I had worked in private sector of industry and had risen to Assistant General Manager in a bank, where I had early retirement at 50, a week after I enrolled into a theological Seminary.
I had educaction from Bachelors Degree in accounting (1977), to being a Chartered Management accountant of a London Institute and that of Nigeria Intititute between 1985 and 1986.
I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but God took me from no where to what ever I am today. There are better children out there, who are the blessings in the hand of God for our present and future generation. These children have a right to education to serve humanity. Let us together give them a helping hand.
After the Doctoral Degree in theology in 2001, both myself and my wife, we began asking God how we have to work for Him.
The commission came, "catch the drop out children."
This conveyed my mind to the story I began sharing here. Going by my writings on the child, my Theological Seminary got me through to an appointment as Professor of Missions and Child Evangelism on October 1st, 2005.
I was converted to Penticostal Christianity in 1967. I loved the Bible and the stories it carried right from my childhood. I did not understand the mysteries in the Bible, but they were exciting to me, until God healed me from sickness, in March 1967. It was that healing that made all about God to become clearer to me at the age of 20.
I had bought my first Bible in 1961 while a teenager, by personal choice, there must be a purpose of God in my life.
My parents were heathens. They worshipped idols and my new found faith looked different from what my parents knew among the first line churches by the year 1967, which is 58 years ago at this point I am writing my story.
My new found faith led me to a headlong collision with my parents, because almost most of the first line believers were one leg in church and the other leg in tradition. I was a strange child to the community, more so, especially to my parents who were idolaters.
What I was taught where I got to know Christ was great opposites from the local church and I had decided for Christ and Christ alone.
Going by the commission which I received to catch drop out children, I began taking poor children from poor homes from 2001 beginning with rwo childeen. I gave them a nanny, pastor and a teacher. The numbers grew rapidly to six, and to 25.
It was the second non government school in my village and more so it was set up as a Penticostal mission school. I had to personally pay teachers for the first two years, because fees were not big to pay salaries.
Today we have 5 schools in 4 centres one in Badagry, one in a rural community in Owerri and two others in two villages in my home town in Imo State, Nigeria. Put together in these centres, we have three primary schools and two secondary schools.
Apart from setting up schools the centres are also missionary service outlets taking the gospel to the unreached with children's devotionals, adult books, and revival pamphlets.
I now saw what "a drop out child" really means. HOW? Many parents cannot pay fees of N10,000 per term about $7.00. This is real, not just painting an odd picuture.
I had in the last 25 years gone out to ask for support. Some had mocked and some,who understood it, had helped me to scale over most times. God will bless them.
One encouraging thing is that some of the students I gathered from 2001, have graduated from the university.
It is the difficulty in this experience, that has led me to the founding of Prof-Paul Child Empowerment Foundation, to lift up the child to have hope through God's interventioon.
In building the "Ministry of Child Help", my wife and me have been solo along with the children, trusting God and some kind hearted christian friends have been by us, not to mention names.
We cannot get to where we are going in time unless others join us. A vision can be given to one, but must be run by thousands to make effective result.
How would you choose to support us?
THIS THRUST HAS YOU IN MIND, THAT GOD WILL USE YOU AS SOMEONE, WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE WHAT EVER YOU COULD, CONSISTENTLY, TO TAKE MANY MORE CHILDREN ACROSS THIS OCEAN OF LIFE.
GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BLESS AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM.
Can you be a fellow combattant to help whipe our sweat?
We have in the past 25 years called for mission support, to pay salaries of teachers. We feel the most important need now is to get sponsors, to support payment of teachers, so the children pay as low as $2 per term (N3000) which will support maintenance of infrastructure.
In the long run as funds are made available, the students will pay no fees and we can train the number we would bring together to groom.
Every child has a right to education.
ONCE THE TEACHERS AND ADMIN ARE PAID, THE TEACHERS WILL TEACH THE CHILDREN AND WE WILL HAVE NO HINDERANCES, WHATSOEVER. THE FEE THE CHILDREN PAY, WILL NOT MATTER MUCH.
PICTURES OF THE CENTRES ARE IN OUR WEBSITE. AS MISSIONARIES WE HAVE LIVED ON SELF HELP WITH JESUS IN CONTROL AMEN.
The central objective of the Foundation is built around a conviction that every child has a right to education be it academic, technical, vocatioal, religious or professional.
Coming from our experience @ Covenant Bethel Miracle Valley Gospel Ministries, where the vision was hatched, we will extend to needy children worldwide, as the financial resources are made available.
SEE OUR WORD GRAPHICS COVERING OUR OBJECTIVES IN OUR WEBSITE.
THE PROPOSAL
Because we need to support the children and get to desirable goals in missions, the proposal on different projects will be stated concerning schools of Covenant Bethel Miracle Valley Gospel Ministries, where we had gone through our induction. Notwithstanding, this Foundation will be helping children where ever their needs are brought to us.
