25+ schools, 11 healthcare clinics, and grazing reserves where we serve Fulani families and their neighbors
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BHCA Esa Ekpo has 118 students and 18 staff! Rev Emmanuel oversees this school. This school was built and run by International Childcare Ministries. Schools For Africa began overseeing the school in 2022.
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BHCA Ikot Ntuk is a primary AND secondary school with 373 students, 23 staff. Reverend Odu oversees this school. This school was built and run by International Childcare Ministries. Schools For Africa began overseeing the school in 2022.
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BHCA Udung Uko is a primary AND secondary school with 154 students, 28 staff. Reverend Emmanuel oversees this school. This school was built and run by International Childcare Ministries. Schools For Africa began overseeing the school in 2022. This school is near the Jesus Bridge. Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt 11:28. There is a new bridge deep in the palmetto jungles of southern Nigeria, a bridge spanning over 300 feet of water and impenetrable swamp, a bridge from today's world to an ancient, primitive place where homes are of rushes and mud, men wear wrap-arounds and children run naked and free. A village knowing only fishing, hand-carved canoes, nets, hooks, bait and racks of smoking fish. There is for the first time a bridge to Esuk Ekong fishing village. It is the Jesus Bridge. In 2016, a team of nine men and women from California and Washington State led by Rev Derek Isaksen, pastor of Real Family Free Methodist Church in San Jose, Clifornia, joined Nigerian Free Methodists and volunteers from Nigeria's Youth Corps to build a 300 foot long bridge to connect the fishing village of Esuk Ekong to the mainland, to allow women to take heir fish to market and their children to attend Bright Hope Christian Academy, the ICCM school at Udung Ukoh. Besides building the bridge, Rev. Derek and his team provided a new floor, doors and windows for the Esuk Ekong Free Methodist Church and completed the small parsonage. They funded the drilling of a borehole in the church compound, along with two large tanks and a generator, all of which will provide the Esuk Ekong community with good, clean, drinking water. The team did this all for Jesus and for the children of Esuk Ekong, children whose lives will be forever changed as they cross the bridge into a new world of uniforms, textbooks, friends of other tribes, reading, writing and arithmetic! One small boy at Esuk Ekong, a boy we renamed 'Silas', was given not only the opportunity for a new life, but the opportunity to live. We discovered Silas covered with sores, starving, half-naked, tied hand and foot to a post in his grass shack. With no father or mother and a grandmother who was too busy to care, Silas was tied up all day and night to keep him from going from house to house looking for food. We met with the village chief and with his permission talked to the grandmother, loosed Silas' bonds and brought him a plate of food. For the next days of the project Silas stayed very close by our side and pretty much spent all his time eating or storing food, as anyone would do if he'd been starved all his life. Silas doesn't speak, has few social skills and walks in a slightly twisted manner. It may take a long time for him to recover from the years of abuse he has suffered, but there is real hope for Silas, because Rev. Derek and Rev. Kevin and Val Williams are going to help immediately by moving him to a boarding facility near Bright Hope Christian Academy, getting him to a doctor and therapist and into school. The prison doors have opened for little Silas. His chains are off; he's been set free. Rev. Derek and Real Family Free Methodist Church also plan to sponsor many of the other Esuk Ekong children who will attend Bright Hope. There are signboards at either end of the Jesus Bridge, each illustrated with a long, horizontal cross leading from 'man' at the foot of the cross to God at the head, with the words 'The Jesus Bridge' on the cross beam. There is a Bible verse on each signboard and the message, 'Jesus Loves You'. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
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Bauchi Clinic is next door to Partners In Progress School, and there are 2 nurses here. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care. There are no other clinics like this in the area. The community here was SO HAPPY that we built a school and clinic here, they through us a HUGE party, and even slaughtered a cow to feed all of the people!
