LOTS charity foundation Farm

LOTS charity foundation Farm

LOTS charity farm is a farm that wants to produce food products to low income earners living in DUSTBIN ESTATE LAGOS. This farm will support the LOTS soup kitchen in feeding vulnerable children registered at the LOTS resource center in DUSTBIN ESTATE. It is a nonprofit farm.

HAMPER FOR EVERY CHILD FROM 2011- 2013

 In each Hamper we have; hygiene pack, provision set and school supply.

LAUREATE GLOBAL FELLOW, [IYF] ,Istanbul Turkey,2012

LOTS MATTRESS DRIVE 2014

• Mrs. Sarah Buolous of SPAN drove this project and what took us at LOTS 3years to dream up came to life via someone else. What an answer to prayer..

Project LOTS 2013 video

Founder

Miss Sangosanya Tolulope was born on the 18th of December, 1982, to the first born of Mrs. T.B Akinola and Mr. B.A Sangosanya, both of whom are indigenes of Ijebu-ode, Ogun state, Nigeria.
She obtained primary school certificate in Bodija international school[BIS] Ibadan after changing schools six [6] times from moving from
 family to family due to the unique nature of her family.
She attended Lagos State model college, Igbonla, Epe for her
 secondary school. She proceededto Olabisi Onabanjo University,
 Ogun State formerly known as Ogun State University [OSU],
 where she obtained a degree in Mass Communication.
 It was while in school that Miss Tolulope started
 LOTS charity foundation then known as project LOTS. After graduation, Miss Tolulope unlike her contemporaries decided not to seek for employment anywhere else than from her own vision.

Since 2006, she had single handedly, through grace of God moved the dream and vision from being a dream into a reality. While her peers entered into employment to enrich themselves, Miss Tolulope understood what success meant to her, she realized what it meant to live and not just exist. Her definition of success is not the amount of money possessed in her bank account but the amount of lives she influences positively. To her success is not measured by tangible things, but the intangible such as love, alms giving, positive change, care, giving attention to others and more. Life to her isn’t in receiving but in giving. Life holds no truth in her view except one that helps others achieve what they thought was impossible.

Our Services

1] LOTS literacy supplementary classes: This was set up when we realized that most of the kids from age 4- 17 in school kids could not read and write effectively on their own. LOTS set up this class with just one teacher who started literacy from the beginning of A, B, C….. not dividing the class according to ages because all the kids had the same challenge. As the class grew in attendance, two more teachers were employed and the class was split into three classes. The kids that could read with little or no assistance were in one class, those that could pronounce and write between two letter words to four letter words were in another while those that cannot read at all are in the last class.
After interacting with the kids from dustbin estate that attend the literacy classes for over a year now, we have noticed that kids that attend private owned school do better academically compared with those in government owned school, thus we want to try out changing schools for kids from public schools to private in order to improve them academically. We reasoned that since the kids spend eight hours in school and maximum of two hours in our literacy classes, it will be better for them to be exposed to effective and efficient education rendered more in private owned school compared to those in public schools. Our first benefactor of our school change scholarship will be resuming at her new school come September, 2010.

HAMPER FOR EVERY CHILD AT DUSTBIN ESTATE

At the end of every year, people show appreciation to their clients, religious leaders, bosses and parent’s.
We at LOTS charity foundation think it is high time we appreciate THE FUTURE!
Who are the FUTURE?
KIDS today, are the FUTURE leaders of tomorrow!!!.
Children are our FUTURE leaders and we acknowledge the potentials in them, hence the need to appreciate them now. They too deserve hamper this year for the future work they will embark on, to the benefit of EVERYONE.
At LOTS charity foundation, we have KIDS who we have been grooming for excellence in their future roles as leaders in ALL fields.
Please join hands with us as we celebrate and appreciate your future employees, employers, Presidents, daughter or son -in-law, world class mechanics, to mention a few.
HOW CAN YOU BE A PART OF THIS?
You can choose a child[ren] and sponsor their hamper by donating cash to LOTS charity foundation’s account.Upon payment, you will be sent a bio message after your payment has been acknowledged about the FUTURE person you are sponsoring. Then on the 24th of December, 2014, you, (and other sponsors), will come and present it in a GRAND style to your personal benefactor.
Suggested LOVE donation of 15,000- 25,000 naira depending on what you want as regards brands and quantity of items in your benefactor’s hamper.

