Every child deserves the opportunity to grow up healthy, strong, and confident. However, many children are not taught the simple health practices they need to protect themselves from illness. Children need health education from an early age because it helps…
It is disheartening, seeing how parents, now left with the impossible choice of sending their children to school or keep them Safe at home, and even when they eventually allow them to go to school they are restless, filled with…
Living in Northern Nigeria, seeing how the street is filled everyday with children hawking and doing hard jobs in order to survive their harsh reality saddens my heart. You see young girls and boys into hard labour just to raise…
I have some exciting news to share with you today. One of the boys in our sponsorship program at Hasken Rayuwa Foundation, Philipus, has officially graduated from primary school and is now moving on to secondary school. Seeing him reach…
Imagine a bright young girl with dreams of becoming a teacher or doctor, but instead, she’s fetching water, caring for siblings, or taking care of a family of three as a result of early marriage. Sadly, this is the reality…
Teacher of the Month at Hasken Rayuwa Foundation: Meet Ishaya Joshua… Their work is far beyond just transfering knowledge from a textbook. They allow the students to think deep, help them in building their confidence, and provide a safe space…
When we look around us with open hearts, we will recognize the richness encamped in our neighborhoods. Northern Nigeria today is filled with vibrant, energetic, and culturally rich young people. Yet beneath that diversity of greatness lies a bitter truth,…
I came across a devastating news on my phone, a recent attack on three Nigerian schools by bandits resulting in the kidnapping of 39 students that are all children and 7 teachers, causing fear in the rural communities. As a…
A lot of boys, especially in northern Nigeria, grow up facing real financial hardship due to high poverty rates. Some can’t afford school fees, food, clothes, transportation, or other basic needs. Seeing their families struggle financially weighs heavily on them.…
Teacher of the Month at Hasken Rayuwa Foundation: Meet Victoria Stephen Timothy… We celebrate doctors, engineers, and others lucrative professions, but we down look the profession that created them. The teaching career has long been painted as an unrewarding, low-paying…