Hmmmm..... Philip Alabi is here. interesting conversations, I have read the comments. I want to say I understand everyone's opinions and sentiments. Please feel free to ask me any questions. I am glad to answer them. You can also meet us on our social platforms to find out more....

I will say this though. I am a student in the US, I am not from a wealthy background. I have enough money to just pay my bills. I saw a chance to help and I decided to do just that. Trust me, the books are very relevant, that is why we want the libraries (in Nigeria) to pick the books they want themselves. We find the books, they select only what they want and we send them. This idea is for the Nigerian that seeks access to these relevant information. For the student or youth that needs access to relevant information, more than what is in Lecturer's handout, and maybe someday for those that begins to develop good reading habits. For people to develop reading habits, the Library needs to be stocked first. We are only trying to help that happen. There are lots of people that only have access to books in the library during their University days, I was like that while in School back home. I didn't have money to buy textbooks, but I wanted to know. We may not be able to get Nigeria to where it needs to be, maybe not in this generation, but we need to START, WE NEED TO START DOING SOMETHING. little drops of water makes a mighty ocean.

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A brand-new nonprofit organization initiated by a Southern Illinois University graduate (SIUE) student and a native of Nigeria is filling shelves in African universities with much-needed textbooks donated by faculty and students around the world.

Efiwe(www.efiwe.org), Nigerian for “bookworm,” is the charitable organization founded here in Edwardsville with a growing presence at book-drive locations on campuses across the United States. SIUE graduate student Philip Alabi’s fervor for equipping West African post-secondary students with badly-needed textbooks and related resources is resulting in the formation of a 501(c)(3) and two boards of directors, one in Edwardsville and one in Nigeria.

When Alabi first arrived in the U.S. two years ago to begin his master’s of science degree in chemistry at SIUE, he saw first-hand how relatively affordable university-level textbooks are easy to acquire in the U.S. compared to Nigeria. He also saw stacks of still-relevant textbooks in good condition that were being discarded.

“Even for university instructors, textbooks and relevant resource materials are extremely expensive and difficult to come by in West Africa,” Alabi said. “In the U.S., there’s the university bookstore, online academic resources and online vendors such as Amazon.com through which students can access the latest versions of textbooks required for their university courses. Sadly this is not the situation in Nigeria, even at the university level. Hard-copy books for courses are typically older or not enough to go roundmore than 15 years old or even older.”
If they are attainable, it is generally only the instructors who have a copy of the text, not the students.”

Adding to the challenges, Nigeria’s sporadic power supply and expensive internet accesspower supply makes it nearly impossible for university faculty and students in West Africa to access and download online academic resources, according to Alabi. “Our aim through Efiwe is to collect relevant textbooks across U.S. colleges and universities and send the books to university and community college libraries in Western Africa,” he said. “Our organizational mission is to send more than one million textbooks to African universities by the year 2030.”

The mission is ambitious, but Efiwe(www.efiwe.org) and its boards of directors, inspired by Alabi’s passion, are well on their way. In Spring of 2017, before Efiwe was formally conceived, Alabi and fellow SIUE colleagues launched an on-campus book drive with the same purpose. The results were astounding.

“We thought maybe we’d receive a couple hundred donated textbooks at our initial book drop-off sites on campus at SIUE,” said Alabi, who will pursue a doctoral degree in chemistry from Brown University in August. “That initial donation topped 1,000 textbooks in only la few months. We also raised funds to pay for the cost of transporting the books by ship to my home university, Tail Solarin University of Education in Nigeria. We are absolutely confident that we can continue the momentum and tap into the generosity of teachers and learners in the U.S.”

Tain Solarin Deputy University Librarian Jasiliu Kadiri said the donated textbooks would add value to teaching, learning and research work at the university. “We acknowledge with profound thanks the receipt of these volumes of books covering various fields including general and pure sciences, education, social sciences and children’s books,” Kadiri said.

