NYSC Orientation Camp Preparation,Tips for Prospective corp members

Hello fellow prospective corps, I'm putting up this post for easy access to everyone of us. It contains everything we will need at the camp, These are things you need to know before going to camp and after leaving the NYSC Camp.
 
MIND PREPARATION :You need to prepare your mind that you are leaving home for a regimented life in the camp. Life in the camp is deliberately made stressful so as to prepare you for any challenge that may confront you outside the camp. You will not find it too comfortable, It' s a camp and not your flat! Just be ready for anything.
ITEMS YOU WILL NEED.(Very Important one are)

• .  Statement of Result
• .  School ID Card
• .  Passport photographs (at least 15 copies, Surplus is better than inadequacy)
• . Call-Up Letter (DO NOT laminate it please).
• . A Clear Bag file (To house the above items)
• .  Most importantly, Your Quran, or Bible.NB: Get 10 photocopies each of items A,B and above.      copies may be surplus.

OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS YOU WILL ALSO NEED. (For your Convenience)
 

• . Stapler, pin and office gum (will save you the stress of 'borrow-me')
• . Two or three white T-shirts and shorts (You will be given two sets but you may not like the quality).
• . Two or three pairs of socks and a white rubber tennis shoes (for d rainy days).
• . Bathroom slippers.
•   Dettol
• . Two plastic buckets (You can buy it in the camp but it will be more expensive) and a permanent  marker.
• . Sponge and its case, bath-soap and detergent
• . Bed sheet, towel and wrapper and two pairs of casual wear. Just have them.
• . Mosquito Net (not compulsory)
• . Handkerchiefs (very important especially for those that sweat like xmas ewu)
• . Waist bag (very very important for housing your phones, ID Cards,Handkerchief, biros, etc)
• . Novels
• . Small-sized Torch light/Rechargeable lamp (small one please)
• . Your ATM card(s)
• . Cooler (not a party cooler please) cup and spoon. Fork is not allowed
• . Phone and charger
• . Beverages
• . Ladies could add any other few conveniences.
• . Money! Money! Money! Hold good cash please depending on how you spend. 

GO EARLY!
Even if the camp is on your street, go early. If you are posted to a far state, go the day before the camp opens, you will be allowed in. Going late will make you go through registration stress. Be warned !
 
SCREENING
It starts at the gate, They don't want u to bring in prohibited items like iron, knife, bombs, etc.
 
REGISTRATION
The first one is for hostel/bed space, Then the paper registrations proper, Make everything ready, Look out for information pasted on walls. Follow instructions strictly.
YOUR KITS
During the registration, you will get your kits - shirts, shorts, etc. Use the marker towrite your Code Number (CN) on them 'sharp-sharp" You will also be given a tag that will show your CN. That will be your ID card temporarily. You take it EVERYWHERE in camp. You will be given a meal ticket. Misplace it and forget about NYSC food (hunger will finish Ʋ if Ʋ no get moni)
 
DURATION
You will be in the camp for 20 full days, The 21st day is the day you will leave camp. THERE YOU GO!
Immediately you have your kits, only your T-shirt and shorts with the tennis shoe are allowed on you. No room for casual wears. Parade/marching training starts immediately, The soldiers will not give you
breathing space at all. You will have the first one that same Day Watch Out! people could be fainting
on the Parade Ground. You won't faint, calm down... So eat well. It's the stress that causes their
fainting. Don't form superman o, EAT !
 
YOUR MORNINGS
A small trumpet wakes you at 5am,Everybody gathers at the Parade Ground (PG) at 5:30am. You have your praise,worship and prayer the Christian and Muslim ways. Blah-blah-blah till the day breaks finally. Breakfast follows! After eating, you will be called out again for the series of programmes lined up for you. Then you have your lunch, Rest a little and you are out again for evening parade, Then later your dinner. This will repeat itself everyday perhaps except on Sunday.where parades are done in the evening.
 
THE FOOD
You may not like the food, You can always go to the Mammy Market (MM) i.e the Camp Market to fill your 'tank'.