Slums are neighborhoods where thousands of people live in abject poverty, separated by only tin walls. Young people who grow up surrounded by the oppressive helplessness of open sewage, scarce resources and little education face dramatic temptation to attempt to escape by choosing to make money through crime. Poverty leaves youth very vulnerable. Boy With a Ball's work has solved this problem by developing relational teams who walk into these communities to help youth walk into their dreams.
Poverty creates a fertile recruiting ground for high risk behaviors in any neighborhood, in any country. Nigerian slums represent breeding grounds for hopelessness, drug use, criminal activity and underdevelopment. Slums become entire communities producing generation after generation of families and their children who grow up and then live outside of the educational system and formal employment. As a result, generational poverty overtakes entire neighborhoods or communities.
Boy With a Ball works to better cities by reaching young people and equipping them to be leaders capable of transforming their communities. Team members and volunteers work in the economically disadvantaged Ikirike slum and come together in different outreach methods that build relationships with every resident. Teams then provide developmental groups or mentoring to young people and their families who are facing moments of opportunity or crisis.
As community members are identified as facing similar situations, supportive small groups are formed which meet in community homes. Often, these groups include mothers' groups, children's group, tutoring centers, job skills training and leaders' group. As these teams and volunteers pour out continual outreach that build on each other, the community is powerfully developed. Join us and become a part of the Boy With A Ball movement. Today's youth are tomorrow's leaders.
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