ACCOUNT DETAILS- 

LOTS charity foundation, 
0013502376
GTBANK PLC

 OR
You develop the hamper yourself following the suggested content that was listedby LOTS charity. Afterwards, you will be expected tobring it LOTS resource center in Ajegunle on or before 10th of December, 2014. Or you can call us to pick it up, however,you will be required to pay sustainability fee for the pick -up.
SET DATE FOR THE GIVING- 24th of December 2014
TIME- 2pm prompt [no African time please]
VENUE- LOTS resource center, no. 48, Odofin Akinsanya Street, off Cardoso Lane, off Mechanic Bus stop, Awodi Ora, Ajeromi-Ifelodun L.G.A., Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos.
Other attractions for the set date- Time to play games, dance and simply spend some time with your future, they can show you samples of what to expect of them in the Future.
Refreshment- Finger foods and drinks
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SUGGESTED CONTENT IN THE HAMPER
Toiletries- Toilet rolls, toothpaste, tooth brush, Mouth wash, Body soap, Body cream, Washing soap, Hair comb, Dettol, Hair Shampoo and Conditioner.
Provisions- Milk, Milo, Sugar, Corn flakes, Blue band butter,Bottle of groundnut, Indomie noodles, Caprisonne, Ribena, biscuit, sweet etc.
School Items- School bag, School shoes, Sock, Exercise books, other Educational books, Maths set,e.t.c
Others- Big basket, wrapping paper,toys, games, Christmas card, and any other necessary items for kids that but that are vital but not harmful, e.t.c.
Suggestions and advice are welcomed. Together, we can make this world a better place for the underprivileged kids of DUSTBIN ESTATE.
Let us ALL make it an end of year that will forever be REMEMBERED.
God bless you and God bless the FUTURE!

SUPPORT

You can help materially by donating

FOOD STUFF like

1] Bag of rice

2] Bag of beans

3] Bag of garri

4] Indomie noodles

5] Biscuits and sweet

6] Caprisonne

7] Milk and Milo in sachet packs

8] Sugar

9] Baby food

10] Yam

11] Corn flakes

And other food items you consider right as gifts.

OTHERS THINGS

1] Cloth

2] Shoes

3] Toys

4] Motivational and inspirational books for teenagers and kids

5] exercise books and other stationeries

6] Mosquito net

Financial Support

You can help financially through the following means:

A] Adopt a family for relocation- You can pay for a family’s house rent which ranges from 108,000naira – 200,000naira for two years rent plus agency and legal agreement fees. This will help the children grow in more sanitary clean environment thus reducing their exposure to health hazards.

B] Adopt a child for qualitative education- With as little as 25,000naira, one can ensure that a child from dustbin estate gets at least a qualitative education compared to what is offered in the public schools. The child’s school may have to be changed from public school to private owned school depending on the child’s academic performance.

C] Support the literacy class and after school supplementary classes- You can help by donating cash which will be used in running the after school lessons for those already in school, literacy classes for those who are not yet in school or those who are not yet getting qualitative education due to the school they attend. This is a supplementary class; aimed at providing additional knowledge to support what is being taught at the four walls of buildings referred to as schools, which is considered inadequate.

