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Two of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century is providing food for a burgeoning population and keeping the environment safe for future generations. In Nigeria, like most developing countries, there is indiscriminate felling of trees for wood and charcoal and ignorance on alternative ways of making charcoal. There is also great harm done to the environment (air, water and soil) due to wood and coal fires from bush burning ( or slash –and-burn agriculture), high rate of deforestation, loss of biodiversity, health issues from smoke inhalation and impoverishment due to high cost of domestic fuel in Nigeria. To save our environment, carry out sustainable agriculture and mitigate biodiversity loss we came up with production of charcoal through Pyrolysis of agric-waste (corn, cobs, dried stalk, rice husk etc) in custom made vessels. We organized a comprehensive workshop for members of two communities (training over 200 people). We planted over 5000 tree seedlings in Daudu village, Guma LGA of Benue State, gainfully employing aimless youths in charcoal production and reducing tree felling by 40% in six months.

As part of its mission to bridge existing gaps in literacy, leadership, technology and civic knowledge amongst Nigerian teenagers and early youths, especially those of low income, Mayein operates mobile library services in the underserved Alaka Community of Ibadan, Oyo State. The Project offers books, literacy materials and other mobile library services, provides practical demonstration and training on how to use technology and relevant tools for learning ? e.g. Google, Micro-soft, Encarta etc, to children and teenagers who lack access and also demonstrates practical volunteerism, community action as well as participatory civic skills to children and teenagers in Alaka community, Oyo State,Nigeria.

This project "BOOKimpact" is a self initiated project to spread the impact of my IVLP Experience as alumnus of the American Libraries PROJECT 2014. The project specifically targets displaced children without access to formal learning environments, using books as a reformatory tool for social integration. It aims at eliminating barriers which inhibit the passion for reading outside formal school environment, and the promotion of a conscious desire for reading.