Parties and Events – The Rising Star

Valentine’s Brunch with the New Kids

Last Saturday, we invited the FLA Kids enrolled in our Disadvantage to Advantage Initiative to join us for a brunch at Woodgreen, Lekki. About half the children in attendance were not part of our last Valentine’s Brunch,which we held at Foodies Lekki in 2020, right before the lockdown. It was great to see so many…

Valentine’s Day at Pinefield Schools

The world over, Valentine Day is a day set aside to show love, not just between couples, but to friends, family, and neighbors. In the spirit of love, Pinefield Schools, Lekki usually extend an invitation to their adopted children for their Annual Valentine’s Day Event. This year’s theme was ‘God is Love,’ with the text…

2020 Valentine’s Brunch with the FLA Kids

Written by Nishola Akinyera The St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many ways worldwide, on the 14th February, as a day when people show feelings of love, affection and friendship. It is a day to express love for everyone who is dear to us. It is a day to thank people, whosoever they are, for…

Our Independence Celebration Outing to Terra Kulture

This year, in honour of Independence Day, we took the FLA Kids on another outing to Terra Kulture on Sunday the 29th of September, to enjoy a culturally insightful drama, titled “Night Food”. It was an interesting comedy, depicting the typical African family. 25 of our children were able to attend, and they all enjoyed…

A Christmas To Remember

Our latest GlobalGiving report has been approved! We thought we would share it with you here. We also posted pictures about our Christmas event on our website HERE. To read this and previous reposts on GlobalGiving, do check out our project page HERE. *** Last year, we put in all effort to make it a…

This Christmas, Give The Gift Of Education

Last year, during our Girl Empowerment Programme, which we did with SAGE Foundation, we met 12 year-old Mary. She’s a brilliant girl, who hails from Oyo State. She lives with her mother and three siblings in Jakande, Lekki, in Lagos state and attends a small private school within her community. She is now is JSS2…

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…

It’s Always An Awesome Time Sharing Love!

Written by Emeke Ndego and Ufuoma E-Ashogbon On Saturday 17th February, we hosted our third Valentine’s Brunch for the FLA Kids and their friends and sponsors at our Centre in Jakande, Lekki. We always relish the chance of celebrating with our children! Our parties provide an avenue for them to catch up on old times…

Seven Things I Loved About This Summer

Actually, there were seven special days of this summer that I love to remember. It was the FLA Summer Camp 2017!!! These annual camps usually present an opportunity for fun and learning. Just so I clarify the learning part, it’s not the regular academic work, as the rigours of preparing and writing the third term…

Reach For The Sky!

That’s our theme for this year’s Summer Programme with the FLA Kids. We’re got another amazing week planned for the children, to impart them with wisdom, knowledge and understanding that will enable to them reach for the sky and achieve their potentials! Last year’s theme was ‘Thinking Outside The Box’, and we were worried (just…

Valentine Brunch Party 2017

We believe by now you would have stumbled on a short video clip of Ramon and another FLA Kid rocking it out on the dance floor with different moves which got everyone cheering on. If you’ve not, please click HERE to watch! Well, that was just a tip of the iceberg of what transpired at FLA’s…