Right now Efiwe is identifying university and community college campuses across the Midwest Midwest that are willing to establish a textbook drop-off site on their campuses. Efiwe is seeking students that will run and champion book drive initiatives in their respective Universities and Colleges. Ultimately Efiwe will ask for financial support to pay for the transportation of the books by ship from the U.S. to Nigeria and other West Africa destinations. But for now, the biggest and best way supporters can assist the nonprofit organization is by donating new or gently used textbooks on any and all academic subjects.

“We encourage individuals and student associations at community colleges, technical colleges and universities across the Midwestern states who are willing to designate a location on their campus as an Efiwe textbook drop-off site,” Alabi said.

Web developers are currently working to create an online book inventory of all the texts and supporting materials that are being donated so recipient universities can order the volumes they need.

For more information on Efiwe, go to www.efiwe.org or email info@efiwe.org.

A brand-new nonprofit organization initiated by a Southern Illinois University graduate (SIUE) student and a native of Nigeria is filling shelves in African universities with much-needed textbooks donated by faculty and students around the world.

Efiwe(www.efiwe.org), Nigerian for “bookworm,” is the charitable organization founded here in Edwardsville with a growing presence at book-drive locations on campuses across the United States. SIUE graduate student Philip Alabi’s fervor for equipping West African post-secondary students with badly-needed textbooks and related resources is resulting in the formation of a 501(c)(3) and two boards of directors, one in Edwardsville and one in Nigeria.

When Alabi first arrived in the U.S. two years ago to begin his master’s of science degree in chemistry at SIUE, he saw first-hand how relatively affordable university-level textbooks are easy to acquire in the U.S. compared to Nigeria. He also saw stacks of still-relevant textbooks in good condition that were being discarded.

“Even for university instructors, textbooks and relevant resource materials are extremely expensive and difficult to come by in West Africa,” Alabi said. “In the U.S., there’s the university bookstore, online academic resources and online vendors such as Amazon.com through which students can access the latest versions of textbooks required for their university courses. Sadly this is not the situation in Nigeria, even at the university level. Hard-copy books for courses are typically older or not enough to go roundmore than 15 years old or even older.”
If they are attainable, it is generally only the instructors who have a copy of the text, not the students.”

Adding to the challenges, Nigeria’s sporadic power supply and expensive internet accesspower supply makes it nearly impossible for university faculty and students in West Africa to access and download online academic resources, according to Alabi. “Our aim through Efiwe is to collect relevant textbooks across U.S. colleges and universities and send the books to university and community college libraries in Western Africa,” he said. “Our organizational mission is to send more than one million textbooks to African universities by the year 2030.”

The mission is ambitious, but Efiwe(www.efiwe.org) and its boards of directors, inspired by Alabi’s passion, are well on their way. In Spring of 2017, before Efiwe was formally conceived, Alabi and fellow SIUE colleagues launched an on-campus book drive with the same purpose. The results were astounding.

“We thought maybe we’d receive a couple hundred donated textbooks at our initial book drop-off sites on campus at SIUE,” said Alabi, who will pursue a doctoral degree in chemistry from Brown University in August. “That initial donation topped 1,000 textbooks in only la few months. We also raised funds to pay for the cost of transporting the books by ship to my home university, Tail Solarin University of Education in Nigeria. We are absolutely confident that we can continue the momentum and tap into the generosity of teachers and learners in the U.S.”

Tain Solarin Deputy University Librarian Jasiliu Kadiri said the donated textbooks would add value to teaching, learning and research work at the university. “We acknowledge with profound thanks the receipt of these volumes of books covering various fields including general and pure sciences, education, social sciences and children’s books,” Kadiri said.

