BOMCA Students Win Debate Contest!

BOMCA Academy recently won the preliminary round of a debate competition between secondary schools in the Ahiazu Mbaise LGA. Vice-principal, Nanim Nidiamaka, selected and trained the 3-member secondary student debate team composed of Cal Alexis, Ugo Modesta, and...

MOJ Novices educating the Masters in faith!

Many years before HEAL became a formal entity, a former colleague of Rev. Leo Okonkwo pressured him to abandon the religious aspect of his mission and focus exclusively on clean water well projects in his home country of Nigeria. Leo refused, because his work on...

WAEC Exam Next Up for the Masters!

2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for youth.  In the name of stopping COVID-19 spread, young people in Nigeria like everywhere were shut out of school, sports, and social life to an extent never before seen!  HEAL has been assiduously helping our youth get...

School Reopening Requires COVID Compliance

Back in grade school, if there was a snow storm, I would check on radio or TV to find out if school would be closed.  Of course, if weather ever caused school to close for a day or two, it was always a joyful occasion.  What grade school kid wouldn’t want a few days...

Teachers and Students Ready to Make Up Lost Time

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...