It’s been a tough year for Mary, but it seems she has a guardian angel… Mary met her sponsor, Yinka, for the first time at our Valentine’s Brunch, which held at Foodies, Lekki, this year. They had time to chat and get to know more about each other, and Mary shared about some of her…
Category: Case Studies
An Interview With Ramon The Artist
We’ve submitted our latest GlobalGiving report, and would love to share it with you. You can read it and our other reports by visiting our Project Page, where you can also make a donation towards our work. God bless you! *** Ramon was one of the top five winners of our Talent Search Competition with…
Interview With Our First Valedictorian
Read our latest approved GlobalGiving report! *** Our report today comes in a different format. We thought it is about time you hear from the mouths of the children we support together, directly, so we are carrying out our first ever interview with an FLA Kid. She also happens to be the first Valedictorian among our…
FLA Rising Stars – Meet Ramon
This is a story about why we must never judge a book by its cover! Many times, you have to take a chance on someone, believe in them and help them see and achieve their potential. When you do, they start to believe in themselves, and they will apply themselves to succeed. Ramon was 17…
FLA Rising Stars – Meet Ibukun
Last year, we met the young, beautiful and lovely Ibukun, while doing our search for children with talents to take part in our first of its kind Talent Search Competition, in partnership with Ultima Limited. Ibukun is a passionate young lady of 16 years, who loves acting and started acting in Church and in School, when…
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…
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,…
Naomi’s Merry Christmas
Naomi is one of the ten new children that Fair Life Africa Foundation adopted into its new Disadvantage to Advantage Initiative. She is a nine year old girl, who lives with her mother in a notorious slum in Ajegunle, Lagos, popularly termed ‘Dustbin Estate’, because the people live on top of rubbish! Literally! Despite this…
Sponsor A Child
Naomi is a 9 year old girl from Delta State. She lives in Ajegunle, Lagos, with her mother. She is from a broken home and her father has more than one wife. They live in a rented one-room shack and share a toilet with their neighbours… Read more and Click to Sponsor A Child.
Against The Odds!
(Written by Njideka Raleke-Obiora) Typically, children from disadvantaged families are associated with poor performance in school or outright illiteracy. However, we have come across children from impoverished homes who have a thousand and one reasons not to excel, but have totally defied these odds, and are excelling in their academics and many other skills. One…
Tony’s Heartbreaking Tale
This is our latest approved GlobalGiving report sharing a #FailForward story of our work with street kids. We hope that by reading it, you will understand better the complexities of the work we are involved in with vulnerable children. We appreciate your continued support as we embark on a new initiative, Disadvantage to Advantage! Fair…
Two Years and Counting…
Our most recent GlobalGiving report has been approved and rated 5-excellent! Please read and share, and support the initiative. _________________________________ More than two years ago, Charles was rescued from the streets of Lagos by Fair Life Africa Foundation. We had spotted him at Kuramo Beach where he hung out with others like himself, who had ran…
The Rising Star 