Rusty signboard for the Bishop Ajayi Crowther Memorial Maternity Centre: a forewarning of the run down state of the entire Osoogun village
Our host, Bishop O. O. Oduntan (Bishop of Iseyin)
Maternity Ward of the Bishop Ajayi Crowther Memorial Maternity Centre. No electricity in the clinic. No electricity in the whole village
Solar light/phone charging unit presented by Solar Jooce to the clinic
Nurse Victoria Adeleke dressing a patient after a hernia operation. Bishop Oduntan organises free healthcare at the clinic, where they need lots more resources
Sunday, September 04, 2011.... Today, Solar Jooce visited Osoogun, village of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809 - 1891), foremost African christian of the 19th century and the first African Anglican Bishop in Nigeria. Bishop Crowther, who translated the Bible into the Yoruba language ('Bibelii Mimo'), was 12 years old when he was captured in Osoogun (along with his mother and young brother, other family members, and his entire village), by Muslim Fulani slave raiders in 1821 and sold to Portuguese slave traders. Ajayi Crowther later returned to Africa to spread Christianity, and help end the slave trade.
We were received at Osoogun by Bishop O. O. Oduntan (Bishop of Iseyin) to this place of contrasts - a village that has so much history yet is severely underdeveloped, with no electricity, running water, or basic healthcare.
Bishop Oduntan took us on a tour of the Bishop Ajayi Memorial Maternity Centre, which was built in 1976 by the Anglican church, handed over to government in 1978 and recently repossessed by the church in order to restore it from years of neglect.
Solar Jooce donated 4 combined solar kits/ phone chargers to the healthcare facility where Oduntan organises free healthcare, assisted by doctors from University College Hospital, Ibadan (Oyo state). Nurse Kehinde Victoria Adeleke and the indigenes present were immensely grateful for the solar kits/ phone chargers which would help with the facility's work at night and communication with villagers.
For those who have never heard of Osoogun, the itinerary from Lagos goes like this: Lagos--> Ibadan Expressway --> Abeokuta town --> Igbo-ora--> Eruwa junction --> Lanlate --> Maiya--> Osoogun.
Solar-for-the-Masses? There's just so much to do...
Sunday, September 04, 2011.... Today, Solar Jooce visited Osoogun, village of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809 - 1891), foremost African christian of the 19th century and the first African Anglican Bishop in Nigeria. Bishop Crowther, who translated the Bible into the Yoruba language ('Bibelii Mimo'), was 12 years old when he was captured in Osoogun (along with his mother and young brother, other family members, and his entire village), by Muslim Fulani slave raiders in 1821 and sold to Portuguese slave traders. Ajayi Crowther later returned to Africa to spread Christianity, and help end the slave trade.
We were received at Osoogun by Bishop O. O. Oduntan (Bishop of Iseyin) to this place of contrasts - a village that has so much history yet is severely underdeveloped, with no electricity, running water, or basic healthcare.
Bishop Oduntan took us on a tour of the Bishop Ajayi Memorial Maternity Centre, which was built in 1976 by the Anglican church, handed over to government in 1978 and recently repossessed by the church in order to restore it from years of neglect.
Solar Jooce donated 4 combined solar kits/ phone chargers to the healthcare facility where Oduntan organises free healthcare, assisted by doctors from University College Hospital, Ibadan (Oyo state). Nurse Kehinde Victoria Adeleke and the indigenes present were immensely grateful for the solar kits/ phone chargers which would help with the facility's work at night and communication with villagers.
For those who have never heard of Osoogun, the itinerary from Lagos goes like this: Lagos--> Ibadan Expressway --> Abeokuta town --> Igbo-ora--> Eruwa junction --> Lanlate --> Maiya--> Osoogun.
Solar-for-the-Masses? There's just so much to do...