OUR STORY

In 2005, Tolulope sangosanya started an after school club for kids in a slum area built on trash in rural Lagos. This slum was later named "DUSTBIN ESTATE" by the kids of the community; it is located in the Ajegunle area in Lagos state. The idea to start the after school club stemmed from a national fact in Nigeria; many children in public primary and secondary schools can neither read nor write. Everyone knows of the makoko slum but very little is known about the DUSTBIN ESTATE slum where hundreds of thousands of children inhabitable conditions and are susceptible to high Malaria and Diarrhea rates and other health challenges. These challenges are direct implications of health and welfare challenges; a problem which is a national issue in Nigeria.
These problems are even more common in rural areas, particularly in the slum areas. The after-school club was meant to be about literacy improvement for poor children, however, other factors which affect literacy became apparent and as such shaped the framework of our programs and projects. Tolu, along with others began the difficult process to rebuild this slum with many of its projects and boast access to education for poor children of DUSTBIN ESTATE.
These process uncovered the challenges of lack of nutrition, health challenges, access to sanitation and clean water. We discovered that, in a majority of these cases, a child had contracted one of the many illnesses caused by lack of food, access to clean water and sanitation had a direct impact on school attendance. Through further research we have begun to understand that unsafe water effects more than just education. Health concerns place a disproportionate amount of pressure on a government whose resources are already limited when dealing with such problems. If development is about people, and it is, then Nigeria can no longer afford to overlook the welfare of our society's poorest and most vulnerable children, as it will have a huge impact on our future as a nation.

OUR PROJECTS

CHRISTMAS FOR EVERY FAMILY; is an annual food-drive project where families are given the basic food items to celebrate in the festive season. A lot of the families in "Dustbin estate" survive on daily income generating activities, Christmas season is generally a low season economically in the area. As such, it is important for us that the families of these children get to celebrate this season and can feed.
CHRISTMAS HAMPER FOR EVERY CHILD: The hamper includes Christmas gift for every child and basic school supply, multivitamins and basic toiletries for the next academic session. Currently we are only able to do so annually during the holiday season, our intention is for the hamper to be a quarterly to ensure that children have the basics, ensuring good health.
LITERACY IS A RIGHT NOT A PRIVILEGE; this was our pioneer project, the after-school-club relies on volunteer teachers, and it uses food as incentives to ensure the children come and the parents interfere because they get fed. One of the challenges we discovered working with these children over the years was, 98% of children in rural communities cannot read nor write, including those enrolled in formal education. Our main goal for is using food to boast literacy, ensuring that children in this community can read and write.
CHILD WELFARE; In Nigeria, primary education is free, according to UNICEF at the inception of free primary education, the rates of children attending primary education sky-rocketed, after a couple of years began to declined.Children were hawking on the streets, involved in child-labor as opposed to attending free primary education. What this means is that survival to the poor was more significant than education. Ideally, it should not be one or the other, for every child has a right to proper nutrition, medication, vitamins, vaccination, sanitation, clean water as children need all of these to enable them can enjoy benefits of free education. The literacy project highlighted the trade-offs between basis needs and access to education. This project relies on cash and in-kind-donation to ensure that children in the community have at least three balanced diet weekly.
CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION: This community lacks clean water, sanitation and toilets, as a result children are exposed to health challenges which affects their wellbeing. With the help of sponsors, this project has so far provided five toilets and four water-pumps for the community. For better coverage of the community, our goal is expanded the water pumps and build more toilets to accommodate the community and reduce health risk associated with the current realities. We need 20 more water pumps, toilets and bathrooms to accommodate the population in the community.

About Us

About Us

LOTS charity foundation is a registered charity organization that caters to the physiological [feeding, clothing and shelter], social, educational, psychological, medical, and emotional needs of street kids and vulnerable children. Our area of focus now 
in Ajeromi-ifelodun local government in a community called ‘DUSTBIN ESTATE’ in Ajegunle, Lagos state. As it ‘s name connotes, Dustbin estate is an area of refuse; a settlement in which its inhabitants build their house with planks on refuse dumps.

Over one hundred [100] kids living in dustbin estate have been exposed to our literacy after school hours support programme. Over a thousand [1000] kids have been fed at one point in time or the other during our celebration of life parties or our soup kitchen. More than a hundred and fifty [150] kids were attended to by our volunteer doctor and pharmacist through our health outreach programme.