SPE COMMUNITY SERVICE REPORT

Visit to Friends of the Disabled

SPE Section 61, Lagos Nigeria

Held on the 7th of February, 2014 at the Friends Of The Disabled, Ojo - Oba Street, Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island.

Report prepared by Augusta Igweze and Augusta Opusunju (Community Service Chairpersons) 2013-2014

Table of ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................3

Planning and Budgeting...............................................................................................................................3

Event Summary...........................................................................................................................................4

Appreciation................................................................................................................................................6

Picture Session............................................................................................................................................7

Table of FiguresFigure 1: Presentation of the Cheque to scholarship recipients by the SPE Programme Chairperson,.......4Figure 2: Presentation of the Cheque to scholarship recipients..................................................................5Figure 3: The SPE members being conducted round the facility of the Friends of the Disabled.................6Figure 4: Fabrication Center........................................................................................................................7Figure 5: Scholarship Recipients and the Executive Director of Friends for the Disabled............................8Figure 6: Parents of the students and the representative of Friends of the Disabled.................................9Figure 7: Cross section SPE officials and Friends of the dissaabled management.....................................10

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Introduction

SPE in addition to being a formidable association of professionals creating unique opportunity to contribute to the development of the oil and gas industry through information dissemination and networking also reaches out to the community where they operate. The Community Service arm works to identify opportunities to give back to the society by reaching across to the less privileged as well as identifying programs to benefit the communities in which we operate. Sponsorship of the programme is through voluntary donation by SPE members .

The SPE community visit to the Friends of the Disabled was conducted in order to offer scholarship to some of the physically challenged in the society to enable them get some skills that will empower them to be self-sufficient in the future.

The Friends of the Disabled was founded in 1996 to cater to the needs of the physically challenged and to help them identify and build skills that make them less vulnerable and economically self reliant.

In 1999, the Vocational Training was opened providing the opportunity for the disabled and non-disabled persons to learn practical skills for use in the employment market/establishment of business. The students choose trades ranging from metal work to fabrication.

Planning and Budgeting Planning of this event was carried out by the community service leadership, Augusta Opusunju and Augusta Igweze, with the support of the Lagos section 61 board members. The event was funded by donations from SPE section 61 members across different organizations with volunteer SPE section 61 board members acting as focal points for raising the funds. A total sum of N902,000 was raised. Based on the amount realized, scholarship was awarded to three students of the institution for one year. The cost of training a student is N300,000 for one year. Two years training is usually required per student.

Six potential students of the institution were nominated and through balloting by the SPE board members, three successful candidates were selected.

Event SummaryThe visit was made on the 7th of February 2014 by 2 board members Okwuoma Nnajiofor and Augusta Opusunju, one ex-officio member (1 Council member), Adagogo Jaja, the section 61 DOA Isaac Ogunade and the SPE Nigeria Event Manager Innocent Ohimor

The team was received by the Founder and Executive Director of Friends of the disabled, Mrs A.C Orduh and some of the trustees of the board, Chief B. A. Orduh and Barrister V. G. Anyanwu. Also available were the scholarship recipients (Adetona Ojekunle, Temitope Amodu and Kehinde Babatunde) and their

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parents, Mr Ojekunle, Mrs Amodu and Mr Babatunde. The team was conducted round the facility. Some of the vocational trainings given to the students include metal work, shoe making, tailoring, fish-farming (including drying) and bead making. A computer center is also available for basic computer training. Some of the students were seen undergoing different kinds of learning activities. The scholarship cheque of Nine Hundred Thousand Naira Only (N900, 000) was presented to the recipients by the Program Chairperson, Okwuoma Nnajiofor on behalf of the section chairperson, Oghenero Ozobeme. The three recipients, Adetona Ojekunle, Temitope Amodu and Kehinde Babatunde are physically challenged in speech and hearing.

Figure 1: Presentation of the Cheque to scholarship recipients by the SPE Programme Chairperson,

L-R, Barrister V.G. Anyanwu, Mr Okwuoma Nnajiofor, Augusta Opusunju, Ojekunle Adetona, Amodu Temitope, Kehinde Babatunde, Mrs A. C Orduh

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Figure 2: Presentation of the Cheque to scholarship recipients

L- R : Augusta Opusunju, Okwuomah Nnajiofor, Mr Ojekunle, Adetona Ojekunle, Temitope Amodu, Mrs Amodu, Mrs A. C. Orduh, Kehinde Babatunde, Mr Babatunde, Mr Adagogo Jaja, Chief B.A Orduh

AppreciationMr Babatunde, on behalf of the parents of the scholarship recipients thanked SPE members for the sponsorship of their children through the first year of the required 2-year program for the skills acquisition. The representatives of the Friends of the Disabled also thanked SPE Section 61 for extending the generosity to students of the institution. As a show of their appreciation, the management of the Friends of the Disable insisted on giving a product of the institution in the form of one packet of dry fish worth N1, 000 to each SPE representative. Some SPE members also bought more fish from them as a form of further encouragement to the institution.

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Picture Session

Figure 3: The SPE members being conducted round the facility of the Friends of the Disabled.

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Figure 4: Fabrication Center

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Figure 5: Scholarship Recipients and the Executive Director of Friends for the Disabled

L-R Adetona Ojekunle, Temitope Amodu and Kehinde Babatunde (scholarship recipients) and the Executive Director of Friends of the Disabled, Mrs A. C. Orduh

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Figure 6: Parents of the students and the representative of Friends of the Disabled

L – R, Chief B.A. Orduh, Mr Babatunde, Mrs Amodu, Mr Ojekunle, Sarah Eni, Mr Olofe

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Figure 7: Cross section SPE officials and Friends of the dissaabled management

L – R: Barrister V. G. Anyawu, Mrs A. C Orduh, Mr Adagogo Jaja, Mr Isaac Ogunade

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