Fundraising – The Rising Star

The Fair Life Gist: The Girl Child

There’s this brilliant 12-year-old girl who lives down my street. Let’s call her Blessing. We don’t interact that much, but I’ve noticed that she’s always up very early. Sometimes when I’m on my morning jog, I’d see this girl balancing a bucket of water on her head, coming from the community borehole which is quite a distance from her house.

My heart twists inside my chest each time I see her. I mean, if she’s waking up that early, at least let it be to revise for a probable test coming up at school later in the day, not to begin with neck breaking work…

The Fair Life Gist: Mentorship & Magic

I strongly believe mentorship is vital for fast tracking a person’s success trajectory in life. There’s no hard rule about it. It just takes the availability of a person who is currently living a life that’s the aspiration of a willing learner.

When people think about sponsoring a scholar through our Disadvantage to Advantage (D2A) Initiative, the first thing that usually comes to mind is school fees, uniform purchases, and textbook receipts. Yes, that financial backing is absolutely important, but true holistic sponsorship goes so much deeper…

What Is The Spring Initiative Really About?

The Spring Initiative is the newest charity programme of Fair Life Africa Foundation. It was created to meet the needs of desperate and vulnerable people, in line with our mission “to alleviate poverty and suffering from our society.”

The easiest way to picture it is a spring of clean water. Generous givers pour into it. Anyone who is desperate or vulnerable can come and drink from it…

Displaced Families Need Help to Make a New Start

To residents of Jakande community and the popular ‘Ghana School’ area, Monday 11th March 2024 would always be remembered as a day of Destruction and Displacement. It was a day they were given the matching orders by the Lagos State Government from a place they had called home for years. For residents, any air of…

Tragedy at Dustbin Estate, Ajegunle, in the Midst of a Pandemic

We were very sad to receive a call from a family we support at Ajegunle, on Sunday, 19th April, about a fire outbreak that destroyed their home and community. Naomi and her mother lived in the notorious Dustbin Estate slum until a candle set fire to one of the shanties in their neighbourhood, and the…

FLA Summer Programme 2019 – Leaders Of Tomorrow, Today!

We would like to announce that our Summer Camp Programme, themed “Leaders of Tomorrow, Today”, will be coming up from the 5th through the 11th of August, this year. The summer programme is aimed at enlightening the FLA Kids on different topical issues concerning the Nigerian politics today, how it affect their day to day…

Give Time. Give Money. Give Food Stamps.

There are many ways to give to make life better for others, and our children are learning that everyone can be a giver. We used the occasion of Children’s Day to ask the children and our friends and supporters, “What is in your hand?” That was really quite empowering for our kids, who realised that…

On The Waiting List…

(Written by Emeke Ndego) ‘In the journey to success, tenacity of purpose is supreme’ – Aliko Dangote I believe most of us would understand what it means being on the waiting list to seek advice/counsel from a medical practitioner or perhaps an organ needed for a life saving operation. Being on the waiting list can be…

Dance In The Name of Love

For us at Fair Life Africa Foundation, every day is a day for love. The whole essence of our work with the less fortunate kids is centered on love. However, as the month of February is typically known as the month of love, we were not left out of celebrating, especially for and with the kids. In…