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The Chess in Slums Initiative is a Non- profit organization aimed at using the noble game of chess to help youngsters in slum communities realize their full potential by integrating principles of the game with management of daily challenges in life, enhancing abstract thinking, creativity and innovation.

This initiative was founded by National Master Tunde Onakoya, a ionate chess player/coach who strongly believes that chess can be wielded as a powerful tool to change the world.

He says the game changed his life and he is trying to use it to help the children in the slums as he also came from there.

Recently, He did a short documentary with BBC Africa about the purpose of the Initiative and how it has improved the lives of some of the children there. Some of the children have even gotten scholarships to study. Most of their scholarships came from social media, with some s asking how they can contribute to the project.

This short documentary have gone viral over a space of a few days, with Popular online platforms like Bellanaija writing a short piece on the documentary
Here is the link to the documentary by BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47499618

Plaining to have a chess club in the nearest future. chess is more than a game. if you know, you know.

Here is the YouTube link for those who couldn't watch it with the link above. The short Documentary


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BymoqvrHyBs

Despite the few scholarships offered to some of the children, it's a huge goal to ensure that all of the children under the Initiative have access to education. Most of them live in abject poverty and can't afford basic stationary items to even stay in school. With this in mind, a fundraiser have been created to help the initiative better the lives of these kids.

If you would like to the initiative

Here is the link to donate:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help--chess-in-the-slums-in-nigeria

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lol. I no dey o

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Nigerian children have low iq to understand chess

That's the truth

The side view of the guy in the second pictures looks more like 9ice . Great initiative that will make the children calculative .


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Nice one.
Knowledge can meet you at different points.
However, I am yet to understand this game, truly.

Awwww.
Recently watched the movie "Queen of Katwe" last week. A movie produced by Disney in 2016 on slum kids from Uganda who learnt how to play chess..... starring Lupita Nyongo.
Loved the movie. It was truly inspirational.
I guess this idea came from the movie.
Well done

I dont know y i jus cant understand this game. But i am not dull na.

Good development

We chess masters

Earthquake2:
Nigerian children have low iq to understand chess

That's the truth

just like you have low IQ on how to comment on nairaland

nepapole:
I dont know y i jus cant understand this game. But i am not dull na.

Yeah bro,
But I think you're lazy

Queen of Katwa

Earthquake2:
Nigerian children have low iq to understand chess

That's the truth

Pls expantiate. How did u come to this conclusion?

Teewhy2:
The side view of the guy in the second pictures looks more like 9ice . Great initiative that will make the children calculative .

u dey see road after come collect 2 cold star n bread

Who can teach me how to play poker

nepapole:
I dont know y i jus cant understand this game. But i am not dull na.

I have the same problem. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't pick up an interest

Oshey! Queen of Katwe things.

PromiseJonah:


Yeah bro,
But I think you're lazy

nepapole:
I dont know y i jus cant understand this game. But i am not dull na.

go to play store search for "chess offline " you go learn am within 2days

sisitito01:
Oshey! Queen of Katwe things.

Yassss

nepapole:
I dont know y i jus cant understand this game. But i am not dull na.

The game is over hyped, booring as fuvck when you are too good & ur opponent is an amateur, And extremely time consuming if your opponent is good.



In summary, god of war is MUCH MORE ENTERTAINING, as you get to enjoy the feeling of slaying old gods, giants & mythical creatures who get in ur way

peacettw:


I have the same problem. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't pick up an interest

Yh....i think "interest" is the issue. I like scrabble instead and play it good enuf.