As Ginika sat in the common room of the girls hostel, it seems as if she has got the world on her shoulders as she stares at the ceiling. This was her second unsuccessful attempt at the mandatory 300 level MB examinations. “How would things have panned out if Dad and Mum had agreed to…
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FLA Kids Easter Party
A Happy Easter Celebrations to all our friends! We hope the holidays have been restful while there has been ample time to spend with family. Ours was an amazing experience filled with lots of fun and excitement as we hosted over fifty children at our Lekki Home on Saturday 26th March. 28 children are currently enrolled…
Fair Life Africa celebrates FIVE years!
We have had an amazing experience these past FIVE wonderful years of impacting lives through practical social initiatives. Fair Life Africa Foundation counts her many blessings even as we keep growing stronger! In February 2011, we started out with the Fun Feed which was a great day for 220 poor children in Gbara before we began Breakfast and…
Anything is Possible!
Thirteen year old Karen is always excited to sing and entertain whenever the occasion arises. However, she fears that the world might not hear her beautiful voice because of her disadvantaged status. Dad was made redundant at his work six months ago, and hasn’t been able to get another job since. Mom’s small business of…
Empowering Teachers, Building Sustainable Societies
By Emeke Ndego “Empowering Teachers, building sustainable societies” is the World Teacher’s Day slogan for 2015. Monday October 5th was a day set aside to honour Teachers for their contributions to the human race. A teacher is one who must pass on the new generation all the valuable information of centuries without prejudice. Like candles…
Innovation and Value Creation in a Fast Paced World
Our latest GlobalGiving Report was written by Emeke Ndego, our versatile Administrator. CLICK HERE to view the original report. It takes sheer ingenuity to get anyone’s attention these days. From the economy to technology, arts or sports, everything seems to be moving at an alarming speed and sometimes it feels like you’re running a hundred…
There’s Something About FLA!
All good things, they say, must come to an end… And so, last week Thursday, we received the FLA Kids at the FLA Home for the last time in August, as we closed off our FLA Summer School Programme! It was an awesome four weeks while it lasted, and as usual, the children just did…
Children in Crisis
(Written by Njideka Raleke-Obiora) Our field workers can be found out most days diligently scouting for children, with hidden talents, to be assessed for adoption into our Disadvantage To Advantage Initiative. The amount of time and energy put into this work is something only someone with real passion for the needy can do. In the process,…
Seeing is Believing
If you are a follower of our work on social media, you might have come across this gorgeous picture of Naomi and her sponsor! It is such a beautiful imagery of what child sponsorship is about. Sometimes, we don’t realise how we can make a difference, until we come face to face with the reality…
A Hero And A Survivor (Song)
Originally posted on Grace and Truth:
Disadvantaged from birth, life has been a struggle. Searching all my life for some kind of a breakthrough. Thank God for skills and blessings, despite the hustle. Trials and testing is making me more like You… “I want a hero! I’m going to find one. I will not stop,…
Fair Life Africa Foundation to raise N1,000,000 for disadvantaged #FLA Children
View original post on Ariyike Akinbobola’s Blog. #FLAKids need #FLAHeroes Fair Life Africa Foundation is doing a ten day campaign to raise N1,000,000 for talented and bright children who are obstructed by disadvantage and poverty. The founder of Fair Life Africa, Ufuoma disclosed to us that #FLAHeroes Search begins on the 20th of April to…
February’s Newsletter is Out!!!
Every month, we like to update all our friends and supporters on our work, and celebrate those who have really made a difference through their contributions. The e-newsletter is published at the end of each month, and we encourage all our friends to subscribe, and help us spread the message. Thank you for supporting the cause!…