As we close out 2025, we celebrate a year of tremendous growth, renewed hope, and powerful transformation at Opubo Excellence. Your support has made it possible for us to invest deeply in education, infrastructure, cultural revival, and community empowerment. This month, we are thrilled to share major updates from the school and our community library.
School Improvements: Rebuilding, Securing & Strengthening Learning Spaces
This year brought significant challenges to our school facilities, but with your help, we turned those challenges into opportunities for lasting improvement.
We completed a full electrical rewiring of the entire school, replacing stolen and damaged components and restoring steady power to all classrooms. Following severe storm damage earlier in the year, we fully repaired and reinforced the roof, and replaced all ceilings that had been damaged by water infiltration.
Our classrooms have been transformed with new whiteboards and blackboards installed in every room, along with replacement desks in 10 classrooms. Students now have access to 15 copies of every textbook for every subject from Pre-K through Primary 5, plus additional teaching supplies to support their learning.
Security has been a major focus as well. We installed burglary-proof bars, replaced all locks throughout the school, and hired a full-time security guard to protect our campus and the children who learn there.
Perhaps most exciting is our new full-time Ibani language teacher. Students are now learning the Ibani language along with oral histories and cultural traditions—ensuring that the rich heritage of our community is passed on to the next generation.
Library Updates: Expanding Knowledge, Culture & Community
Our community library continues to flourish as a center of learning and connection. This year, we added 200 new books to our collection, expanding our offerings to include African literature, Ibani history, STEM resources, youth fiction, and titles from around the world.
The response from the community has been remarkable. The library now averages 62 visitors daily from Monday through Friday—a testament to the hunger for knowledge in our community. Our weekly reading circles continue to support literacy and comprehension among young readers, while community Ibani language classes hosted at the library bring together people of all ages to celebrate and preserve our linguistic heritage.
Annual Library Youth Celebration – December 19, 2025
Our beloved annual tradition continues on December 19, 2025. This Celebration and Appreciation Event honors the children and youth who are the most frequent users of the library—recognizing their dedication to learning and growth.
With Nigeria's inflation rate now at 30%, food insecurity is a growing concern for many families in our community. This year's celebration will provide not only a joyful atmosphere with music and food, but each child will also receive a box of uncooked staple food to take home to their families—extending the impact of our gathering beyond the event itself.
Vision for 2026: Deepening Impact & Expanding Opportunity
As we look ahead to 2026, we are dreaming big for our students and community. Digital learning is a priority—we hope to bring computers, projectors, and other digital tools to our classrooms to prepare students for an increasingly connected world.
We are also planning to establish a school garden, which will provide hands-on agricultural and environmental education while potentially producing fresh food for our school community. Related to this, we are exploring the feasibility of launching a school lunch program to ensure that no child goes hungry during the school day.
Cultural and academic enrichment remain at the heart of our mission. In the coming year, we plan to expand teacher training opportunities, deepen our Ibani cultural education programming, enhance library offerings, and make improvements to our school grounds and playgrounds.
An Invitation to Partner With Us
To continue this vital work, we humbly ask for your support. Every contribution—whether large or small—directly supports high-quality education, cultural and language preservation, security and safety improvements, digital learning access, food support for children, and library and literacy programs.
Thank you for standing with Opubo Excellence. Thank you for believing in our children and in our collective future. Your generosity is transforming lives, and we are deeply grateful for your partnership.
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