Right now Efiwe is identifying university and community college campuses across the Midwest Midwest that are willing to establish a textbook drop-off site on their campuses. Efiwe is seeking students that will run and champion book drive initiatives in their respective Universities and Colleges. Ultimately Efiwe will ask for financial support to pay for the transportation of the books by ship from the U.S. to Nigeria and other West Africa destinations. But for now, the biggest and best way supporters can assist the nonprofit organization is by donating new or gently used textbooks on any and all academic subjects.

“We encourage individuals and student associations at community colleges, technical colleges and universities across the Midwestern states who are willing to designate a location on their campus as an Efiwe textbook drop-off site,” Alabi said.

Web developers are currently working to create an online book inventory of all the texts and supporting materials that are being donated so recipient universities can order the volumes they need.

For more information on Efiwe, go to www.efiwe.org or email info@efiwe.org.

Happy #Democracy Day Celebration #Nigeria


While we congratulate Nigeria on another #Democracy day celebration, We may not be able to look at a lot of #success as a #Nation in our litle existence. We may not be able to get where we want to be in this Generation. But we want to make a Call

A call to start from where we are today.
A call to contribute our tiniest bit of energy,
A call to be resolute in our acts
and absolute in our hearts.
With our actions and contributions, -
Nigeria surely, will #Survive and #thrive.

We will, Let's start #today...

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There are many smart and bright Nigerian graduates that seek graduate study programs in foreign countries especially in the US and Canada. This article attempts to offer some advice regarding foreign graduate degree applications and the whole process, this article will be geared towards the American graduate application process. The process can be very daunting and risky, especially for the graduate that doesn’t have the financial resources to go through the process. This is not a post against Nigeria Universities or why students should study abroad, it is rather for the student that has decided to pursue foreign study abroad.

The process is easy and can be run by anyone that has the time and certain resources. It is wise to stop looking for consultants that don’t necessarily have strong ties and relationships with Schools in the US. I completely ran my application process myself and the same is observed for many of my Nigerian colleagues here. Certain things are very handy when going through the application process:
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I am posting this for all those that have commented above, For all the Nigerians in the US. Please read.

Efiwe.org : Equiping African Tertiary Libraries

The need for access to relevant resources like books, equipment, journals etc. are fundamental to educational institutions and their success. Any current or past student in Public African tertiary institution will immediately see the utter lack of resources and the student’s struggle to seek knowledge amidst this lack of resources. Efiwe is a Non-profit organization based in the US that hopes to collect relevant post-secondary textbooks and send them to tertiary Institution Libraries in Africa. This is to help give students access to resources needed and increase the quality of education received in these institutions.

Efiwe is a Non-profit organization that is inititated in March 2017 to give African tertiary Institution students access to the relevant materials needed for success in their tertiary education. With a mission to send over One million (1,000,000) books to African tertiary Institution libraries by 2030, The goals are fixed. In the words of the founder, Philip Alabi – “My ultimate desire will be to see these books in the hands of a student (back home) enjoying the read and learning new things from the texts, illustrations and pictures displayed. The lasting social and economic change that comes from more Africans knowing better is what I seek to achieve.”

Efiwe was conceived after a similar book drive ran by the founder (Philip Alabi) saw the delivery of about 800 books from the US to Tai Solarin University of Education (his alma mater). He has ever since been motivated to attempt similar feat but with more scale and reach. Efiwe aims to have student organizations all over the US conduct book drives and send these books to different tertiary institutions in Africa.
Current needs of the project are listed below:
· recruiting more volunteers in the US for book collection and

· recruiting volunteers as writers (location doesn’t matter)

· recruiting volunteers in Africa for logistics and reaching out to institutions

· forging partnerships with Tertiary institutions

· forging partnerships with corporations and organizations for delivery of the goals of Efiwe and value exchange.


See efiwe.org to read more


Please feel free to reach us +13123990694 | whatsapp: +16182160266 | +2347039818617
info@efiwe.org, www.efiwe.org, @efiwengo(twitter) https://www.facebook.com/efiweNGO/

I am posting this for all those that have commented above, For all the Nigerians in the US. Please read.

