December brought a season of holidays and preparations for the end of the calendar year. The Time Out For Science Club of Essence International School, under the able direction of Mrs. Chinwe Okoye, had just completed its first harvest of crops sown and grown by the students who operate the TOS school farm. Soya beans featured among the crops harvested and processed by the students into a fine and nutritious milk.

The product, hygienically prepared and packaged, might easily have attracted competitive prices on the open market, but its commercial considerations were tossed aside. The TOS club concluded as a group that the harvest should be shared with the students of the Human Development Foundation of Nigeria (HDFN) Model School whom we recognize as our neighbors and friends. Students reaching out to help others by providing a chilled, vitamin-packed drink made the holiday a happy time for all, and brought smiles to the faces of the HDFN children who were totally unaware of the surprise visit.

The HDFN coordinator, however, Mrs Rakiya Ibrahim, (pictured at left) has cultivated the tradition of welcoming visitors, conducting them on tours around the school and always making them feel appreciated. She accommodated the TOS students and encouraged them to feel at ease.

The HDFN Model School for children in need of special protection measures will grow academically, socially and morally as community leaders and organizations reach out to assist them. In this light we are happy to announce that Mrs. Joy Jibrilu, the principal of Kaduna International School, has promised to involve her students in a reading class with HDFN students beginning this year.

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