{"id":61460,"date":"2022-06-18T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=61460"},"modified":"2022-06-18T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:00:12","slug":"uba-foundation-joins-rest-of-the-world-to-celebrate-international-day-of-the-african-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/uba-foundation-joins-rest-of-the-world-to-celebrate-international-day-of-the-african-child\/","title":{"rendered":"UBA Foundation Joins Rest Of The World To Celebrate International Day Of The African Child"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\"\"In commemoration of the 2022 International Day of the African Child, the UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group, on Thursday, joined the rest of the world to celebrate African children by holding reading sessions for school children across the African continent and donating thousands of books in a special \u2018Read Africa\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n

UBA Foundation\u2019s Read Africa initiative was birthed almost two decades ago with a purpose of ensuring that African school children continue to read as they further their education. Read Africa also supports African authors in different languages(English, French, Portuguese, Swahili) through the selection and purchase of books by African authors from different countries on the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In celebration of the African child, the UBA Foundation visited schools and orphanages across Africa donating thousands of books, school bags, food and other gifts as they stressed the importance of education and the expansion of knowledge.<\/p>\n

At one of the reading sessions which was held at the Joef Dynamic College, Obalende, Lagos, the Foundation, led by its Managing Director\/CEO, Bola Atta talked to the school children about topics ranging from financial literacy and the importance of imbibing a good reading culture to developing business acumen and following through passionately.<\/p>\n

During her interaction with the school children, Bola Atta emphasised that every child deserves the right to learn. She told them, \u201cThe pursuit of knowledge should be a lifelong activity that starts at a very young age. You should cultivate an interest in reading not just academic text books but different types of books that will allow you to explore cultures and worlds outside your immediate environment so that you can expand your knowledge and your mind\u2019 Atta said.<\/span><\/p>

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Whilst answering questions from the students, the Foundation\u2019s CEO highlighted that one of the main objectives of the UBA Foundation is uplifting lives and communities on the African continent by creating dynamic educational platforms for future generations and future leaders.<\/p>\n

June 16 every year has been set aside by the United Nations as the International Day of the African Child to celebrate children in Africa and to recognise the courage of students who marched for their right to better education in Soweto, South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Vice Principal of Joef Dynamic College, Danladi Ladan, in his appreciation of UBA Foundation\u2019s visit to the school and donations of books and other educational items said \u201cOur school will continue to inculcate the habit of reading amongst students as we believe a society of knowledge is a panacea towards development.\u201d He called on other corporate organisations to emulate UBA Foundation\u2019s initiatives especially in the area of educational development.<\/p>\n

UBA Foundation remains committed to its three key pillars which are Education, Empowerment and Environment. The Foundation has been actively involved in facilitating educational projects and bridging the literacy-wide gap on an African wide scale for close to two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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