Tuesday 2 April 2013

Floating School Built in Makoko Slum

A three-storey floating school will soon be used in the community of Makoko, a slum built on Nigeria's flooded coastline.

A three-storey floating school will soon be used in Makoko, a poverty stricken community on the flooded coastline of Nigeria.
The new primary school in the Lagos slum is built on a foundation of 256 plastic drums.Powered by solar panels on the roof, it will be able to accommodate more than 100 students.The building features an open recreational space on the first floor and a number of classrooms on the floors above.
Makoko is home to nearly 100,000 residents, who struggle to make their living by fishing.
Nigerian architect Kunle Adeyemi, who was raised in Lagos, Africa's largest city,designed the floating building.He said that the school is part of a plan that he has envisioned for the community's future.
Residents of Makoko, which means "fishing village", have dealt with the encroaching waters by building their houses on stilts for generations.

86 year old woman Locked in car boot for two days

Margaret E Smith. Photo: Delaware State Police

This 89 year old woman  in Delaware  was carjacked and then the perpetrators proceeded to lock her in the boot for two days.
This is sad and the act was committed by Five teenagers aged 14-17 years.

According to the police,the woman was approached by two girls at a grocery store who asked her for a ride.she agreed but on getting to the address which the two girls gave,they demanded for her car keys and forced her into the car boot.