The Rural People

Partnering for a More Resilient West Africa | Ebola | U.S. Agency for International Development Until total awareness is done in the grassroot communities, Ebola will continue to peep into the lives of many through tradition and superstition.  New health habits and attitutdes must be curbed, enforced and felt like the wind by all and sundry especially in the rural areas for Ebola to die a natural death in West Africa.

To care can be a huge sacrifice that millions of people may never wish to get involved in it. Care is defined as efforts made to do  something correctly, safely, or without  causing damage; things that are done to  keep  someone healthy, safe; things that are  done to keep something in good condition. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care Infact the total idea of care is about preserving sacrifice which most people may not have the tenacity to achieve.  Lots of persons are always finding ways of enriching themselves from people while others are constantly complaining of the economy, situations or their inability to maintain their comfort zones.  Yet to these lots have been committed the gifts and passion to care for people in the rural areas.  For us at The Rural People, we care to provide food, shelter, health, education, skill empowerment, disaster relief and economic/community development to the...

In defining illiteracy, it is important to understand what literacy is all about.   Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society according to OECD’s  Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies . Illiteracy on the other side means the state of being illiterate – lack of any or enough education. dictionary.reference.com/browse/ illiteracy.  The causes of illiteracy are something that one cannot link to destiny because certain circumstances and situations can actually cause one into becoming an illiterate.  They include Poverty: when you live below poverty line, the basic needs of life (food, shelter and security) become a ...

Becoming a widow is every woman's nightmare and for the rural dwellers widowhood means going through a lot of hardship that comes from tradition and the late husbands' family.  In most rural areas in African a widow is treated as an outcast, it is always believed that she knows something about her husband's death either through adultery or witchcraft. As a result, widows are always humiliated; they are not allowed to have a bath or wash their hands after eating.  Sometimes, a widow is not allowed to change her clothes or underwear, she has to sit and sleep on the bare floor during her period of confinement -  eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/file/6716 Since most women in the rural areas are illiterate and lack any form of skill acquisition, their transition of becoming a widow is always associated with pain, grief and depression since they have almost nothing to fall back on -   http://leadership.ng/features/342278/the-plight-of-widows-an...

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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defined linkages as a connection or relationship between two or more things. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linkage ' Rural' on its own can be defined as the local, primitive, remote, uncivilised etc' http://www.iied.org/rural-urban-linkages .  Sometimes the term rural is often seen from a derogatory point hence the constant  need for change, transformation or development as it relates to rural issues. Rural linkages therefore can be seen as the connection of information, policies or agreements on issues that cuts across the rural people.  In other words, it is the ability to organize the local communities in their demo-graphs, profession, association and other activities in order to motivate and distribute packages that can enhance a better standard of living for them. Most international agencies have always packaged projects/programmes for the rural people.  These projects usually receive the political blessings of ...

This is Christain and his boss.  History was made on the 6th of June 2015 as the team of Splendour Vintage Heights Foundation (also known as The Rural People) did the official signing of the agreement between them and the management of this welding company on the behalf of  Christain Deezua (an orphan from Sii community in Bara, Gwara) in Bori, Rivers State. Beside the signing and paying the fee for the agreement, the rural people also provided Christain with Safety Helmet, hand gloves, safety glasses and canvass shoe.  That particular date was intentionally chosen as it coincided with the birthday date of our live-matron Mrs. Emah Ekpo. One of our partners Fr. Peter Isidore prayed for Christain and his boss before handing over the money for his training. On behalf of our donors, partners and everyone at the rural people, we wish Christain success in this career and we also call for more people to get involved in what we are doing at the rural people so that you can...