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Since 2013, OneAfricanChild has supported over 12,000 children in hard-to-reach communities like Gaa Alaanu with experiential programs to improve children’s access to learning. As we celebrate our 7th anniversary, we are taking a bold step in establishing our first creative learning centre to give better opportunities to disadvantaged children in Gaa-Alaanu, Kwara state and across Nigeria.
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The Repercussions of COVID-19 Pandemic on Education in Africa
Image source: UNICEF There is so much uncertainty about the resumption of schools in Kenya, and parents are grappling with anxiety at the looming increase in tuition fees. The pandemic has also widened inequality as kids from disadvantaged backgrounds could not...
5 Simple Steps to creating a Youth-Inclusive Peacebuilding Structure
Support Youth Visions of Peace: Peacebuilding processes should be inclusive of the youth as views are equally impactful in the design and implementation of peacebuilding interventions. Create Space for Youth to Engage in Political Processes: There should be a...
Testimony: Peace for Change Workshop, 2020
The Workshop was an eye-opener to me, it was also practical and realistic, the aim of the workshop I guess was to build the capacity of Educators in order to be able to deliver an adequate lesson that promotes PEACE in our various Communities. I learned about Peace...
Shaping Peace for Children
As an educator, I have come to appreciate that children thrive in peaceful societies. For instance, kids from peaceful backgrounds are more likely to perform better academically, control their emotions better, and are less likely to be violent. In fact, kids are the...
African Youths: Engagement for Change and Development
Youth engagement is defined as the meaningful participation and sustained involvement of a young individual in innovative and developmental activities with a focus outside of himself or herself. African countries are ranked as developing countries (World Economic...
My name is Billy Otolo from Homabay Kenya. I'm a mentor, motivational speaker, Gender, and Human rights activist. Currently, I'm working as a Volunteer at One African Child, Pamlead Africa, Girls, and Vulnerable Youth Education Initiative. Since the emergence of...
The Role of the Private Sector in Quality and Inclusive Education.
One of the responsibilities of the government is to ensure the provision of the fundamental human right of its citizens. However, other parties can be involved especially in a country like Nigeria. Increased private involvement can improve pedagogic, technical, and...
Education and Safety: The Role of Stakeholders in Ensuring Safety for Students
It's no secret that safety is one of the most critical issues faced by the African region. In recent times, Nigeria has come to face terrorizing cases ripping through her communities and ending the lives of many. On the news, it could always be correctly guessed that...
My Experience of Changing the Lives of Children and How it has Molded Me to be the Change-maker I am Today
Well, I first came to know about One African Child through the Opportunity Desk. At that time, Victoria Ibiwoye had been featured as the person of the month. Reading her story, I was so inspired by her efforts to change lives in her neighborhood, one child, at a time....
Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Coronavirus and the plight of marginalised community children
As of the first week of May, The Spectator Index confirmed over four million positive cases of the Corona Virus globally and at least 200,000 deaths. As the virus continues to spread its tentacles across countries, threatening human existence, human lives are being...
Covid-19 Resources
The Covid-19 pandemic has altered lives around the globe in unprecedented manners, and unpredictably, might continue to do so for a while. At the heart of our goal at OneAfricanChild foundation is the drive to better the lives of Children on the African continent,...
AN EXPERIENTIAL DIGITAL TRAINING AT TARKWA BAY ISLAND
An Experiential Digital Training at Tarkwa Bay Island Learning can be really enjoyable, meaningful and productive. This fact was made realizable for the children of the Tarkwa Bay Island in Lagos, Nigeria as a group of volunteers from the OneAfricanChild Foundation...
We currently have a physical presence in Nigeria, Kenya and Benin Republic. We are a group of energetic and passionate youths championing the cause of positive change in our local communities.