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Key Milestones

  • 1995 - Bebor Model Nursery/Primary School is founded in Bodo City, Rivers State, Nigeria with 1 teacher and 4 pupils.

  • 2000 - The International Friends Committee is formed and begins raising funds for the school.

  • Jan. 2001 Our first round of funding is delivered to the school.

  • March 2002 The International Friends Committee forms a long-term partnership with the Indianapolis-based children’s charity The Timmy Foundation

  • June 2002 Scott and Tijen Pegg are made honorary chiefs in the village of Bodo City.

  • March 2003 The school expands to a second village, Bane, which is about 30 minutes drive from Bodo City.

  • June 2004 Dr. Chuck Dietzen, founder and president of the Timmy Foundation, was made an honorary chief in the village of Bane.

  • August 2005 Chief Prof. Scott Pegg Road dedicated in Bodo City. See photos in the Life in Bodo section.

Bebor Model Nursery & Primary School
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Baridule Kinane standing by a locally made helicopter
during the 5th Anniversary and Graduation Ceremony
on July 14, 2001.

 

Procession at the school’s graduation ceremony, June 2004.

 

 

 

Members of the Timmy Foundation/International Friends Committee delegation visiting the Bodo City Council of Chiefs, June 2004.

 

 

Having class inside the newly finished BMN/PS 5 classroom school building in June 2001. The scene depicted in this photo was made possible through your generous donations.

 

 

 

 

 

Students in a traditional fishing boat along the riverfront, Bodo City.

 

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