Feed the Future Today introduces Financial Literacy to public schools

Ohamara Obiageri:

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Feed the Future Today, has introduced Financial Literacy to pupils of selected public schools in Lagos, even as it donated rain coats to save the children from rain.

Founder & President of the group, Adetola Okanlawon spoke to the media at Ogba Public Primary School on Thursday during this year’s Feed the Children ‘Rain Coat Drive’

He said the NGO which is in its 10^th year that was upgraded to a Foundation two years ago, adding that the project for this year was introduction of financial literacy and rain coats to three school which include Ogba Public Primary School, Opebi Primary School and Bola Memorial.

In his word “This year marks the 10th year of existence of the NGO, but it was registered as a foundation in 2016,” Okanlawon stated.

Speaking on the core focus of the group he said “The Foundation is basically focused on introducing financial literacy to public schools, and we collaborated with Sterling Bank and other companies like Bakers World, Zinox and others.

“We also use this opportunity to protect the children, from the season, it is rainy season, so we are introducing financial literacy and we are protecting the children,” said Okanlawon.

Okanlawon put the total cost of the rain coat giving out this year at N2.5 million “In total we are giving out over 1500, Ogba Public Primary School we gave them 700; Opebi Primary School 400 plus, and Bola Memorial is about 300 plus. We have over 2500 raincoats and a raincoat, so we are talking of over N2.5m.”

The Founder disclosed that the organization is partnering with Government, “Because we always get approval from the government before we can do such things.”

On the challenges facing the group, Okanlawon said “The challenges the Foundation was facing include finance, Finance is pretty stiff; we constantly need the people to be supportive of anything that we do, so we are giving school bags, uniforms and things like that. We cannot do it alone, Okanlawon said.

He also hinted of introducing scholarship programme in the future, saying “We have not started a scholarship programme, but may in the future.”

Jonathan Alaba a pupil of Ogba Public Primary School who received a book and rain coat expressed his joy saying, “I won a raincoat and a book from sterling bank. I feel happy. Thank you Sterling for giving me a raincoat and a book, God bless you, I am going to work to make my parents happy.”