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Partners In Progress School is HUGE, with 354 children, and 10 teachers. The school and a healthcare clinic were built in August 2025. The government was SO HAPPY that we came, they agreed to pay teacher salaries! UNHEARD OF! Their dream of a school has come true. They through us a HUGE party, gave Phyllis a COW, and slaughtered a cow to feed the community! The new school director said that children are coming to Partners in Progress from as far away as 15 kilometers away! The community consists of a Fulani village on one side of the road, living in peace with another tribe on the other side of the road! Here's a great story from Missionary Phyllis Sortor about the school: This is my new friend Abubakar, a Jarawa man in this community. I asked him to share the comments he'd made to me yesterday, and he graciously agreed. Abubakar's message: "I'm very happy with this project. We have stayed for a long time, looking for a school in this village - we couldn't get it. And now, just like a dream, we saw these people. Others in the village say we should take it as a play (not real). But one day we saw it with our naked eyes. We saw your materials for building a school. We are really happy. We have really no words to say but thank you for doing this job. I hope to say to the Director of Schools for Africa, may God help them and guide them, protect them from any calamity. The entire people of this village, this community, they are very happy. Pleasure and joy. Thank you so much. Thank you. God bless you."
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Bright Hope Christian Academy Primary and Secondary School has 318 students and 23 teachers! This is the FIRST school Phyllis opened with International Childcare Ministries. Hope Academy Emiworo was established February, 2008 in a small village, Emiworo, by Rev. Phyllis Sortor alongside with her husband, Jim Sortor, with four classrooms. The school graduated it's first set of students in 2012/2013, and secondary school (high school) started that very year. Now the school fully runs nursery, primary and secondary school. ICCM and Phyllis ran the school until 2016. In 2021, Schools for Africa took over the administration of the school again. Emiworo is a small community with about 4,800 population. The community operates two major political parties and has a peaceful atmosphere even during elections, which can be tumultuous. The Emiworo community is having an economic downturn because the country (Nigeria) as a whole is facing inflation. Most people in Emiworo community are farmers, fishermen, small business owners, and government workers.
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Ero Mountain Clinic is next door to New Pointe Primary School, on Ero Mountain Grazing Reserve. Built in 2024, there is 1 nurse here. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care. There are no other clinics like this in the area.
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Ero Mountain Grazing Reserve is a small community 15 minutes north of Emi Woro. it is the first teaching rotational grazing reserve in Nigeria! We have 1,235 acres, 25 cattle, some sheep, 2 herdsman, and 2 security guards here. There are 2 water boreholes, and the land is very fertile, with rivers and streams throughout. In this area, there are hundreds of additional undeveloped hectares available for purchase. NPRES and World Bank are partnering with us here to make Ero Mountain a model grazing reserve!
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Hope Academy Clinic serves the school and community in Emi Woro. This was the FIRST healthcare clinic built by Schools For Africa, after seeing a major need in the area. We provide life-saving medicines and first aid, and help more critical patients get the care they need. Nurse Comfort divides her time between Hope Academy and NewPointe Primary on the Ero Mountain reserve.
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Idaku Clinic was opened in April of 2026. This community in Kogi raised money to buy land for a school and anxiously waited for us to provide the school and healthcare clinic. There is solar power, a borehole for water, and teacher's quarters here! This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care. There are no other clinics like this in the area.
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Idaku Primary School was opened in April of 2026, with 120 students. This community in Kogi raised money to buy land for a school and anxiously waited for us to provide the school and healthcare clinic. There is solar power, a borehole for water, and teacher's quarters here, along with a healthcare clinic!
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Jouro School and Clinic were built 2023. This clinic serves 300 children and their families! There is 1 trained nurse here, and urgent needs are transported to a larger clinic. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care.
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Jouro School was built in 2023, along with Jouro Healthcare Clinic. There are 70 students here, and 4 staff, all under primary 3 (or 3rd grade). After Primary 3, the children are bussed to a bigger school of ours, BHCA Emi Woro. Jouro has LONG been a friend of SFA, and his children ALL attended our school at Emi Woro. Since his village was WAY back in the bush, it was too far for the little children to trek. For this reason, we built a school right near Jouro's village.
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New Okigwe School and clinic were built in 2023. The clinic serves 500 children and their families! There is 1 trained nurse here, and more urgent cases are transported to a larger clinic. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care.
