{"id":570,"date":"2023-09-05T07:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org.ng\/?page_id=570"},"modified":"2024-02-24T05:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T05:24:10","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"570\" class=\"elementor elementor-570\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fa40a61 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fa40a61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-322f5c8e\" data-id=\"322f5c8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-889a04 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"889a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776b7e20 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-accordion\" data-id=\"776b7e20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-container\">\n            <div id=\"bdt-ep-accordion-776b7e20\" class=\"bdt-ep-accordion bdt-accordion\" data-bdt-accordion=\"{&quot;collapsible&quot;:true,&quot;multiple&quot;:false,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;ease-in-out&quot;}\" data-settings=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;bdt-ep-accordion-776b7e20&quot;,&quot;activeHash&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;activeScrollspy&quot;:null,&quot;hashTopOffset&quot;:false,&quot;hashScrollspyTime&quot;:false}\">\n                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-item\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-title bdt-accordion-title bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle bdt-flex-between\" id=\"bdt-ep-accordion-our-story\" data-accordion-index=\"0\" data-title=\"our-story\" role=\"heading\">\n\n                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon bdt-flex-align-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-closed\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-opened\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-angle-up\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                <\/span>\n                            \n                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-title-text bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\n                                                                Our Story                            <\/span>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-content bdt-accordion-content\">\n                            <div dir=\"auto\">Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, the founder of INGAF, Emmanuel Idiagi, saw many promising and brilliant children leaving school to engage in street hawking, house cleaning, and other menial jobs. And sadly, some of the community children who went to school came out with excellent results they couldn\u2019t defend. He also observed how his middle-income earning father struggled and sometimes borrowed funds to ensure his siblings finished their University education.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Being an eyewitness to these ordeals and many more, he drew inspiration to partner with the United Nations, humanitarian bodies and the government of nations to educate and empower children, youths and women in poverty stricken communities in Africa. The Vision gave birth to Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation (INGAF).\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">INGAF started in August 2017 with three children in a little coaching centre in a community called Alugu-Lungu in Abuja(AMAC), Nigeria.The centre aided kids in the community to attain academic excellence, and assisted the women to gain basic literacy education. Formally, Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation was established in January 2019 as an Incorporated Trusteeship under the Nigerian Law with the corporate Affairs Commission (CAC\/IT\/NO 123780).\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Today, it has successfully established local learning centres, giving children and women access to literacy education and empowering youths in various entrepreneurial skills. INGAF also has an arm, Excellent Coaching Centre; a dynamic centre that trains, molds and builds young children. It has over time effectively groomed hundreds of pupils, giving them free educational materials and partly funding their schooling.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Through INGAF\u2019s enlightenment programmes, it educates the masses on issues relating to Entrepreneurship, Governance, Morality, Leadership, Cultural values and other Peace-promoting programs.\u00a0INGAF has a membership network that covers every Geo-political Zones in Nigeria and other partners and membership network in U.S.A, United Kingdom and Ghana.Thankfully, INGAF\u2019s focused and vibrant team, coupled with the donations from partners, have really contributed to its tremendous success.<\/div>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-item\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-title bdt-accordion-title bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle bdt-flex-between\" id=\"bdt-ep-accordion-thematic-areas\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" data-title=\"thematic-areas\" role=\"heading\">\n\n                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon bdt-flex-align-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-closed\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-opened\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-angle-up\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                <\/span>\n                            \n                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-title-text bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\n                                                                Thematic Areas                            <\/span>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-content bdt-accordion-content\">\n                            <ul><li dir=\"auto\">Quality Education<\/li><li>\u00a0Leadership Developmennt\u00a0<\/li><li dir=\"auto\">Entrepreneurship<\/li><\/ul>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-item\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-title bdt-accordion-title bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle bdt-flex-between\" id=\"bdt-ep-accordion-aims-objectives\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" data-title=\"aims-amp-objectives\" role=\"heading\">\n\n                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon bdt-flex-align-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-closed\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-opened\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-angle-up\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                <\/span>\n                            \n                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-title-text bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\n                                                                Aims &amp; Objectives                            <\/span>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-content bdt-accordion-content\">\n                            <ul><li dir=\"auto\">To build learning centres for women and children in rural communities in Africa.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">\u00a0To donate relevant instructional materials, textbooks, exercise books to less privileged pupils in schools.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">To train and empower youths with entrepreneurial skills to become solution provider, job creators and financially independent.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">To actively engage community leaders to creatively solve the crucial problems within their community.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">To promote school-community relationship<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">\u00a0To partner with relevant authorities and stakeholders in carrying out related programmes and activities.