November’s MBP – Wish You Were Here!!

Written by Ayodele Akintimehin and Ufuoma Emerhor Ayo and Tope organised the party, with an agenda for Fun Fun Fun!!  They incorporated a spelling bee to aid the children’s learning and also ‘sock mania’, which the children loved. There was a buzz when the spelling bee started 🙂  Five of the boys won the first…

Read More

November Babies!!

We wish all November celebrants a Happy Birthday Month!!  So many friends connected to the organisation were born in this noble month.  In the Emerhor family alone (the founding family of Fair Life Africa), they celebrated three birthdays!!  Onajite Emerhor, Ufuoma’s sister, was born on the 18th, Chief (Mrs) Emerhor was born on the 24th and…

Read More

Friends Make The Difference

They say it takes a community to raise a baby…  Well, it takes a team to accomplish a mission!  We have such a team of committed staff, and volunteers and also givers.  We can’t talk about our work without recognising the contributions of those who motivate, inspire and encourage us with their provisions and their…

Read More

What A Joy Sharing Brings

Written by Nishola Akinyera Most times we tend to under-estimate the weight a simple gesture of kindness carries, though this is all it takes to make the world a better place. Pastor Victor Enyingwa and Pastor (Mrs) Williams visited the Respite Home with youthful members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Generation Jesus…

Read More

Celebrating Children’s Day 2012

Today, Fair Life Africa Foundation’s CEO spoke at Child Rights Foundation’s programme to mark the Universal Children’s Day.  The event, held at Caro Favoured School, Ajegunle, was themed ‘Advocacy For The Rights Of The Child’, and was organised in partnership with Unicef Nigeria. Ms Ufuoma Emerhor was invited to speak with the hundreds of children…

Read More

How To Make A Miracle

This report was submitted to GlobalGiving UK and approved for publishing today.   You can view it on our project updates too. ********** Reflecting back on our progress over the last few months, I thought of what the title of this report could be.  I kept remembering all the small victories along the way, and how…

Read More

Kanyin and Her Awesome Friends

For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow…and so say all of us!! There’s no better way to introduce Kanyin than to break out in song!  By a simple act of kindness, she brought joy to a humble bunch of kids.  We are truly grateful…

Read More

The Party Season With FLA

Hey, it’s that time of the year again.  A time of caring, sharing and producing cheer!  At Fair Life Africa Foundation, we support street children, and offer them a chance at a fairer life.  We’ve got a couple of things lined up for the season, and don’t want you to miss out on an opportunity…

Read More

October’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, after our monthly birthday parties, and we encourage all our friends to subscribe, and help us spread the message.  Thank…

Read More

Peter’s Story

Peter (names have been changed for anonymity) is a 15 year old child we found working at Oshodi, Lagos.  He started visiting the Home after being invited by our support workers, during their outreach to the streets.  From his visits, we got to learn about him, and why he ended up on the streets.  We…

Read More

Excited About Education

Four new boys joined the Home, early this month, so that there are now twelve resident boys at the FLA Home.  Three of them were boys who had been visiting the Home/Centre from Oshodi and were interested in being supported, and the last was transferred from the Juvenile Welfare Centre (JWC), Alakara, following a home…

Read More

Mr Uba Gives Anne Away…

On the 27th of October, 2012, Anne Uba wedded Godwin Omoba, in a grand ceremony organised by their families.  She is the first daughter of Elder Donatus Mrohwobor Uba, who is a friend and benefactor of Fair Life Africa Foundation.  Uba runs Strength Security Ltd and Strength Logistics Ltd, two companies that are leading in…

Read More