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Ijamido Childrens Home
Situated at 147, Ilo Awela road, Ota, Ogun State, in Nigeria, the Home can only boast of just three buildings, a bungalow and a storey building on less than an acre of land. Presently over 165 children including babies, toddlers, school children, students in secretarial institutions, and those learning professional jobs are resident in the home.

Millennium Village Project
The Millennium Villages™ Project: * Developed by a team of scientific experts at The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the UN Millennium Project * A science-based, bottom-up approach to eradicate extreme poverty in an African village * A comprehensive strategy that includes investments in health, food production, education and gender equality, access to clean water, and essential infrastructure * Community-led interventions that will put our village on the path to self-sustaining economic growth * Accountable $1.5 million dollar investment, with $300,000 per year distributed over a five year period The project began with one research village in each of the 12 agro-ecological zones in Africa. The project expanded to 78 Millennium Villages™ through Millennium Promise™, a NY-based NGO that ensures the direct investment of funds in the villages. The location of the 78 Millennium Villages™ in different ecological and agricultural regions proves that the Millennium Development Goals can be achieved in most settings, and precedes the spread of successful strategies in each different region. The interventions are detailed on the Millennium Promise™ website at www.millenniumpromise.org. The Millennium Villages™ are developed based on an innovative strategy that is straight-forward, low-cost, thorough and proven to succeed.

US Aid Rwanda
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the independent government agency that provides economic development and humanitarian assistance to advance U.S. economic and political interests overseas. USAID-Rwanda will help the government and people of Rwanda achieve increased stability, lasting peace and strengthened development capacity. To achieve these goals, USAID works in partnership with Rwanda on programs that emphasize the rule of law and good governance, better health services and Increased Rural Economic Growth.