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Living in Nigeria

A Guide for Missionaries and Volunteers

A work in progress. Open to contributions from everyone.

• Main Wiki -- The 'Guidebook'. we already have a significant amount of useful material online, but are looking for your contributions! See below. The top page includes the table of contents. You can also view the information according to the location, for pages that are tied to a certain area or city. Start at LocalInfo to see the list. (As of May 2009, we only have info on Jos and Abuja.)
• Articles not included in the Wiki structure.
• Links to other sites.
• Forums: start a discussion, ask your questions, get answers
• Restaurants and Dining Spots

Just some examples ...

• History of Nigeria Overview
• History of Christianity in Nigeria
• How to Store a Generator
• What to Bring to Nigeria, for those coming to stay a while
• Guidelines for Dress (SIM Mission)
• ImportantHealthTips
• Personal Safety
• Malaria Prevention
• SafeChildren
• Safe Water
• Abuja Dining
• Abuja Shopping
• Preparing for a Crisis
• Handling a Crisis: hijacking, hostage-taking, riots, coups, civil war, bombs
• Stocking your Home for a Crisis
• Listing of Consulates and Embassies in Nigeria
• Yankari Park and Steyr Travel Review

Use the search box to find what you're looking for, or browse through the contents. Check out the other features such as articles, directory, and forums using the top menu.

How to Contribute

You can contribute to this wiki in many ways, regardless of the level of your computer experience or Internet access. It's your experience, knowledge, and thoughts that count, not your technical ability! Besides adding or changing information, you can throw in comments, questions, "stubs" (just a page or paragraph with a topic suggestion, but no info yet), and so on.

Add to or modify the wiki content directly

• Register as a user (see box at upper right).
• Log in before you can make changes.
• To change a page, just click the 'Edit' button at the bottom of the page. Make the changes, press 'Preview' to check the results, then press 'Save'. No need to worry about disrupting the system or the page ... we can always roll the page back to any previous state.
• To add a page, just type a title in the 'Quick Edit' box on the left menu panel, and press 'Edit'. You'll be taken to a new page where you can enter whatever you want. No hassles about categories, links, and so on ... those can be added later by the editors if you simply want to enter some information.
• You can add comments to many items. You can also add tags (which the wiki calls "folksonomy tags"). These are just keywords which help you and others find the "stuff" you want.

Contribute by email

Just send us your contribution (use the Contact Us link) and we'll see that it gets put onto the wiki.

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