<\/li><\/ul>                        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elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14b5c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ep_parallax_effects_show&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;ep_parallax_effects_rotate_start&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ep_parallax_effects_rotate_end&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ep_parallax_effects_scale_start&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ep_parallax_effects_scale_end&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ep_parallax_effects_hue_value&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ep_parallax_effects_sepia_value&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ep_parallax_effects_easing_value&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ep_parallax_effects_target&quot;:&quot;self&quot;}\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image.webp 568w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626c69e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"626c69e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image.webp 568w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Company-Edge-BG-image-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-045529c\" data-id=\"045529c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad54cb9 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad54cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3361ad3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-accordion\" data-id=\"3361ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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role=\"heading\">\n\n                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon bdt-flex-align-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-closed\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-opened\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-angle-up\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                <\/span>\n                            \n                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-title-text bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\n                                                                Our Story                            <\/span>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-content bdt-accordion-content\">\n                            <div dir=\"auto\">Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, the founder of INGAF, Emmanuel Idiagi, saw many promising and brilliant children leaving school to engage in street hawking, house cleaning, and other menial jobs. And sadly, some of the community children who went to school came out with excellent results they couldn\u2019t defend. He also observed how his middle-income earning father struggled and sometimes borrowed funds to ensure his siblings finished their University education.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Being an eyewitness to these ordeals and many more, he drew inspiration to partner with the United Nations, humanitarian bodies and the government of nations to educate and empower children, youths and women in poverty stricken communities in Africa. The Vision gave birth to Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation (INGAF).\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">INGAF started in August 2017 with three children in a little coaching centre in a community called Alugu-Lungu in Abuja(AMAC), Nigeria.The centre aided kids in the community to attain academic excellence, and assisted the women to gain basic literacy education. Formally, Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation was established in January 2019 as an Incorporated Trusteeship under the Nigerian Law with the corporate Affairs Commission (CAC\/IT\/NO 123780).\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Today, it has successfully established local learning centres, giving children and women access to literacy education and empowering youths in various entrepreneurial skills. INGAF also has an arm, Excellent Coaching Centre; a dynamic centre that trains, molds and builds young children. It has over time effectively groomed hundreds of pupils, giving them free educational materials and partly funding their schooling.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Through INGAF\u2019s enlightenment programmes, it educates the masses on issues relating to Entrepreneurship, Governance, Morality, Leadership, Cultural values and other Peace-promoting programs.\u00a0INGAF has a membership network that covers every Geo-political Zones in Nigeria and other partners and membership network in U.S.A, United Kingdom and Ghana.Thankfully, INGAF\u2019s focused and vibrant team, coupled with the donations from partners, have really contributed to its tremendous success.<\/div>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-item\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-title bdt-accordion-title bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle bdt-flex-between\" id=\"bdt-ep-accordion-thematic-areas\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" data-title=\"thematic-areas\" role=\"heading\">\n\n                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon bdt-flex-align-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-closed\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-opened\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-angle-up\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                <\/span>\n                            \n                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-title-text bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\n                                                                Thematic Areas                            <\/span>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-content bdt-accordion-content\">\n                            <ul><li dir=\"auto\">Quality Education<\/li><li>\u00a0Leadership Developmennt\u00a0<\/li><li dir=\"auto\">Entrepreneurship<\/li><\/ul>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-item\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-title bdt-accordion-title bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle bdt-flex-between\" id=\"bdt-ep-accordion-aims-objectives\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" data-title=\"aims-amp-objectives\" role=\"heading\">\n\n                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon bdt-flex-align-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-closed\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                                                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-icon-opened\">\n                                            <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw fas fa-angle-up\"><\/i>                                        <\/span>\n                                    \n                                <\/span>\n                            \n                            <span class=\"bdt-ep-title-text bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\n                                                                Aims &amp; Objectives                            <\/span>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-accordion-content bdt-accordion-content\">\n                            <ul><li dir=\"auto\">To build learning centres for women and children in rural communities in Africa.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">\u00a0To donate relevant instructional materials, textbooks, exercise books to less privileged pupils in schools.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">To train and empower youths with entrepreneurial skills to become solution provider, job creators and financially independent.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">To actively engage community leaders to creatively solve the crucial problems within their community.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">To promote school-community relationship<\/li><\/ul><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><ul><li dir=\"auto\">\u00a0To partner with relevant authorities and stakeholders in carrying out related programmes and activities.<\/li><\/ul>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intellectual Giants in Africa Foundation Our Story Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":80,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/again.ingaf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}