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…
Tag: Education
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…
A Mother’s Testimony: How FLA Has Impacted My Life
As published on GlobalGiving.org on 29/08/2022. We reached out to one of our sponsored children’s guardians for a testimony, and this is what she wrote: Dear Sponsor, My daughter, Precious, joined FLA Kids in 2018, and since then it has an amazing experience for her and a dream come true for me, cos we were…
Just in Time for Christmas…
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…
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…
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…
Chronicles of a Social Worker – The Beauty of Dreams
A better car, a better house, better grades… The list is endless as to what every individual wants in life. Human want is insatiable. There’s never a state of utopia as different stages of our lives demands we go higher than our current levels. Every significant movement up the ladder of progress has its share…
Chronicles of a Social Worker – Fighting Poverty Through Education
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela The United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on October 17th and this year’s theme was Overcoming Extreme Poverty. According to Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, ending poverty is not…
Chronicles of a Social Worker – In Need Of A Miracle
‘We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.’ – Maya Angelou Walt Disney’s animated stories are always fun to watch. Take the evergreen story of Cinderella for instance. A young lady finds herself at the mercy of her cruel step-mother and step-sisters after her father unexpectedly dies. Despite her circumstances, she refuses…
Chronicles of a Social Worker – My Visit To The White House
Good afternoon passengers. This is your captain speaking. First I’d like to welcome everyone on Lovewing Flight 97B. We are currently cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet, at an airspeed of 400 miles per hour. The time is 2:45 pm. The weather looks good and, with the tailwind on our side, we are expecting…
Chronicles of a Social Worker – A Desperate Lagosian
Horns blaring, traffic officials working tirelessly as the rain drizzles. The ever present traffic is the icing on the cake of events as I try navigate my way to work on a Monday morning. Sometimes you only wonder what could be causing the traffic. Could it be an accident or another episode of a driver…
Chronicles of a Social Worker – An Inquisitive Mind
“Parents listen to your children, we are the leaders of tomorrow. Try to pay our school fees and give us a sound education” I still remember how my classmates and I sang the words of Tosin Jegede’s song as we marched to our classes after the usual morning assembly during my primary school days. How…
The Rising Star 