Rochas Foundation Takes Free Education To Cross River, The First In South South

Rochas Foundation has kick started the establishment of schools in Cross River state with a view to providing free and quality education to less privileged children.

The move was in order to help less privileged children to secure a better future for themselves and their immediate society.

This was disclosed by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Rochas Foundation, Uloma Nwosu, at the ‘Mentors Interactive Cocktail’ held at the Transcorp Hotel, in Calabar.

Nwosu in her address, said the Foundation which was established in 1998 has so far trained 25,000 children, produced 6,000 graduates, some of who are now in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Google.

She said the setting up of Rochas Foundation school in Calabar was part of the organization’s plan to take free education to the south south region and to also cater for the educational needs of street children.

She also revealed that the school which is sited at Ikot Ansa, would commence academic activities in January 2022, adding about 300 students would be enrolled for the second term.

In her words: “Rochas Foundation is a non governmental organization with 24 years of providing free quality education to the less privileged children in our society. Rochas Foundation believes every child counts and every child deserves an opportunity to have at least basic education.

“By God’s grace we’ve been able to have schools across 11 states in Nigeria – Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Oyo, Plateau, Adamawa, to mention but a few.

“We also have the Rochas Foundation College of Africa. Like my President (of Rochas Foundation), Owelle Rochas Okorocha would always say: ‘If there’s anything we can do in our time to help humanity let us do it now for we might not pass through this way again’, and that’s why we are in a hurry to change the course of our generation.

“We are in a hurry to make sure that every child is not left behind, and that every child has access to education; hence, with excitement we are announcing to you officially that Rochas Foundation is coming to the south south for the first time.

“In the south south, Cross River State is taking the lead and we are here in Calabar. I will also like to announce to you that Rochas Foundation School Cross River is built and ready to take off in January for the second term.