Dear Mother of an A2S Entrepreneur
What is your name? Mrs. Omoregie What do you do for a living? I am a social worker at a specialist hospital. What is your driving force in life? My driving force in life is my strong desire to leave [...]
Dear Mother of an A2S Nigeria Scholar
What is your name? My name is Mrs. Glory Aghahowa What do you do for a living? I am a cook, but I have been out of work for some time now due to some health issues I have. How [...]
Where Are They Now?
As we approach our second annual Entrepreneur Incubator, we decided to catch up with our inaugural Incubator Pitch winners about their process and growth over this past year. In July of 2017, St. James Farms and Hill-Climb Cinemas were selected [...]
Mrs. Evelyn’s Story: Meal-a-thon 2017
This is Mrs. Evelyn. Her children attend the A2S After School Academy. Did you know? The After School Academy relies on mothers of our kids to volunteer to prepare lunch each day. Not only does the academy create a safe [...]
Amas’ Story: Meal-a-thon 2017
Amas Guobadia used to walk home very tired after selling newspapers and magazines at bus stops after school. Amas had to work to assist his father, a bricklayer, and his mother, a cell phone card vendor. His classmates would not [...]
Osariemen’s Story: Meal-a-thon 2017
Have you ever thought about what it is like to not have food? Many people go to bed on an empty stomach. This was the case for Osariemen Edobor. Osariemen is fifteen and studies at Idia College (high school) in [...]
Teachers Go To Class!
A2S volunteer and veteran educator and teacher, Carol McQuillen, made the trip to Nigeria with us this year and held a teachers seminar for the teachers at our After School Academy and teachers from the surrounding community. We are so [...]
Molly’s Mission Trip Update: Vacation Bible School at A2S
It is hard to believe that this is my first A2S trip. I traveled to Nigeria in 2010 to meet Andrew’s family but the timing never seemed to work to go on an A2S trip. After seeing Andrew pour his [...]
Lindsay and Ehis’ Trip Update: Wrapping Up Basketball and Empowerment Camp
Today was the final day of Empowerment & Basketball Camp at UNIBEN. The team arrived around 9:30AM in anticipation of it being a long day with a lesson, basketball, awards and distribution. Like most days, we all jumped into action [...]
Cameron’s Trip Update: The Excitement of Basketball Camp
Today was Sunday Funday and it lived up to its name. That goes for all the other days I have been here in Nigeria as well. There’s always a moment during the day whether it be big or small, that [...]
