To the American University of Nigeria students, service to humanity is a lifestyle. Of every student on campus. AUN students are always eager to participate in various activities that will positively impact the lives of the people living in the neighboring communities.
On April 20, 2023, Rosaria Volpi Girls Residence Hall students participated in the AUN inter-Dorm Competition, where they turned out in their numbers to give a facelift to a classroom building at the Government Day Secondary School Bekaji. They also made donations.
The dorm project competition is organized among residence halls at AUN. Each year, students pick a project and organize funding amongst themselves to give back to the community.
This year Rosaria Volpi Girls voted to contribute to the educational development of Government Day Secondary School Bekaji by painting a classroom block, donating food items, and contributing funds to support thirteen orphaned pupils in paying their school fees for a term.
According to the Assistant Director of Community Service, Mr. Aliyu Ahmed, the AUN model as a development university is to encourage its students to always give back to the community.
"As the school is growing, we want the community to feel the impact of the university."
A Communication & Multimedia (CMD) major, Zainab Abubakar, the current Miss AUN and excited about community service, said she participated in painting during her first year at AUN and wishes to participate in other forms of community service activity.
In her remark, the Residence Assistant, Rosaria Volpi Girls, Ms. Deborah Ocheme, said they aimed at making the learning environment of GDSS better and more conducive.
A teacher at the GDSS, Mr. Ibrahim Yakubu, appreciated the support and goodwill of the Rosario Volpi Girls and spoke glowingly about how the American University of Nigeria has positively impacted the lives of their students and the community at large.
"AUN community service has been going on here for more than five years in our School. Each year they make our environment more conducive for learning."
Report and Photographs by Chiedozie Joseph