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  • Canoes Become a Lifeline for Farming Communities Cut Off by River Flooding in Nigeria's Sokoto

    Muritala Abdullahi

    March 14, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Shinaka, Sokoto

    Some farmers in Sokoto, Nigeria, are cut off from their crops when the Rima River floods during the wet season. So, they use canoes, known as Jirgi, to ferry people and their harvests across the water.

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  • The Unique School Program that Made a Difference in Gidan-Yaro

    Muritala Abdullahi

    October 26, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

    To reach students who had stopped attending school, Nigeria set up “non-formal learning centers” in some states where children could attend lessons three days a week in both Hausa and English, giving them the foundational knowledge needed to reenter the public school system. Between 2016 and 2021, more than 31,000 children transitioned from non-formal learning centers to public primary schools.

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