According to UNESCO, one in six school-age children are excluded from education, with sub-Saharan Africa and conflict zones most affected, highlighting the need for targeted investment.
Let us stop seeing them as a normal part of the landscape and start seeing them as the crisis they are. Let us be the generation...
The rise in street children is fueled by multiple factors. Poverty forces families to send children out to work or beg just to survive. Broken homes,...
Until street children are welcomed into classrooms and given a genuine opportunity to learn, Nigeria’s promise of education for every child remains unfulfilled. Making invisible learners...
As they grow older, these children often carry unresolved pain into adulthood. Some become parents themselves without having a clear example of what good parenting looks...
The Almajiri system is a crisis that demands urgent attention and action. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that these vulnerable children are protected, educated,...
Activists argue that religious institutions must play a more active role in reversing this trend. Some Islamic schools (tsangaya) and church-run missions are beginning to incorporate...
Almajiri practice is as detestable to religion, civilized culture, and common sense as marketed babies in the South. Whether our factories produce marketed babies as prevalent...
Addressing this crisis requires a collective effort. It is erroneous to assume that only the government holds the responsibility for improving the lives of street children....