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Abuja, Nigeria · 2019–2020 · past project尼日利亚阿布贾 · 2019–2020 · 已结束的项目

X-WOW Kids Science ClubX-WOW 儿童科学俱乐部

University students in Abuja carried a donated microscope into local primary and secondary schools, so pupils who had never seen one could look at the microbial world for themselves. X-WOW funded it. The students ran it.

阿布贾的大学生把一台捐赠的显微镜带进当地的小学和中学,让从没见过显微镜的孩子亲眼看看微生物的世界。X-WOW 出钱,学生们出力。

A microscope looking at a drop of water full of friendly microbes
Illustration: what a microscope opens up.插图:显微镜打开的那个世界——一滴水里的细菌、酵母和小虫子。

What happened发生了什么

One microscope, many classrooms一台显微镜,很多间教室

In 2019 X-WOW sent Akpan M. Friday, a microbiology student at the University of Abuja, a microscope, children's books about microbes, slides and other teaching items. With them he founded the X-WOW Kids Science Club in Abuja.

2019 年,X-WOW 给阿布贾大学微生物学专业的学生 Akpan M. Friday 寄去一台显微镜、给孩子看的微生物书、切片和其他教具。他用这些东西在阿布贾创办了 X-WOW 儿童科学俱乐部。

The team visited primary and secondary schools across the Federal Capital Territory. They showed pupils how a microscope works, taught them about microbes and ran microbe-themed activities. Their aim was microbial literacy: children growing up knowing how microbes shape everyday health. In his letter to X-WOW, Akpan reported that the team had reached over 100 pupils in its first months.

团队走访了联邦首都区的多所小学和中学:教孩子们用显微镜、讲微生物、做和微生物有关的小活动。目标是“微生物素养”,让孩子从小就明白微生物怎样影响日常健康。Akpan 在写给 X-WOW 的信里说,头几个月里团队已经接触了 100 多名学生。

The team团队

Akpan M. Friday: founder; microbiology, University of Abuja.

Akpan M. Friday:创办人;阿布贾大学微生物学专业。

Okwori Isaiah Abowoicho: microbiology, University of Abuja.

Okwori Isaiah Abowoicho:阿布贾大学微生物学专业。

Okezie Promise Chinonso: University of Abuja.

Okezie Promise Chinonso:阿布贾大学。

Gabriel Favour: University of Abuja.

Gabriel Favour:阿布贾大学。

All were university students at the time, credited as on the old site.

以上都是当时的大学生,按旧网站的署名列出。

April 2020 · online2020 年 4 月 · 线上

Virtual Microbiology Lectures Without Borders无国界微生物网课

When lockdown closed the classrooms, the club members organised Zoom lectures for microbiology students in Nigeria and invited volunteer lecturers to give them:

封城让教室关了门,俱乐部成员就组织起 Zoom 网课,给尼日利亚的微生物学学生上课,并邀请志愿讲师来讲:

#Lecture课程Lecturer讲师
1Intro to the Microbiome微生物组入门Michael Hirsch · recording录像
2Microbial Growth and Reproduction微生物的生长与繁殖Jeffery Letourneau
3Microbial Metabolism微生物代谢Jeffery Letourneau
4Microscopes for Microbiologists给微生物学者的显微镜课Beth Mills

The bigger lecture series for veterinary and medical students followed that summer: see X-WOW Lecture Without Borders.

那年夏天,面向兽医和医学学生的更大规模讲座系列也开始了:见无国界讲座。

Sister club · Abuja, Nigeria姊妹俱乐部 · 尼日利亚阿布贾

Future Vet Pathologists Club未来兽医病理学家俱乐部

A second club, also funded by X-WOW, run by veterinary students at the University of Abuja. They tutored high-school and pre-university students in diagnostic veterinary pathology: how a microscope is used to find disease.

第二个俱乐部,同样由 X-WOW 资助,由阿布贾大学的兽医学学生运营。他们给高中生和大学预科生讲兽医诊断病理学:怎样用显微镜找出疾病。

Its founder had received one of the re-homed microscopes from Back to Shine. In June 2020 the club co-organised a remote neuropathology lecture with Dr Francesca Chianini of the Moredun Research Institute, and almost 900 veterinary students in Africa registered for it.

它的创办人就是旧仪器再发光里一台显微镜的接收人。2020 年 6 月,俱乐部和莫雷登研究所的 Francesca Chianini 博士一起办了一场神经病理学远程讲座,非洲有近 900 名兽医学生报名。

The team团队

Oyeleye Blessing Simon: founder and team leader.

Oyeleye Blessing Simon:创办人、队长。

Ogar Michael Oshen

Obiajulu Gift Chiamaka

Ajogi Donken Ikwe

Oke Oluwakanyinsola Grace

Veterinary students at the University of Abuja at the time, credited as on the old site.

以上都是当时阿布贾大学的兽医学学生,按旧网站的署名列出。