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NAS Street Child Project champions and supports Street Children causes in Nigeria. Our focus is supporting educational projects that can give the street children hope and a future.
How we got involved: NSCP began two years ago, when National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) received a request for assistance from the late Marion Sikuade, founder of Child Life Line Lagos (a foremost street child NGO in Nigeria founded by her over 20 years ago. Her request came at a time when the organization was looking into the significantly high rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria with UNESCO and UNICEF statistics indicating that:
Nigeria accounts for 10.5 million of the 61 million “out of school children” worldwide. 40% of Nigerian school children between the age brackets of 6-11 years are out of primary school, another 30% are drop-outs while only 54% transit to junior secondary school.
We identify that children who do not have a home are the most vulnerable. Among them are orphans, abandoned and abused children many who are on the streets. Whilst we recognize the huge task it was, NAS is determined to contribute its quota.
Education is the key enabling factor that makes a great difference in children early in life if they are exposed to storybooks and creative play that help energize their imagination. Hence we support educational projects for street children in Nigeria.
How we got involved: NSCP began two years ago, when National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) received a request for assistance from the late Marion Sikuade, founder of Child Life Line Lagos (a foremost street child NGO in Nigeria founded by her over 20 years ago. Her request came at a time when the organization was looking into the significantly high rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria with UNESCO and UNICEF statistics indicating that:
Nigeria accounts for 10.5 million of the 61 million “out of school children” worldwide. 40% of Nigerian school children between the age brackets of 6-11 years are out of primary school, another 30% are drop-outs while only 54% transit to junior secondary school.
We identify that children who do not have a home are the most vulnerable. Among them are orphans, abandoned and abused children many who are on the streets. Whilst we recognize the huge task it was, NAS is determined to contribute its quota.
Education is the key enabling factor that makes a great difference in children early in life if they are exposed to storybooks and creative play that help energize their imagination. Hence we support educational projects for street children in Nigeria.