The aim of our Education/Orphans and Vulnerable Children Program is to ensure that children who do not have anyone to help them receive psycho-social, education, hygiene and nutritional support from us. We care about offering holistic services to improve the well-being of orphans and vulnerable children. We also focus on equipping households to be resilient in the face of the socio-economic challenge to ensure that children are well.

A 2022 UNESCO report noted that approximately 20 million Nigerian individuals of its approximately 200 million population are not enrolled in school. The research and statistics unit of our Network surveyed communities among the unreached people’s group in Kebbi and Niger state and observed that not a single community in the 15 communities visited has a school and not a single person has obtained formal education.

Children are entitled to free and quality basic education, yet the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is alarming and on the rise. Afri-Mission in its quest to contribute its quota in the educational development in Nigeria has constructed a block of 3 classrooms in Kambari community in Niger state. We have awarded fully funded scholarship to 100 students, provided all the furnitures, teaching aids and books, school uniforms, shoes and socks.

The school currently runs primaries 1-3 and salaries of teachers are paid regularly by Afri-Mission and Evangelism Network. Not a single parent has paid a dime to enroll their children in school rather they are demanding that Afri-Mission pay them money to subsidize the cost of labour in their agricultural activities since we have taken their children who are supposed to be doing work in their farms.

Education project to the Unreached was born out of necessity and we thank God today that the vision has become a reality courtesy of our generous donors.

The security challenge in Nigeria can be traced to the negligence of these children by government and churches. They grow up to be bandits and terrorists. Afri-Mission and Evangelism Network envisions catching these children young through our OVC program

The Kambari tribe is the least developed tribe in Nigeria, primitivism is very high and they are very far from civilization. Our education program in this community is faced with lots of challenges as the parents of our students feel that they are doing us favour by allowing their children to come to school. They constantly threaten to withdraw their children from school and blackmail us to give them money if we want their children to be in school.

Education to the unreached is a  necessity, ignorance of how to read and right has kept our target groups in total darkness. We plan to run morning session for the children and evening session for the adults. We are trusting God for school feeding program for the children as many of them are malnourished. We have been able to get about 800 out-of-school children back to school.

Before Intervention

After Intervention

The children in our target areas roam about like animals with no one to care for them; we feed these children, clothe them and rehabilitate and reunite them with their parents and hold meetings with village heads and parents to sensitize them on the need to take care of their children. We bath these children who have not taken their baths for years and provide soaps and detergents to all the households for the hygiene of their children.

Afri-Mission team member bathing the vulnerable child whose picture appears above. We noticed layers of his skin falling along with patches of dirts because he has not taken birth for years.

We visited Duge village in Niger state and met these children shivering under the cold of harmattan wind. We inquired to know why they should be subjected to that inhuman and terrible condition, their mother  said to us “It is not my fault, these are my children, since they were born; they have never put on clothe because I do not have money to buy any clothe for them”

We immediately opened our bags and searched for clothes that will fit them and clothed them.

No child should be allowed to move about naked or to go to bed on empty stomach. The Education/Orphan & Vulnerable Children Unit of Afri-mission and Evangelism Network is doing all within its capacity to ensure that vulnerable children are taken care of.

Before Intervention

After Intervention

We have rehabilitated over 1800 children, reunited them with their families and have supported about 800 out-of-school children back to school.