Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a nomadic tribe of people. They were peaceful people, but their way of life was difficult. They moved from one place to another, never staying in one spot for too long.
The nomads had a problem, though. Their children were not receiving a proper education. They had no access to schools or teachers, so their knowledge was limited.
One day, a man called Leonard Gamaigure from Chad heard of the nomads’ plight and decided to help. He created a mobile school, a school that could travel with the nomads wherever they went.
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The teacher was knowledgeable and experienced enough to teach.
The nomads were flooded with joy at the prospect of their children receiving an education. They welcomed Gamaigure’s idea of a mobile school with open arms and the children began to learn.
Speaking to Al Jazeera English in a video the founder and teacher of the mobile school, Leonard Gamaigure said he set up the school for the children who live their lives on the move.
“When I started the school, we had practically nothing, not even a piece of chalk because it is purely voluntary”, as the nomad’s children do not pay to attend the school. As such it was difficult at first, Gamaigure said.
The school which was established in 2019 and sullenly depends on donations has about 69 students. The children are making a lot of progress. they have never been to school before, said Gamaigure.
Seeing them (children) writing their names and performing mathematical operations is significant to us. the founder of the school, Gamaigure has stated.
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The camp leader, Ousmane Brahim said that in the past, the nomads did not know the importance of schooling but as a result of the school they have begun to understand the significance both for the country and the country.
The study has it that about 7% of Chad’s 16 million people are nomads.
According to an advanced English dictionary, nomads are people who have no permanent home but move about according to season.
Wikipedia defines Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, as a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.