Living in Nigeria

A Guide for Missionaries and Volunteers

A work in progress. Open to contributions from everyone.

• Main Wiki -- The 'Guidebook'. Just a few pages so far ... looking for your contributions! See below. The top page includes the table of contents.
• Articles not included in the Wiki structure.
• Links to other sites.

Pages with Content Already

As the number of pages is growing, I've given up keeping a list of them all here, so this is just what we started with.

• History of Nigeria Overview
• History of Christianity in Nigeria
• How to Store a Generator
• What to Bring to Nigeria, from 2000, needs updating.
• Guidelines for Dress (SIM Mission)
• ImportantHealthTips
• Personal Safety
• Malaria Prevention
• SafeChildren
• Safe Water
• Safety on the Road
• Medical Facilities
• 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

Pages Needing Content Added

Everything else!

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.

Contribute by email

Just send us your contribution and we'll see that it gets put onto the wiki. NB: need to include link to a mail form ...