Help 400 Conflict-Impacted Children in NE Nigeria

Apr 6, 2018

Safe Spaces for Conflict-Impacted Children

By Jo Cooke - Group Communications Manager

Helping to decorate our new child friendly spaces

Earlier this year we emailed with you with the amazing progress we had made in NE Nigeria all thanks to your support. We were excited to share the plans we had for 2018 which included:

- building 60 more temporary learning centres, rehabilitating 120 damaged classrooms and training 450 teachers across the North East.

- helping 23,000 conflict-affected children not only to have access to basic education, but benefit from teachers and social workers trained in counselling and child protection.

Now we can share with you that this work has begun - we are in the process of building 30 child friendly spaces where children who have been impacted by on-going conflict have a safe space to play, learn and access counselling if they need it.

Thank you so much again for supporting our work to help conflict-impacted children in Nigeria. With your support, we are changing lives.

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Jan 8, 2018

Building Schools in NE Nigeria

By Jo Cooke - Group Communications Manager

Children are back at school thanks to your support

In late 2016 Street Child announced its intention to make a difference in the North East of Nigeria where on-going conflict had impacted the lives of millions of children and their families. Thanks to your support we have been working flat out all year to get our programme off the ground.

We have made huge progress! We helped 100s of children in 2017 and are set to help 10s of 1000s of children in 2018.

In July this year we built a temporary learning centre to provide over 300 children with a basic education. It not only gives these children a safe space but our 10 teachers provide education not only in literacy and numeracy, but also on essential emergency related topics including basic hygiene, psycho-social counselling and gender based violence. We have also provided 100 livelihoods packages to address the over-arching barrier to education for internally displaced and host community families: household poverty.

Even more excitingly, Street Child is now in a great position to take these achievements to scale. Already for 2018, we have secured funding to start work on the following projects:

- building 60 more temporary learning centres, rehabilitating 120 damaged classrooms and training 450 teachers across the North East.

- helping 23,000 conflict-affected children not only to have access to basic education, but benefit teachers and social workers trained in counselling and child protection.

There are many people and organisations who have come together to make this possible - but you, our supporters, are the vital link in the chain. Without you, none of this would have been possible. Thank you.

Of course, there is so much more to do - and we continue to ask for your support. There are an estimated 2.5m children out of school in North East Nigeria. We want to do more to support some of the most vulnerable children in Nigeria to go to school.

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Sep 28, 2017

Supporting Conflict-Impacted Children in Nigeria

By Jo Cooke - Group Communications Manager

Naomi - the mother who has rebuilt her business

Over 1.3 million children are out of school. Families have been forced to flee their homes and leave everything behind. Living in temporary camps, they are unable to make an income and struggle to feed and educate their children.

The key for Nigeria’s future is to be able to support its people in rebuilding their lives in sustainable ways, that will help break the cycle of aid. It’s about investing in the future, in supporting people to rebuild businesses and invest in their children’s education.

People who arrive in the New Kuchingoro camp are vulnerable: many have had to leave behind everything, others have lost relatives and most have seen unimaginable horrors.

This means that business grants and other sustainable forms of support are vital in helping them get back on their feet. Thanks to your support, as well as offering schooling for children in the camp, Street Child have been able to provide vocational skills training for mothers to help them establish their businesses, mothers like Naomi.

Naomi has been able to buy chemicals for her farm, putting an end to insect infestation and increase the value of her produce - meaning she can afford to take care of her children and begin to plan for the future.

‘After harvesting the produce in the next two months, I will keep some for family consumption and sell some. The money I make can then be re-invested for the next season.

‘The grant has made life easier for me and my family, and I am proud of my children.’

Thank you for supporting us to help mothers like Naomi to send their children to school. If you would like to learn more about Street Child's work, visit www.street-child.co.uk/nigeria

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