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CARITAS in Nigeria

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About Nigeria
On the coast of West Africa, Nigeria claims the title of most populous country on the continent and is home to more than 500 diverse ethnic groups.

The country is split between top and bottom by a religious divide of Christians and Muslims.

Its people have suffered from kidnapping and slaughter at the hands of the terrorist group Boko Haram, and w
ere affected by the recent Ebola epidemic. 
 

Girls in Nigeria are particularly in need of education. In the Northern portion of the country literacy rates for women are often well below 50%.
Caritas for Children in Nigeria
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Nsukka Diocese

CARITAS For Children supports a partnership between the Diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria and the Chicago Catholic schools which began based on the friendship between Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I. and then Bishop Francis OkoboThese visionaries established a unique partnership of promoting Catholic education in September 2006 in an effort to establish a unified Catholic education school system for the Nsukka Diocese.

This project involves the construction of new schools, pre-school through high school, as well as a teacher training college, with the aim of fostering and maintaining Catholic education for the children of Nsukka
.

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Child Sponsorship

CARITAS For Children supports a partnership between the Diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria originally established in 2010 in collaboration with the Catholic Schools Department of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois for the purpose of providing support to the families in Nsukka who could not pay for school fees or supplies on their own.

Our Programs in Nigeria: 
  • Day Nursery School Programs
  • Day Primary School programs
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