England-based expert donates 1, 400 books to Lagos school

By Tope Musowo

 

Lagos

 

An occupational therapist based in England, Adedolapo Adewole, yesterday donated 1, 400 books to the Federal School of Occupational Th erapy, Oshodi Lagos, as a show of her support for the profession in Nigeria

Adelapo said during the official book presentation yesterday that: “I was here for over a year, during which I lectured them foundations for professional practice, ethics in occupational therapy, during that time I saw this need for reading materials, so I made up my mind to do something about it, when I went back I got in contact with this charity organisation in England called Books2Africa International, I did a project research and told them how we need their help to get some books for the students here to make them be at par with their counterparts in other parts of the world

“My motivation for doing this is as result of my passion for education

I am passionate about the students because I see the amount of eff orts and dedication they put in into their studies with limited or no resources, if they have access to more resources I know they will excel and become professional in this fi eld; so that is my motivation for doing this

I started with the set one who gave me the inspiration to apply for this project encourage them anything is possible

” Acting Principal of the school, Mr Akinwole Adeoso, in response, said: “It’s a move I really applaud; Dolapo had her internship here was so supportive

She saw the need and felt she should do something about it

She has the passion of taking the practice of occupational therapy in Nigeria to the next level

” A teacher in the school, Mr Olukoju Emmanuel, in his remarks, said: “Word cannot describe how I feel; I was the one that received the books when they were shipped to the country about four months ago

She gave me a call from the UK that the books would be arriving; I never knew it was going to be this number of books

“We quite appreciate this good gesture because if we have all we need in this country, there won’t be any need for many of us traveling abroad for education

This is actually a step in the right direction so I urge the students to make the best use of it

 

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