UIUCares conducted multiple education-focused initiatives to support students in undeserved communities.
Back to School Program (Enugu State): Provided educational materials to 750 students in Community Secondary School Iva Valley, Community Secondary School Ndiagu-Amechi, and Government Secondary School Enugu.
Accomplishments: Distributed exercise books, pens, and mathematical sets to students from low-income households and domestic worker backgrounds.
Impact: Increased school attendance, encouraged a love for learning, reduced the financial burden on parents, and improved academic performance.
2nd Back to School Program (Abia, Anambra, Imo States): Supported 600 students in Urban Girls Secondary School Anambra, Government Secondary School Imo, and Community Secondary School Ohiya, Umuahia, Abia.
Accomplishments: Distributed exercise books, pens, pencils, and mathematical sets.
Impact: Expanded access to quality education and reduced financial barriers for students.
Educational Material Donation (Community Secondary School Agulu Awka): In partnership with Umu Igbo Unite Tri-State Chapter, UIUCares provided educational supplies.
Accomplishments: Donated essential learning materials and engaged with students and teachers.
Impact: Boosted student morale and motivation for academic success.
The UIUCares Back to School Program is always done at the beginning of each new year. This particular program is targeted at the students of public secondary schools across the southeastern part of Nigeria; who come from low income households and have to help their parents support the household by taking on jobs as house maids in various homes or working on the streets selling products.
The goals of the Back to School program is to promote educational equity, improve academic performance, address economic performance and enhance educational access.
A few schools impacted are: Metropolitan Girls Secondary School, Queens Secondary School, Annunciation Secondary School. 2000+ students from these schools were targeted and given exercise books, with pens and Mathematical Sets.