Short Summary
The Comprehensive Autism and related Disabilities Education and Training (C.A.D.E.T.) Academy was established in September 2013 to provide quality special education for children with autism and related developmental disabilities in Nigeria. The program caters for special needs children from K-12.
The C.A.D.E.T. Academy® provides excellent special education intervention delivered by qualified and dedicated teachers. We also plan to adopt cutting edge technology in teaching special education as soon as we can afford them.
The C.A.D.E.T. Academy® team is led by Mrs Omolola Aneke, a special education consultant with a practicing license from North Carolina in the United States. She also has a Master of Art in Teaching (MAT) Special Education from Meredith College, North Carolina, and a Bachelor Degree in Sociology from University of Lagos. She is a member of North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and the U.S. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
Lola is passionate about getting special education to those who need it most, especially the less privileged children in Nigeria.
What We Need & What You Get
The
C.A.D.E.T. Academy® needs $94,612 to support 10 special needs students from the lowest income families in Abuja,
Nigeria for 1 academic year (January - December 2015) That's $7,404 per
student per year. Annual costs:
·
$6,176/month
for special education intervention fees for 10 students.
·
$74,112/year
for special education intervention fees for 10 students.
·
$14,700
($1,225/month) to rent the new building.
·
$5,800
pays for specialized teaching aids, assessment kits
and multi-sensory equipment.
Our commitment to the C.A.D.E.T. Academy® students is unwavering. No matter how much we raise, the money will
support their education improvement of the lives of persons with disabilities
in Nigeria. If we don't make our goal, we'll keep fundraising until we
reach our mission of ensuring that
"No
child in Nigeria is left behind in terms of quality education, regardless of
their disability status."
The Impact
This project by the C.A.D.E.T. Academy® has been tagged the Abuja - Special
Education Empowerment for Development (SPEED) Project. The Abuja SPEED project
is planned to provide full tuition scholarship to a total of 10 selected
special needs students from households that earn less than $1 per day , cutting
across the entire Abuja.
The main focus is
to kick-start a special education intervention process that will be affordable
to any family regardless of their income status. The Abuja - SPEED Project will
cater for the peculiar needs of these 10 selected students living with Autism
and related learning/intellectual disabilities in addition to our existing
special needs students. The Project will be manned by our current special
educators at the C.A.D.E.T. Academy® and other specialists and volunteers who
we will employ and train as the need arises.
Other Ways You Can Help
Other ways you can help is by sharing this link with your own circle of friends --
through Facebook, Twitter, email, LinkedIn, or whatever social media tool you use.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Don't forget to visit our Website: www.cacademy.sch.ng
