our easter holiday was spent with refugees at the popular Oru camp in Ogun State, Nigeria. With a population of a bout 5,000 refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo and Sudan, you need to be there to know that these people have been through alot
I was invited to train them on ICTs and computer networks(LAN & WAN).the trainig took place at the 842 Computer Center.(History)The computer center was built by the community to support a young man Eric Wowoh who Someone donated a computer to and he learned how to use the system, and at some point realised his life was being changed.With the interest of his fellow youth at heart,he worked towards training others. After a few years,we the support of the community and support from other organisations the center was completed and now had ten (10) computers — and a standby generator. There, refugees — and some students of the nearby Olabisi Onabanjo University are trained at no cost!
A group of young volunteer and medical doctors conducted medical counselling,treatments for the refugees.the health clinic was on for three days,8hours per day.there was a health seminar on Hiv/Aids and STD's based on the observation during the clinic that one out of every three persons had sexually transmitted disease.
there was also a childrens easter party and vocational training on beads making,baking cakes etc.we left the camp monday to come back to lagos.
we had 50 youths in attendance and it was an experiernce one will never forget.