Teachers and Students Ready to Make Up Lost Time

Oct 15, 2020 | Education

As a pampered child in America, I always dreaded going back to school after a fun filled summer.  Like most youngsters, I hated school. But, I’m not surprised Nigerian students are eager to end their COVID-19 quarantine and begin learning again.  Upon hearing Nigerian...

New Farm Will Foster Food Independence

Oct 2, 2020 | Appeal, Food, Projects

I walked into the Messengers of Justice (MOJ) vegetable garden, where Sr. Ann Onyedieke, MOJ taught me how to plant a pumpkin seed.  “Plant the seed with the head facing down so that when it opens the tap root sprouts up through the soil”, she said while demonstrating...

BOMCA Needs Help Overcoming Adverse Conditions

Sep 23, 2020 | Appeal

A new fuel tax in Nigeria has spiked the cost of transportation for working people, who expressed their disfavor to our new media partner, CCPM-TV. Combined with the arguably draconian measures now in effect to stop the spread of COVID-19, this tax forms a double dose...

Blessing discharged from hospital, recovering from surgery!

Aug 27, 2020 | Medical, Updates

I met Blessing during my last visit to Umuagwu, when I saw her dancing with a severe limp and learned she had been suffering from “polio induced clubbed foot” for almost all of her short life. Deacon Leo and I consulted with physicians, who recommended she undergo a...

Nurse Agatha: “I see them all as my children!”

Aug 13, 2020 | Appeal, Medical, Needs

I recently wrote about the partial reopening of schools in Nigeria in the continuing battle against COVID-19 and our need for medical supplies to ensure best health practices are followed. Proper use of medical supplies and implementation of official health directives...