Food Security Luxembourg Project #56864

Support widows & out of school children in Nigeria

by CITADEL CHARITY ASBL

Support widows & out of school children in Nigeria

Project Report | Jul 6, 2026
Restoring Education For 2,000 Out Of School Children And Empowering Vulnerable Women.

By Oluwafemi Opeyemi | Media Head

REALITY ON GROUND

In Nigeria’s most vulnerable regions, a severe crisis is unfolding. Poverty, escalating insecurity, and targeted violence have locked classroom doors for thousands of young minds. Terrified of attacks, families are forced to choose survival over schooling, leaving children stranded at home. Simultaneously, the burden falls heavily on women,widows and single mothers left completely isolated, lacking the financial means or psychological support to sustain their households.

This initiative steps into the gap to safely return 2,000 marginalized children to the classroom while empowering their mothers to rebuild resilient lives.

FUNDING CHALLENGES

Limited funding remains our greatest challenge. Rising inflation, insecurity, and the high cost of reaching vulnerable communities have made it increasingly difficult to provide school enrollment, learning materials, uniforms, psychosocial support, and livelihood opportunities for women.

Without increased financial support, many children will remain out of school, and vulnerable women will continue to face poverty with limited opportunities to rebuild their lives. Your support can help change this reality.

STRATEGY FOR CHANGE

Restoring Education: We facilitate direct school reintegration, equipping students with books, uniforms, and learning essentials. We actively work with local leaders to establish secure, protective environments for learning.

Empowering Women: We provide psychosocial support, vocational skills training, and small business grants to help vulnerable women rebuild their lives, achieve financial independence, and provide better care for their families.

URGENT CALL TO ACTION

We cannot ignore the plight of families living on the frontlines of poverty and conflict. Your financial sponsorship is the bridge between a bleak future and a life of self-reliance.By investing in this project, you are not just donating,you are funding immediate physical protection, restoring a child's right to learn, and giving a mother the dignity to support her household independently. Act now to help rewrite their stories

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Mar 18, 2026
Send 2,000Children Back To School&Vulnerable Women

By Oluwafemi Opeyemi | Media Head

Many children in our target communities in Nigeria are out of school due to poverty, insecurity, and social challenges. The activities of terrorist groups have increased fear in some areas, leading many families to keep their children at home for safety. At the same time, many women, especially widows and single mothers, struggle to provide for their families due to lack of income and support.
This project aims to return 2,000 out-of-school children to education while supporting vulnerable women to rebuild their lives and better care for their families.

FUNDING CHALLENGES
Despite the urgent need for intervention, accessing sufficient funding remains a major challenge. The resources required to successfully return 2,000 children to school and provide meaningful support to vulnerable women are substantial.

Limited funding affects our ability to provide essential services such as school fees, uniforms, learning materials, psychosocial support, and safety-related measures for children. Rising costs caused by insecurity, displacement, and economic inflation further increase the pressure on the limited resources available.
Without consistent financial support, many children may continue to remain out of school, and many women may remain trapped in poverty, trauma, and vulnerability. Increased donor support is critical to sustaining and expanding this important work.

OUR APPROACH
Through this project, we will help children return to school by supporting essential educational needs such as school enrollment, uniforms, and learning materials. We will also collaborate with community members and local stakeholders to encourage safer learning environments for children.
At the same time, vulnerable women will receive psychosocial support, skills training, and small income-generating opportunities that can help them rebuild their confidence and economic independence.

CALL TO ACTION
We urgently call on donors, partners, and compassionate individuals to join us in this mission. Every day, many children and women continue to live with fear, trauma, and uncertainty due to violence, displacement, and extreme poverty.
Your support can help restore hope. By contributing to this project, you will help children return to school, provide healing and empowerment for vulnerable women, and support families as they rebuild their lives with dignity and resilience.

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Nov 21, 2025
Widows empowerment program report

By Ejiro Blanchard | CEO

The project, Support widows & out of school children in Nigeria has suffered a pause for quite some time now due to lack of financia support. I will elaborate on this.

We appreciate the continued support of the GlobalGiving community as we work toward our mission of empowering widows and returning 2,000 vulnerable children back to school. Access to education remains a serious challenge for many families in low-income communities, and this project was created to bridge that gap by providing school fees, uniforms, learning materials, finacial support for small scale businesses and follow-up support.

PROJECT IMPACT

Despite limited resources, our initiative has continued to bring hope to children who previously had no access to formal education. Through community partnerships and ongoing outreach, we have:

Identified out-of-school children in high-need areas. Supported families in enrolling their children back into school.

Helped reduce child labor and street-related risks. Encouraged greater emphasis on education within communities.

Create revenue means for widows and sensitisation program on child spacing

Parents and local leaders consistently express gratitude for the impact of this program, especially during this period of economic hardship.

FUNDING CHALLENGES (Last 11 Months)

We sincerely wish to acknowledge a major challenge affecting the project. For the past 11 months, we have received no financial support, which has significantly slowed our progress. This funding gap has:

Despite the high rate of insecurity in the country that has created more homeless people, the gap has drastically triggared a vacuum because this project is highly needed at this period of time but the financial back up is not available hence, there is also not much to be reported.

Restricted our ability to enroll new children

Limited the distribution of school materials

Affected our follow-up and monitoring activities

Increased the waiting list of widows and children needing urgent assistance

The need remains high, and many children are still unable to return to school due to lack of resources.

CALL FOR SUPPORT

We humbly appeal to donors, partners, and supporters on GlobalGiving to consider renewing their contributions to this project. With your support, we can revive our activities and ensure that more children return to school with dignity, confidence, and the tools they need to succeed.

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