monotonous the dept of that community is.
THE SLUM
The tail of makoko is called Ago egun which means home of the people of egun, this area (both 2on the sand filled and on water) holds an estimate of 50% of the entire makoko inhabitants.
Their major source of living is fishing and selling smoked fish. Their houses are built with woods and the base goes nearly six (6) fit into the water to gain firmness, these houses can only accommodate 8 to 10 people so as to maintain it’s durable state.
This is why it is called the floating slum.
The houses on the water are more than those on the sand filled .
Surprisingly the slum has everything a regular community has, from schools to market, saloon, hospital and bar, only that they lack better materials, facilities and equipments, they make do with what they can afford.
There are four (4) primary schools and no secondary school in ago egun, two on the land and two on the water .
THE FLOATING SCHOOL
The two schools on the water are dominated by the children who Live right on the water, however one is famous than the other because it has better facilities, they wear uniform and the pupils speak a bit of English, while the other school has little or no facility at all, they sit on the floor, they wear mufti and are being taught in egun their local dialect.
These schools are instituted to help build their children in the little way they can, so as to march up with their peers outside their environment with the hope they the future holds a greener pasture.
It wasn’t shocking to see that the children which includes teenagers at home and on the streets are more than those in school, for the priority of the parents are based on eliminating hunger, so therefore providing food on the table was their primary responsibility an example of what a politician called stomach infrastructure.
The other two (2) schools on sand filled weren’t too different from the ones on water, in fact they share more similarities than differences. One of them was more chocked such that other..
Beyond all these fissures the children were happy, smiling and living their best life, not minding their little, they were content with what they have.
An average child would be happy to get on the school bus that’s being driven by the school driver, but they are happier to get on the school canoe, pick up the paddle and row themselves.
MEET THE TEAM
THE BRIDGE
The bridge is a close group of 9 scouts, who are of like minds, with the same aims and objectives of reaching out to the world by building bridges to connect people of different identities using the sustainable development goal SDG as a landmark. The team came up with an idea to reach out to children, helping them in any way possible to strengthen their educational foundation.
The primary need of a pupil is a pen/pencil, we decided to source for funds within the small circle and few individuals outside. The aim was to reach out to at least one thousand 1000 children, either schooled or not.
This course was achieved through the consistency and commitment of the team, Willing to build more bridges in other spheres.
THE PROJECT
It was tagged a one (1) child one (1) pen/pencil journey, resting under the shade of SDG goal 4 which is Quality Education, with the aim of reaching out to at least one thousand (1000) children, in a less resourced environment
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