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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.

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May 2009

Our 2008 annual report is published. 

May 2009

Friends of the school from both villages (Bane and Bodo) are in New York for the historic Wiwa vs. Royal Dutch/Shell lawsuit.  We wish them well. 

October 2008

The village of Bodo where the school's main campus is located suffered a devastating oil spill.  To learn more, please see this report.

July 2008

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, a new book which features poignant photographs by Ed Kashi and text by renowned academic Michael Watts is released.  Short of visiting yourself and seeing it with your own eyes, this is one of the the best introductions you can get to the Niger Delta.

 
Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2009 21:18
 
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