The Lions Club of District 404B2 Nigeria, District 8, has donated a set of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) equipment to Oregun Junior High School, located in the Oregun area of Lagos State.
This contribution aims to bolster basic education through improved access to technology and digital resources.
The Region Chairperson, Catherine Obalim, during the project unveiling on Friday, said the project was self-funded to assist the government in advancing education in the state.
She noted that the club, which usually stood up for the underprivileged, observed that the government needed all the help it could get to support the needy in society.
The club is known for helping the underprivileged and initiating community projects, such as feeding the hungry and the disabled, among others.
Obalim said, “Lions Club is all about humanitarian service, and we are here for the needy in our society.
I decided to assist the government because they cannot do it alone. This is what we believe in the Lions Club. When I was a zonal chairman last year, we did a similar thing at the secondary school. But when the principal of the junior school saw what we did, she appealed to us that we should come and do the same thing here.”
She added that the school had received donations of computer equipment and ICT software.
“I just decided on my own as the chairperson of the region to self-fund this project because of the passion I have for these little kids. The computers were not working when we came here. I repaired them and installed functional software so that the students could be thoroughly grounded in the digital world.
There was no UPS; we brought them here—about three of them. The keyboards were not working, so I repaired them. The computer mice were not working; about eight were donated to the computer lab.
“I also did a thorough repainting of the computer room. The whole place was looking like a marketplace, so I had to make it look conducive,” Obalim added.
While commending Obalim for the self-funding project, the district governor, Prof. Emmanuel Fagbohun, noted that several other similar projects were ongoing in other locations by the clubs within his unit.
