Project Site
　　The project is to be carried out in Lagos, Nigeria. This area is about 2,750 square kilometers and its population (of 12 million) makes up 10% of Nigeria’s total population. It is the largest city and also the chief port as well as the economic center of Nigeria. It is located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea. About 80% of Nigeria’s exports go out from Lagos. The northern part of Lagos produces around 50% of the country’s manufactured products. The population increases about 4 % each year. It seems this increase is caused by people migrating from the rural areas. Lagos’s population density as well as the unemployment rate is Nigeria’s highest. In particular, unemployed youths are many and as a result, most end up working as street vendors in traffic jams.

Project Aim
　In Nigeria, primary education is compulsory. Every year more than 3 million 6 year olds enter primary school (in 1990, only 72% graduated), resulting in a shortage of schools.
From 2004 onwards, three central districts will begin construction of 60 primary schools using funds provided by Japan. The country expressed their gratitude in a newspaper advertisement. The students who continue their education, after finishing compulsory primary education, decreases with the level of education. By the time the students graduate from university, only 1 million students are left.
　There are vocational schools like POLYTECHNICS and MONOTECHNICS in Nigeria. Monotechnics is similar to the Japanese specialty schools and there are around 78 such schools in Nigeria.
Every year, there are only 100,000 students graduate from these schools. There are private vocational schools but these schools only teach computer technical skills. Opportunities for vocational training are also very rare.
　The local partner of this project is Millennium Village Center. This center is used as a vocational training school for the Nigerian youths and was built in 2002 by the NGO Organisation Research of World Peace. When the school opened in Autumn 2002, it had only 2 classrooms: a teaching classroom (330 square meters) and a practical training classroom (276 square meters).At the moment the average class time for a student is only 10 hours a week. Ideally this should be about 4 hours a day or 20 hours a week. This is possible by increasing the number of classrooms.

The plan is to build a teaching classroom big enough that each of the 120 students can have their own study desks. By adding two additional classrooms, the number of computer students can increase to 96 from 48. In addition, Japanese experts were brought in to help design the improvements for the multi-purpose hall and the water supply facility.

Construction Plan
A two floor building with 5 teaching classrooms, 1 teacher’s room, 1 library and toilet facilities. This will be 378 square meters.
A hall with a multi-purpose hall, a clerk’s office, a warehouse and toilet facilities. This will be 375 square meters.
Water Supply Facility with a 50m deep well and a pump

Execution Plan
　In 2005, we will be collecting funds for the construction and improvement of the school. We invite all donations at the moment. The completion of the construction is scheduled for completion at the end of 2006. At the same time, it is necessary for the people to learn how to operate the machinery and we are making a list of necessary training. With the list we will be looking for experts from all over to offer their assistance.