Makurdi, 14 January, 2022 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria has reached out to some vulnerable children in Benue State with a six-year full scholarship.
A Friday, January 14 Facebook report by the Catholic Star Newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi indicates that the scholarship is expected to benefit “50 children of internally displaced persons in Benue State.”
“The 50 beneficiaries are the first batch of ‘Train an IDP Child’ special fundraising appeal launched by the Resource and Planning Commission of Makurdi Diocese in September 2021 to raise a billion naira from the pool of free will donations of at least one thousand naira from one million donors for intervention in the social services institutions of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi,” the leadership of the Nigerian Diocese says in the report.
“The beneficiaries were selected based on their performance in the examination which was conducted at the various IDP camps in Makurdi Diocese,” the Catholic Diocese says, and adds, “The beneficiaries have been sent to five Catholic schools in Makurdi Diocese, each taking 10 students,”
The five Catholic schools include Mount St. Michael's, Aliade, Mount Saint Gabriel's, Holy Child Secondary School, Makurdi, Mount La Salle College, Naka and Our Lady of Mount Carmel College, Makurdi.