PRESENTATION AT 2019 BNET AGM

BY
AJOKE OMOWARE-ADEOLA
 Presentation Outline

• The Genesis
• Agbado E-Learning Hub
• The Metamorphosis-REEL Foundation
• Milestones
• BNET Support
• The Future
Bisi
• There are many Bisi’s in Agbado, a
peri-urban community in the south-
west part of Nigeria.
• Quality Education is a scarce
commodity in this community; there
is one government funded high
school and two elementary schools.
• There is however an influx of
“second rate private schools” to
cater to a population where it is
estimated that about 60% of the
population live on less than 3 GBP
daily
• It was against this background that I
founded a community-learning hub
in Agbado, south-west Nigeria
 Agbado E-Learning Hub
• It commenced as a summer programme
• The simple goal was to
provide access to
learning materials -
books, educational
games and information
technology for children
in order to
• augment their school
work and
• create learning
experiences similar to
that of their
privileged peers .
 Support at Inception (2014)
• 6 Weeks online course and Mentorship)

• 5000 CAD seed Grant

• 25 kindles instead of the standard 50 Pieces

The New
Revelation Baptist • Initial location of Pilot Hub
Church, Agbado
 Lesson Learned
Kids living in Agbado are not so different
from their privileged peers living in richer
neighborhoods

Perhaps the subtle difference was that whereas

the privileged kids I knew sounded super smart,
were savvy with technology and properly
groomed

However, 6 out of every 10 children who visited the

hub could not operate a laptop or tablet, had never
seen a board game and didn’t have the luxury to own
story books

These subtle disparities have a strong influence on their

learning outcomes as such they were already “seemingly
disadvantaged” from the onset of their lives through no “Should an accident of
fault of theirs birth debar a child from
reaching his/her fullest
potential?”
 The Metamorphosis-REEL FOUNDATION
o Knowing that there are several hundreds of Agbado E-Learning Hub
communities similar to Agbado in Nigeria, we
thought that if we could intentionally capture
our learnings and experience with our pilot,
Agbado E-Learning Hub, we could create a
model that can be easily replicated in other
communities similar to Agbado
o REEL Foundation was
birthed as the engine for
Adamo E-Learning Hub
this assignment

o Today , we have
expanded to 3
communities

Bethany E-Learning Hub

 Focus Areas

ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY E-
REEL Foundation is a registered community focused Non-Profit LEARNING HUB
Organisation that seeks to promote equitable access to quality
learning for children from low income/underserved communities.
IMPLEMENTATION OF
Our goal is to ensure that children irrespective of their socio- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
economic background have access to quality learning privileges that PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES
will put them at par with peers globally.

It is against this backdrop that we operate along these 3 focus areas:

CSR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 1.0 COMMUNITY E- LEARNING HUBS.
Based on the lessons learned operating the pilot hub, we designed a collaboration
model to enable us scale

• We partner with individuals, CBOs, schools etc. who are passionate about quality
learning in their communities to establish and operate a Community E-Learning
Hub

• REEL provides the operational structure, tested and proven learning tools and
techniques as well as capacity building and access to funding opportunities
available to REEL.

• The partner provides space/facility to host the hub as well as volunteers

• Quality control is maintained via timely reporting and unscheduled visits and
monitoring to ensure the hub adheres to the guidelines in the REEL Operational
guide
 2.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES
• REEL Community Spelling Bee and Games
Tournament in Agbado
• Inter school Quiz competition and Spelling
Bee for Primary School Pupils in Agbado
Community hosted by New Revelation
Baptist Children School , Agbado
• Free Eye testing and distribution of free
eye-glasses to 33 children comprising
participants at the centre as well as other
children in Agbado
• Quiz and debate competition for junior and
senior secondary school students within and Cross Section of Participants & Parent at the REEL Games
around a community in Abia State Tournament 1& 2

• Training & Capacity development workshop

for NYSC Members in collaboration with
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI/MWF
Capacity development workshop for NYSC Members in
Fellowship) collaboration with YALI
• Scholarship management for selected
beneficiaries at Agbado E-Learning Hub
 3.0 CSR PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• To ensure sustainability as an NGO, we do education

consulting and project management for organisations that
are looking for competent and passionate hands to handle
their CSR activities in the Education sector