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New Okigwe School was built in 2023, and now has 165 students! It is a large school, and the area here is quickly growing. We will install a second borehole here to meet the needs of the growing community. Here is the miraculous story of New Okigwe from Missionary Phyllis Sortor: Ok, now that I'm calm, I'll retell the miracle that just happened this morning. Some time ago we were driving through Okigwe, Imo State, Nigeria. We were stopped at a junction when a Fulani man came to the car, introduced himself as Yusuf, a relative to Mogodi, and asked us to visit their camp. He knew about Hope Academy in Kogi State and begged us to build a school for them, there in Okigwe. More time had passed when my friend Mrs. McKay contacted me asking whether we'd built that school for the Fulani children in Okigwe. My friend's father had recently passed away; she wanted to build the Okigwe school in his memory. I phoned my Fulani colleague, Mogodi, asking about the situation in Okigwe. Mogodi advised me NOT to go there, that the area was very hostile towards Fulani. All the Okigwe Fulani had fled the area. I had to tell my friend we couldn't build a school for the Okigwe Fulani; they'd left the area and I had no idea where they'd gone. We'd need to think about another group of Fulani who might need a school. Then, THIS MORNING, our SFA staff member, Haruna, asked if on our way south, we could stop at one Fulani village near Itobe, just minutes from Hope Academy, as his friend there had told him of their hundreds of children with no school. I said sure, we could stop by. We would pick up a guide, Haruna said, as the village was hard to locate. The guide was waiting across from the tile works, along the Itobe Lokoja road. He got in the car, reached over and shook my hand. "Do you remember me?" he asked. "I'm Yusuf, the one you met in Okigwe. All of us from Okigwe had to leave the area because of persecution. We've settled in a village here. We have something like 500 children who need a school. Will you help us please?" And THAT, my friends, is a bona fide, April 2022 miracle! I would say, God REALLY wants that school in 'New Okigwe'!
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NewPointe Primary School is just 15 minutes north of Emi Woro. Built in 2020, the school has 68 Fulani and farmers' children learning and playing together. With parents, teachers and children working well together, much can be accomplished. What a wonderful praise!
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Apiawe Primary School is located next door to Apiawoyi Secondary School, Bowmans Creek New Life Healthcare Clinic, the New Hebrew Free Methodist Church, AND The City of Refuge! We have over 169 Fulani children registered in this primary school! Pastor Joseph and Pastor Abednego teach and oversee the school. We have 4 SFA staff, and 4 government paid staff!
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Apiawoyi Secondary School is located next door to Apiawe Primary School, Bowmans Creek New Life Healthcare Clinic, the New Hebrew Free Methodist Church, AND The City of Refuge! This is a government school that we partner with, run by the community. Principal Veronica is leading the school to allow the children a high level of education! We have 9 teachers and 89 students here!
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Bowmans Creek New Life Clinic is next door to Apiawe Primary School, Apiawoyi Secondary School, the New Hebrew Free Methodist Church, AND The City of Refuge! Built in 2022, this clinic is supported by a church in Pennsylvania. There are 2 nurses, and several CHEWS - Community Health Extension Workers. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care.
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The moment you give your life to Christ you become an infidel according to Islam. Islam insists upon death or rejection for any new converts. The City of Refuge is a place for Fulani people who are new converts to Christ to find a safe haven. We offer discipleship classes to build up a convert's faith in Christ. Reverend Phyllis Sortor, AKA MAMA FULANI, built a large church and 7 rooms for converts. Some converts are enrolled in school, and some we are able to employ after school hours. Funded by Schools For Africa, we train these converts in an occupation such as welding, sandals making or sowing of clothes. We have three pastors in the City Of Refuge who run the church and disciple converts. Many of the students from our nearby primary and secondary schools and their families attend the church as well. To change from Islam to Christianity is very challenging. Musa, a convert in the City Of Refuge, had cows, but the moment he denounced Islam to convert to Christianity, his family stole all the cows that were his inheritance, and chased him out of his home. He was persecuted, without shelter or food, until we brought him into the City of Refuge. Suleiman, another convert, was sent out of his village. His mother loved him dearly as her only son, so he was sent out of his village, so that the villagers would not kill him. Usman faced a great challenge when he converted to Christianity. He was cut severely with a large knife, and was left in his pools of blood to die. A Christian brother took him to hospital for treatment. God intervened, and after many days in the hospital, he began to recover, and was brought to the City of Refuge. Another convert, a Muslim woman, was received by the church after her father disowned her for the new faith she has chosen. She held on to her Christian faith, and today her son is now a pastor because she stood firm. Ahmodu gave his life to Christ, but had to run away from his home, fleeing for his life. We accepted him into the City Of Refuge, and he continued here for many months. One day he was threatened by some Muslims to change his religion, or die. His faith was not strong enough to face the challenges and he later went back to Islam. One of our converts, Hassan came to us through an evangelist. Hassan said he was a new convert, that he believes in Jesus Christ, but his parents were after his life. He asked, "Can I find a place here?" Our pastor replied, "Yes, you are now my friend." He said, "But I don't know you, I'm just seeing you for the first time." The pastor said, "Yes, in the family of Jesus Christ, there is no need to know each before becoming friends. We are family now and brothers."
