RDSF Updates

The Rehoboth Dream Solid Foundation (RDSF) is a charity organization whose mission is to engage in charity activities that will enhance the social and economic wellbeing of the less privileged through educational support, mentoring and skills acquisition programs. The Foundation is registered with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of National Planning and Budget.

RDSF started operation in 2010 and awarded its first set of scholarships in 2011. As at today, the Foundation has supported over 250 students with some of them adopted from Primary school. The Foundation does not just give scholarships to these students but also takes proactive steps in organizing programmes aimed at promoting social values and career development. Many of the Foundation ’s past beneficiaries are now breadwinners funding the education of their relatives while advancing their career at home and abroad. We are proud of the success stories that have emanated from our past and current beneficiaries. We currently have 71 beneficiaries and some indigent students will be adopted within the year.

RDSF supported twelve students of Ekiti Baptist High School

In April, the Foundation supported twelve students of Ekiti Baptist High School located in Igede Ekiti, by funding the payment of the cost of their NECO examinations and giving them the opportunity to be future beneficiaries of the Foundation’s scholarship programme. Furthermore, three of our beneficiaries who were sponsored through secondary school gained admission to various universities to study law, accounting, and computer science. One of these students is an amputee and we are thrilled by his commitment towards his dream of becoming an accountant.

Brief Profile Of Some Of Our Newly Adopted Beneficiaries

Student A is a 300 level Pharmacy student of University of Uyo, and the first child in a family of six children. His late father was a motorcyclist and he died in 2010. His mother sells vegetables in the market and some of his siblings have dropped out of school; they assist the mother in the market.

During the ASUU strike, he took up a teaching job in a local private school to assist with the family upkeep. His fees are usually paid via loans from the market women cooperative taken by the mother. RDSF is happy to adopt student A to help him achieve his dream of becoming a pharmacist.

Student B is a 300 level Mechanical Engineering student of Federal University of Technology, Minna. He is the second child in a family of five children. His parents are separated and the mother who is a farmer in Kogi State is the breadwinner of the home. He goes home during holidays to assist the mother in the farm. Although the mother ’s dream is to train all of them to secondary school level, his passion for education made him to take the risk to further his education.

At a point in school, his Dean of Student Affairs provided him with a loan for accommodation, just to encourage him. When RDSF met with Godwin, he was sad as he felt his decision to further his education had mounted too much pressure on the mother and caused the family to incur debt. RDSF is happy to provide succour to student C and help him achieve his dream of becoming an Engineer.

‘’I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for your help in financing my study, now, no fear, no worrying anymore, because God has shown me mercy through the Foundation’’.

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Student C is a 200 level Business Administration student of University of Uyo. She is the first child and has three siblings in public secondary school. During the ASUU strike, she joined her mother to hawk tissue paper but a recent call to the mother during our background check showed that the business has crumbled as it was the main source of income for the entire family.

Their father had lost his job during covid-19 lockdown and it was very difficult for him to find another job in Rivers State. When RDSF met with student B, she was in a terrible state at home as the house rent had expired, her father was sick, she did not have accommodation in school and was worried about her fees. RDSF is glad to support her and motivate her to focus on her studies.

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Student D is a 300 level medical student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and he is the first child in a family of four children. His father is a farmer while the mother who is also the breadwinner of the family is a primary school teacher in the village.

Sometimes, the mother is owed salaries by the government and this makes it more difficult for the family. Two of his siblings are also in the University and they engage in menial jobs to add to the support they get from their mother. Student D has been adopted by a RDSF donor through its “Adopt a student” scheme. 5

Student E is a 300 level Business Administration student of the University of Uyo and the last of three children to a single mother. Her parents separated while she was still a baby and the eldest child, who is the breadwinner, is a commercial bus driver in Rivers State.

Her brother had an accident in 2020 and was unable to return to work until 2022. He drives other people’s buses for a daily return. RDSF is happy to support student E.