• When a company engages the services of REEL Foundation

for project management, in addition to realizing its CSR
goals , the company is also indirectly impacting the lives of
the children who benefit from the use of our community
learning hubs
 BNET SUPPORT

N320,000.00/713
GBP to design
and fabricate the
structure that is
Agbado E-
Learning Hub
today
 2016 BNET SUPPORT
Agbado E-Learning Hub on
completion

N755,000 /
1,670 GBP to
complete the
Hub and
furnish
 2017 BNET SUPPORT
• N85.000/ 189 GBP to
produce the first
professional REEL
documentary
Donation of

• Nine Hundred and

Fifty Thousand Naira
(N950,000) for solar
installation at the
hub, procurement of
10 Android Tablets
 2018 BNET SUPPORT
One Million, Five
Hundred and Fifty
Six Naira Only
( N 1,556,000.00
/2116 GBP) to set
up Adamo E-
Learning Hub in
Ikorodu, Lagos
State.
 2019 BNET SUPPORT

• Sponsored the
trip of the
Founder to UK
to speak

• 300 copies of
Wonderful World
books authored
by David A. Hill.
 Direct Impact

Over 1000 4 Tuition

children scholarships
Present in 3 0ver 30 Sponsorships
communities for extra curricular
across 2 states activities

Relationship 12 weeks Exclusive

with about 30 chess training across
schools 2 Hubs
 INDIRECT IMPACT OF OUR INTERVENTION

•International recognition via selection of the

founder for the Mandela Washington Fellowship
Programme
•Beneficiary of a DoAction Project by WordPress
community to design and host a website probono
•Sponsored trip to BNET AGM in London, UK
 Current and Past Sponsors and Support
CASH SUPPORT IN-KIND SUPPORT

Total E&P Nig. Staff

Multipurpose Co-
operative Ltd.

Personal, Family & Friends

 Expenditure Policy

• Funding and cash donations received from

both Individuals and Organisations is spent
thus:

• 70-75% goes to direct beneficiaries

• Maximum 25% is used for operations,

Volunteer stipends and sundry expenses
 Our Team

• 3 Team Members

• 3 members for the

Board of Trustees

• Unlimited pool of
volunteers who
support with strategy ,
operations and project
management
 Challenges
• Hostility from some schools in the community

• Participation at the hubs is free, as such some

parents take it for granted and are lackadaisical
about attendance of their wards

• A number of schools have extended curricular and

extra curricular activities after school making it
difficult for children in the community to participate
in the hub activities on Fridays

• Poor roads making accessibility difficult in rainy

season

• Limited Formal training opportunities for REEL staff

and volunteers
THE FUTURE
 LEARNERS
The 2018 World Development
Report identifies four proximate
determinants most directly
linked to learning outcomes
SCHOOL
TEACHERS LEARNING INPUTS
• Learner preparation
• Teacher skills and motivation
• Availability of relevant inputs
• School management and
governance that bring these SCHOOL
together MANAGEMENT
• Thus far, we have focused on activities ,
programmes etc. that have been based
solely on learners development

• Whilst this approach has been rewarding ,

we believe that we can achieve wider
impact if we are able to successfully
design and implement a more holistic
programme approach that incorporates
other proximate determinants

• It is against this backdrop that we have

designed a strategic frame work that will
guide our activities over the next 3 years.
 3 Year Strategic Plan

Short Term
TBD on or before June 2020

• Coding and robotics classes for participants across the three (3) hubs
• Incorporate learning content into the tablets so that they are useful for
everyday learning in host schools (in Progress)
• Direct and Indirect capacity building for Teachers of Host Schools
• Identify and Manage Education development CSR projects on behalf of
corporate organisations
• Open 3 additional Community E-Learning Hubs
 3 Year Strategic Plan
Mid/Long Term
2020-2022
• Develop customized Tablets with learning content that can help children
out of school to learn in preparation for returning back to the classroom
• Increase partnerships to establish a minimum of 10 community E-Learning
Hubs across Nigeria and possibly Africa by 2022
• Design and Develop a technology process to enable Scholarships and
donations to indigent scholars
• Influence policy on education development
 Short Video

https://youtu.be/ufoyuNtlJBo
 “ No one has yet realized the wealth of
sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in
the soul of a child. The effort of every true
education should be to unlock that treasure.”

Emma Goldman
Q&A
R E E L Fo u n d a t i o n

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www.reelearning.org

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