{"id":1347,"date":"2024-02-15T14:34:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:37:09","slug":"ingaf-at-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/ingaf-at-five\/","title":{"rendered":"INGAF AT FIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-98f66c62950a588a89a399c82d852166\">Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation(INGAF) has reached her remarkable milestone of five(5) years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-04de12741560ce02c631f6f22821c569\">Our Executive Director, Amb. Emmanuel Idiagi started this vision of &#8220;raising Intellectual Giants in Africa&#8221; in a classroom with just three(3) kids in a community called Alugu-Lungu in Abuja-Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c3781d3e12d067b9bc7de2ac9b2741d\">So far, our achievements have given us high hopes for a brighter future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-508b032ce7299420ad1d4633947e85a2\">\u2705 Currently, we have Delegates in all the Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8444bfc814d2f8f9831a6acd2f4c2315\">\u2705 We have partly funded the school fees of some youths and children, distributed free educational materials to them, enhanced their comprehension, writing and communication skills of hundreds of students in various communities in Abuja-Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20e5c2dc5a5dfd42b8279a5cba4d0d11\">\u2705 In September 2022, for the first time in history, our non-profit organization(INGAF) partnered with The Murdock-Thompson Center for Teachers in the USA to organize an Innovative Teachers Conference and Award Event in Abuja-Nigeria; an event that recognized, celebrated, and awarded Eleven(11) Innovative teachers from Nigeria and Ivory Coast with a prize fund of $1000USD each. In September 2023, nine(9) teachers in these countries won the prize fund. Over the last twenty four(24) months, we have given out $1000 each to nineteen(19) teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8f7e442516f2387c33ab1c8e73cbbce8\">\u2705 In 2023, we carried out Digital training project in partnership with Socialander Digital Agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIz); NITDA (Nigeria Innovation Technology Development Agency); and Digital Transformation Center(DTC) Nigeria, to organize a digital skills training program in Abuja, where hundreds of unemployed Nigerians where empowered digitally. The success stories are mind-blowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1331b0f8304bb15b5f4fc36cc653adf1\">\u2705 In 2023, we also partnered with other organizations like the Four Stream Missions, Agape Christian Empowerment Foundation, to carryout community development projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bcde1bd7c1e978c16107e89d288a23fd\">\u2705 Currently, we&#8217;re working on establishing community learning centers that promotes Basic Literacy Education for children in Nasarawa, Kogi, Kaduna, Kano, Oyo, and in Taraba State in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-966f1b6579e14293bda3ed0e898e7aa3\">\u2705 Over the last five(5) years, our efforts to promote innovative teaching in Africa, strengthen Basic Literacy Education in various communities and empowering her beneficiaries has been tied to our core vision &#8211; &#8220;raising Intellectual Giants who will build Africa for Africans&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/INGAF-2-1-650x650.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a50c16d21a747e6363b0665ecd4636b\">Our gratitude knows no bounds to the consistent support we get from all our sponsors and donors around the globe, coupled with the hard work, creativity, excellence and leadership of our team. These have been pivotal to our journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4036dbce0a066af69c4c5a7f740ff696\">Robin Sharma, a renowned Leadership expert once said, &#8220;When we give up on our dreams, we die while still alive.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa751525655a5f87c5d0d4c0d1b1ed31\">Through thick and thin, we are grateful we didn&#8217;t give up on our dream to see a better Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8a2468190035ec185f94288d944d4514\">We sincerely appreciate everyone that has contributed to making this dream become a reality in our very eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6090100458cb62650df24599985d0567\">5yearsAnniversary #INGAF #Gratefulhearts #AfricaIsGreat #Thankyou #UnitedNations #SDGs2030 #Education #UNESCO # #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #MTC #Socialander #GIz #Gracias #GlorytoGod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation(INGAF) has reached her remarkable milestone of five(5) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}