What Makes Children Smart?
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Author: ECCI
Our Children, Our Future
Great nations result from the emergence of great leaders who are God-fearing great thinkers with emotional and logical intelligence. Exceptional children become great leaders. ECCI set to mprove the quality of education of our children and build a generation of innovators. There are 4 important growth stages in a child: the infancy (from birth to 2 years), early childhood (2 to 5 years), the middle childhood (5 to 12 years) and the...
2018 in Review
2018 was an exceptional year for ECCI! We stepped out and met so many amazing children and we were glad to leave trails of positive memories on their paths to becoming 😁 Did i hear you ask how we did this? Well,
first there was a Children's day fiesta! Over 200 children took part in creating their fun day, with drama adaptations of Priceless Jewel, dancing and fun activities too numerous to mention! And let's not forget the gifts! Then...
ECCI Summer Camp
The ECCI Summer programme is a 7 week programme that began on the 18th of July 2016. Activities include: learning of musical instruments(Keyboard, Drum and Violin). Chess coaching and intense focus on the multiplication table (to ensure its in their working memory). Three Books: The Legend:Sir Ahmadu Bello(A Biography), Eze goes to School (A Story), The Priceless Gift (A Play/Drama) were the book list for the summer. So far, we have read 2 books...
Get Involved
The greatest resource against extreme poverty and education inequity is the individual who takes action in his own community.
Join the community of committed donors providing support for our work to improve the quality of education of our children and build a generation of innovators. Support the children of Africa just by giving a little and be the savior for them. We can only achieve this with your help. Your small help can bring the big...
Fun Day With Friends 2016
This year’s edition of fun day with friends was amazing. It began with our children visiting 2 Orphanages; Lifetime Caring Foundation, and Saviour’s Orphanage Home on Saturday May 21. Asides the food and gift items donated to the homes on that day, the children also mingled, sang with them, and invited them for a fun day out on children's day. All the children were visibly excited. Lifetime Caring Foundation Saviours Orphanage Home On...
Kick A Story 2015
The first ever edition of Kick a Story into Secondary School held from August 31 to September 5 2015 at the Liberation Stadium. The tournament received great accolades from the Federal Inspectorate Service, Ministry of Education, Rivers State and the Rivers State Football Association for the ingenuity in intertwining Football and Literature. 10 communities participated in this year’s edition. The Communities, Port Harcourt, Rumuolemeni,...
Visit to the Lifetime Caring Orphanage Home 2015
The Exceptional Child Care Initiative (ECCI) made its first visit to the Lifetime Caring Foundation, an Orphanage Home located at Woji, Port Harcourt on Saturday the 16th of May 2015 and the impact was overwhelming! From the ECCI centre, the take off point, the ECCI children’s excitement was palpable. Highly looking forward to meeting with children from the Orphanage Home, they eagerly responded to questions from ECCI Director, Onyema Abazie...
Fun Day With Friends 2015
We are absolutely thrilled with the success of Fun Day with Friends 2015. This event was very memorable for the children of Lifetime Caring Orphanage Home and the Exceptional Child Care Initiative. From the visit to the Orphanage home on May 16 where the children first met and became friends; To the Radio Show on Sunday May 24 at Nigerian Info, it was intoxicating excitement! Fun Day with Friends D day on May 27 was hugely successful as the...
The ECCI Centre
A prototype ECCI Child Centre has a main library stocked with papers, audio and leap frog books from a genre of fictional, non-fictional, Nigerian and foreign authored literature as well as autobiographies. There is also a room for non-readers where books are read creatively to younger children. There are music studios, Chess and Study rooms. The chess room is dedicated to chess activities and the chess mat is set at all times. The Centre has a...