This is a project for a permanent Resolution of the Menance of begging and street roaming among adolescents.
The present day Almajiri, who are victims of neglect and exploitation are seen everywhere singing and begging for food and money, being vulnerable to abuse, drugs, trafficking and various forms of exploitation. Their conditions of living is below average as shown in their torn, dirty looking cloth, hungry stomach, and unkempt body. These Almajiri are mostly found far away from their places of abode in search of Islamic knowledge, which means they do not reside with their biological parents,t.
Special training will be organized for the Almajiri mallams (teachers), to give them a sense of belonging, direction and to absorb them into the formal school system. Opportunities for those among them who may want to further their studies at the tertiary level will be made available. There will be campaigns, sensitization lectures and awareness on criminilozatio of all forms of street-begging and parental neglect by the government while poverty reduction programs will implemented.
There will be long term imoa g om poverty reduction, youth engagement, criminal activity reduction, less children om the street and more educated children in Nigeria.