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Bobi Grazing Reserve School #2, Bailey Robinson Memorial Primary School, Niger State. This school is within Sariki Ahijo's domain, in the Dam Erga area. This school is very remote, deep inside the bush of Bobi Grazing Reserve. This school collapsed due to flooding, and was rebuilt in 2025. There are 51 students and 3 teachers here.
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Big Dam Primary School is #3 on Bobi Grazing Reserve. There are 106 students and 5 teachers here!
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Bobi Grazing Reserve totals 76,889 acres! SFA and partners have drilled 5 boreholes on the reserve, and repaired 2! We have 8 schools here, and over 764 students! Grazing reserves are land that has been set aside for the rotational grazing of cattle for Fulani shepherds, their cattle, and their families. We build schools and healthcare clinics on reserves, to meet the needs of the Fulani holistically. We train the nomadic Fulani people to keep their cattle in one place, minimizing land feuds, and giving them access to education and healthcare!
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Bobi Grazing Reserve School #1, Courtney Carleton Memorial Primary School, is located in Kilishi Village, near Alhaji Buba's compound. There are 188 students and 5 teachers here!
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Dam Dutse Primary School is #4 on Bobi Grazing Reserve. There are a118 students here!
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Kango Bassa Primary School is #6 on Bobi Grazing Reserve. There are 64 students and 2 teachers here.
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Leaders of Tomorrow New International High School is located in Durgu, near Bobi Grazing Reserve. Opened in September of 2025, there are NO other secondary schools in this area! All of our students from the seven other school on Bobi Grazing Reserve will be able to attend this secondary school! We currently have 47 students and 4 teachers here. This school will grow quickly, as students from our primary schools grow up into secondary school!
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River of Life Nursery and Primary School is #5 on Bobi Grazing Reserve. There are 70 students and 3 teachers here!
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Both clinics on Bobi Grazing Reserve are named Two Sisters Healthcare Clinic. They are named in memory of Sarika's two daughters, after the two sisters died in childbirth when the hospital outside the reserve wouldn't take them. Both clinics have been incorporated into the state's healthcare system, which we love! Nurse Talatu is overseeing both clinics. Bobi 1 is located halfway between Sariki Bello's compound and the main road. There is a working borehole w/ solar pump and electricity. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care.
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Both clinics on Bobi Grazing Reserve are named Two Sisters Healthcare Clinic. They are named in memory of Sarika's two daughters, after the two sisters died in childbirth when the hospital outside the reserve wouldn't take them. Both clinics have been incorporated into the state's healthcare system, which we love! Nurse Talatu is overseeing both clinics. Bobi 2 is located near Iam Graga, Sariki Alhijo's village. Nurse Helen works at this clinic. There is a working borehole w/ solar pump and electricity. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care.
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Yabawa Primary School is #7 on Bobi Grazing Reserve. There are 67 students and 4 teachers here.
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Butterfield Memorial Clinic is located in Peace Village, near Good Shepherd Primary School. There are lots of Fulani families in this area who have never received healthcare before. There are no other clinics in the area. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care.
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Friends and Neighbors New International High School was built in 2024, and brought two tribal leaders together (check out their picture, below!)! It is 7 miles down the road from Peace Village. With 31 students and 9 teachers, we are making an incredible impact here. There is a primary school right across the street from this school. This is not OUR primary school, but we will welcome them into our secondary school (see their pic, below)! This is the only secondary school around! A church meets here on Sundays, too!
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This clinic is located close to Imala town, and is connected with Butterfield Memorial Clinic in Peace Village. We trained over 20 Fulani women trained as CHEWs, Community Health Extension Workers, to help extend care to the community. The two clinics are registered with the Nigerian government, and our partnership benefits the community! Dr. Godfrey splits his time between the two clinics. This healthcare clinic meets the physical needs of the community through life-saving medications, first aid, and pre- and post-natal care.
