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Udo Okonta
LASACO
Assurance Plc in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative,
has made financial donation to Lagos Empowerment and Resource Network
(LEARN) to enable it organise and facilitate summer school programme for this
year’s long vacation as a means of keep students off the street during the
period.
Beyond
students taking tutorials in their regular academic subjects, the summer school
programme is designed to empower student with practical skills that would make
them self reliance and inculcate entrepreneurial skill in different areas of
endeavours. Practical skill areas include shoe making, bead making, event
decoration, barbing, catering, soap making, photography among others.
The
firm’s General Manager, Biodun Dosunmu, who stood in for the Group Managing
Director, LASACO Assurance Plc, Olusola Ladipo-Ajayi, explained that LASACO
believes tomorrow is certain when future leaders are properly groomed and
nurtured through investment in their education and empowerment with practical
skills that would make them self- reliance.
“Our
support for LEARN has been on in the last 3 to 4 years due to LASACO’s believe
in being a socially responsible corporate organization as well as sustaining
the legacy of its former chairman, late Chief Akin Leigh, who initiated the
collaboration with LEARN.
“This
great initiative aligns with one of LASACO’s strategic business principle of
striving to better the society, particularly using corporate social
responsibility platform and therefore deserves sustenance.
“LASACO
cannot but give support to Lagos State Government’s drive to lay a solid
foundation for the future leaders. Lagos State government has also been very
supportive of LASACO as a corporate entity”, he added.
Dosunmu,
who led a team of LASACO management staff to visit one of the summer school
centres at Oke Ira Junior Grammar School, oke Ira, Lagos, expressed gratitude
to the LEARN for taking the initiative to get the students engaged during the
holiday rather than roaming the street, stating that the society would be
better for it.
The
Coordinator of Oke Ira Centre, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Soneye disclosed that the
centre has about 600 students drawn from various schools in the area. According
to her, many parents have testified to the effectiveness of the programme as
they have noticed remarkable positive changes in the live of their children. In
their appreciation during the visit, the representatives of the students at Oke
Ira Junior Grammar School centre, Miss Okega Tinuola and Master Salim
Mohammed, commended LASACO for supporting the vision Lagos Empowerment and
Resource Network (LEARN) in not only impacting knowledge but also preparing
them to be self reliance through the skill acquisition component of the
programme.
Apart
from Oke Ira Junior Grammar School centre, LEARN has two other centres for this
year’s summer school. They are located at Iponri Estate Junior School, Iponri
Surulere and Awori Ajeromi Junior Grammar School Agboju. Lagos Empowerment
& Resource Network (LEARN) was established in 2007 with special focus on
youth development.
The
vision is to ignite a passion for learning in the youths through education,
vocational skills and recreation. Other programmes of LEARN are: Summer
& after school lessons; career enlightenment program; a time out with the youths; skill acquisition program; open day for parents & excursion; what next;
excursion and volunteer induction.
LEARN
is an initiative of Lagos State first lady and wife of the Governor, Dame
Abimbola Fashola.
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