Efiwe.org : Equiping African Tertiary Libraries

The need for access to relevant resources like books, equipment, journals etc. are fundamental to educational institutions and their success. Any current or past student in Public African tertiary institution will immediately see the utter lack of resources and the student’s struggle to seek knowledge amidst this lack of resources. Efiwe is a Non-profit organization based in the US that hopes to collect relevant post-secondary textbooks and send them to tertiary Institution Libraries in Africa. This is to help give students access to resources needed and increase the quality of education received in these institutions.

Efiwe is a Non-profit organization that is inititated in March 2017 to give African tertiary Institution students access to the relevant materials needed for success in their tertiary education. With a mission to send over One million (1,000,000) books to African tertiary Institution libraries by 2030, The goals are fixed. In the words of the founder, Philip Alabi – “My ultimate desire will be to see these books in the hands of a student (back home) enjoying the read and learning new things from the texts, illustrations and pictures displayed. The lasting social and economic change that comes from more Africans knowing better is what I seek to achieve.”

Efiwe was conceived after a similar book drive ran by the founder (Philip Alabi) saw the delivery of about 800 books from the US to Tai Solarin University of Education (his alma mater). He has ever since been motivated to attempt similar feat but with more scale and reach. Efiwe aims to have student organizations all over the US conduct book drives and send these books to different tertiary institutions in Africa.
Current needs of the project are listed below:
· recruiting more volunteers in the US for book collection and

· recruiting volunteers as writers (location doesn’t matter)

· recruiting volunteers in Africa for logistics and reaching out to institutions

· forging partnerships with Tertiary institutions

· forging partnerships with corporations and organizations for delivery of the goals of Efiwe and value exchange.


See efiwe.org to read more


Please feel free to reach us +13123990694 | whatsapp: +16182160266 | +2347039818617
info@efiwe.org, www.efiwe.org, @efiwengo(twitter) https://www.facebook.com/efiweNGO/

Efiwe.org : Equiping African Tertiary Libraries

The need for access to relevant resources like books, equipment, journals etc. are fundamental to educational institutions and their success. Any current or past student in Public African tertiary institution will immediately see the utter lack of resources and the student’s struggle to seek knowledge amidst this lack of resources. Efiwe.org is a Non-profit organization based in the US that hopes to collect relevant post-secondary textbooks and send them to tertiary Institution Libraries in Africa. This is to help give students access to resources needed and increase the quality of education received in these institutions.


Efiwe.org is a Non-profit organization that is inititated in March 2017 to give African tertiary Institution students access to the relevant materials needed for success in their tertiary education. With a mission to send over One million (1,000,000) books to African tertiary Institution libraries by 2030, The goals are fixed. In the words of the founder, Philip Alabi – “My ultimate desire will be to see these books in the hands of a student (back home) enjoying the read and learning new things from the texts, illustrations and pictures displayed. The lasting social and economic change that comes from more Africans knowing better is what I seek to achieve.”

Efiwe.org was conceived after a similar book drive ran by the founder (Philip Alabi) saw the delivery of about 800 books from the US to Tai Solarin University of Education (his alma mater). He has ever since been motivated to attempt similar feat but with more scale and reach. Efiwe aims to have student organizations all over the US conduct book drives and send these books to different tertiary institutions in Africa.
Current needs of the project are listed below:
· recruiting more volunteers in the US for book collection and

· recruiting volunteers as writers (location doesn’t matter)

· recruiting volunteers in Africa for logistics and reaching out to institutions

· forging partnerships with Tertiary institutions

· forging partnerships with corporations and organizations for delivery of the goals of Efiwe and value exchange.


See efiwe.org to read more


Please feel free to reach us +13123990694 | whatsapp: +16182160266 | +2347039818617
info@efiwe.org, www.efiwe.org, @efiwengo(twitter) https://www.facebook.com/efiweNGO/