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Lafiya Grazing Reserve features 400 acres where we are demonstrating rotational grazing, and 1600 acres farther up the river. Lafiya means peace in the Hausa language. Peace Village is here, with Good Shepherd Nursery and Primary School, and Butterfield Memorial Clinic. This is a beautiful, lush area on a river. The villages up and down river all wanted their children to attend school, so we built a HUGE boat (Big Blue) as a school bus!
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In Peace Village, the Good Shepherd Nursery and Primary School has 208 students! There are many tribes in the area, including Fulani, Yoruba, and Hausa. The school was built in a round, to model a Fulani hut. On Lafiya Grazing Reserve, we feature 400 acres where we are demonstrating rotational grazing, and 1600 acres farther up the river. Lafiya means peace in the Hausa language. Butterfield Memorial Clinic serves the students, their families, and all surrounding villages. This is a beautiful, lush area on a river. The villages up and down river all wanted their children to attend school, so we built a HUGE boat (Big Blue) as a school bus!
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Etiose Camp School was an ICCM (International Childcare Ministries) school that Schools For Africa revived in 2024. We hired 2 teachers here, to teach 60 children. We've rebuilt the broken-down classrooms of a revived ICCM school. The school is now thriving!
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A school in Sabon Koura is COMING SOON! Here's the story of how the school came to be: Solid Rock Good Life Academy was built in early 2023, when Missionary Phyllis Sortor was invited to our Security Guard Jacob’s baby dedication, and she fell in love with his church. God told her to build a permanent structure for them, as they were renting a tin building. A generous donor funded that church, then asked what else we need. We needed a SCHOOL, and he said yes to that, too! The Ardo of the village nearby is VERY supportive of the school. Ardo shared his delight with his brother who lives an hour away. The brother persistently requested a school for 3 years. We finally visited him, and couldn't turn him down! We hope to build Ardo's brother a school in 2026/2027! THIS will be Sabon Koura, or the Carol Barrett Memorial School. In 2025, SFA Secretary Carisa Haven and friend Carol Barrett visited Nigeria, and this village. God spoke to Carol's heart, and she began raising the $60,000 needed to build this large school. Carol passed away shortly thereafter, but her friends and family have continued to raise the funds for this school.
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Solid Rock Good Life Academy was built in early 2023. With over 183 students, and growing quickly, we had to turn students away! We rebuilt the storage room and office into classrooms to accommodate the children. There is even an afternoon class for 15 adult students! Missionary Phyllis Sortor was invited to our Security Guard Jacob’s baby dedication, and she fell in love with his church. God told her to build a permanent structure for them, as they were renting a tin building. A generous donor funded that church, then asked what else we need. We needed a SCHOOL, and he said yes to that, too! The church was totally willing to partner with the Fulani school! The Ardo of the village nearby is VERY supportive of the school. His children are all there, and he and wife are taking afternoon classes! Ardo shared his delight with his brother who lives an hour away. The brother persistently requested a school for 3 years. We finally visited him, and couldn't turn him down! We hope to build Argo's brother a school in 2026/2027! The school land is VERY ROCKY! Men had to build large fires over the rocks, then manually crack and hammer the rock down to a level grade. Hence the name SOLID ROCK SCHOOL! There are zinc mines all around this school, which CAN be a danger to the children, who are small enough to fall down the mine holes! There is also a bird sanctuary nearby, much to Phyllis's delight!
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Our school in Port Harcourt WAS a large school called New Town Nursery Primary School. A large Fulani family (DEAR friends of ours) was using some abandoned government buildings, with permission. Without warning, the government came in 2024 and demolished our school, and all the buildings, displacing many many families. We got to work, and with the help of generous donors, purchased land in February 2025 to build a FOREVER HOME for our Fulani friends (see the drawing of our plans, below!). Over a year later, with one delay after another, and we are STILL not building here. With much persecution in the area, we are carefully letting God lead.
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Tender Choice Montessori, Primary and High School, in Port Harcourt is a former ICCM school - SFA now supports them with teachers' salaries! There are over 700 children in this school!! Principal I---- and her husband Pastor I-------- are longtime Free Methodists, and very dear friends of ours. They pastor a FM Church there on the school premises! So great!
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