Title: Lucy Kennedy (
Nigeria)
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"If you haven't been to Lagos, then you haven't been to Nigeria!" - 29/Feb/2012 12:25 - 4451 days ago
I have had this phrase said to me so many times that I have been desperate to visit the largest and most talked about city in Ni...
Abuja - 07/Feb/2012 14:06 - 4473 days ago
You may remember my post back in October when I briefly mentioned the security situation in Nigeria. Since then, tension in the ...
Lucy's International Garden - 19/Dec/2011 18:29 - 4523 days ago
Back in early November we hosted the best sallah party in our house. And I am happy to report that many of the 12 guests said it...
World Food Day - 18/Oct/2011 17:59 - 4585 days ago
To celebrate World Food Day, VSO have encouraged us to blog about our experiences with food in our placements. Food is a favouri...
Security in Nigeria - 04/Oct/2011 12:10 - 4599 days ago
Emily, the VSO who is also from Bournemouth, has summarised the political situation in Nigeria for the past year. You can read h...
1 Year Old in Nigeria - 11/Sep/2011 14:20 - 4622 days ago
I am happy to announce that I have reached my 1 year mark for my VSO experience here in Dutse, Jigawa State. And although I have...
Muslim women in Jigawa State - 11/Jul/2011 09:15 - 4684 days ago
The females in the SSIT had the idea to make a uniform for themselves. This is usually only done for special occassions such as ...
Things that made me smile last week. . . - 20/Jun/2011 16:36 - 4705 days ago
1. I met a man (slim changes it would be a female) who told me he had been to England. His second sentence was:‘There are no g...
Muslim Men in Jigawa State - 28/Mar/2011 10:59 - 4789 days ago
These young men are actually from Kano State (a neighbouring state). They are posing in an English fashion, i.e. smiling - Niger...
Muslim Men in Jigawa State - 24/Mar/2011 16:33 - 4793 days ago
•Every morning when the men greet they shake hands very enthusiastically and pat each other on the back. You may still find th...
Week 2 Highlights of the Tsangaya Project - 26/Feb/2011 13:35 - 4819 days ago
Mostly Nigerian teachers talk for the whole lesson. The entire lesson. Or, they get the children to chant words from the black b...
Emily's Adventures in Dutse - 26/Feb/2011 13:10 - 4819 days ago
Emily is another volunteer from Bournemouth!!! And I meet her across the world in Nigeria.Click on the link for tales of her adv...
Engine for Sweeping and Other Short Stories - 20/Feb/2011 12:24 - 4825 days ago
1. In the office, if I am in the middle of a conversation and someone wants my attention they either continuously tap me on the ...
Sharing skills, changing lives. - 04/Feb/2011 07:57 - 4841 days ago
This is VSO’s motto and 6 months into my placement I am finally doing just that. Last week I trained 39 men to be teachers. It...
Hygiene - 31/Jan/2011 11:00 - 4845 days ago
Those of you who know me well will know that I am a clean person. But whilst I haven’t been sick yet (touch wood) it is diffic...
Christmas Holiday Adventures - 07/Jan/2011 09:32 - 4869 days ago
I live in the far north of Nigeria in Jigawa State, a predominantly Muslim State. So to enjoy the Festive Season I travelled rig...
The Dutse Dubar - 15/Dec/2010 17:06 - 4892 days ago
I have just read Beth's blog about the Muslim Festival that happened in November. The 'second sallah.' You may remember a previo...
Roads in Dutse - 15/Dec/2010 00:29 - 4892 days ago
Dutse is a small rural town, in a rural state so I am told that it does not represent the whole of Nigeria, but on my first day ...
IQTE (Islamiyya, Qur’anic, Tsangaya Education) - 10/Dec/2010 12:25 - 4897 days ago
In these schools the main focus of education is on recitation and understanding of the Qur’an.Sometimes these schools operate ...
Class Teacher Module 1 (CT1) - 10/Dec/2010 07:11 - 4897 days ago
Over the past couple of months we have been working towards training 900 class teachers and head teachers in Jigawa State for wh...
The Queen's Palace - 30/Oct/2010 18:18 - 4938 days ago
During my first few days in Nigeria I was given the nickname 'Queen of Jigawa!' This was because I was the first volunteer to be...
Colleges of Education - 27/Oct/2010 20:11 - 4941 days ago
A fellow VSO who is working in a College of Education in a different state told me some shocking facts.1. Teaching is the last r...
Schools in Kwara State - 21/Oct/2010 07:09 - 4947 days ago
Last week I had the privilege of visiting Kwara State (western Nigeria) where they are tackling the education situation in a dif...
Schools in Jigawa State - 13/Oct/2010 20:31 - 4955 days ago
Finally, after living in Nigeria for 9 weeks as a VSO Teacher Trainer, I have had the experience of visiting schools. The reason...
Language difficulties - 04/Oct/2010 14:59 - 4964 days ago
I am getting used to the Nigerian accents and I’m even beginning to use this to tell the difference between some of the tribes...
United Bank of Africa - UBA - 30/Sep/2010 07:39 - 4968 days ago
During my first few days of In Country Training we were advised by VSOs Big Man on how to open a bank account so we can be paid ...
Abracadabra - 21/Sep/2010 20:22 - 4977 days ago
I am in a new town this week: Kaduna. There are 4 other VSOs living here, one of whom is also on the Class Teacher training work...
The Kennedys - 20/Sep/2010 19:58 - 4978 days ago
This post is dedicated to my wonderful family :0)They were most upset that only Fiona got a mention in my first blog post becaus...
Barka da Sallah (Happy Sallah) - 17/Sep/2010 08:59 - 4981 days ago
On Wednesday we all left the office early to begin the Sallah celebrations which ends the fasting of Ramadan. I managed to get a...
Short Stories by Lucy in Dutse (don’t pronounce the ‘t’ in Dutse) - 07/Sep/2010 08:08 - 4991 days ago
1. Three (out of many) brilliant statements made by my colleague:“You are not looking so smart today in your knickers!” said...
Facilitators and Participants - 27/Aug/2010 07:30 - 5002 days ago
So this week, supported by an excellent consultant, we delivered the Financial Planning workshop to the State School Improvement...
Aunty Lucy in Dutse - 19/Aug/2010 16:49 - 5010 days ago
(Substitue the L for D in Lucy and you pronounce Dutse correctly!)Strange things are happening to me here in Nigeria. I am drink...
My First Week - 09/Aug/2010 17:24 - 5020 days ago
VSO is an international organisation which can easily be demonstrated by the other new volunteers that joined me in Abuja, the c...
Welcome to Nigeria: First Day Drama - 05/Aug/2010 17:47 - 5024 days ago
We have been constantly told that the biggest threat to our safety whilst working in developing countries is from road traffic a...
Fundraising for VSO - 17/Jul/2010 22:09 - 5043 days ago
I feel that my first post has to start with my fundraising efforts. Despite having now completed seven months of indepth researc...
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