COMMUNITY & CULTURE
In 2018, Nigeria topped world rankings for the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, overtaking India a country with nearly five times its population. It is estimated that 87 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. With currently the 3rd largest and fastest growing youth population in the world, they have over 90 million young people under 18.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that education is a fundamental right for everyone, despite this Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world. It is estimated at that between 10 and 13 million Nigerian children do not attend school, this is a staggering figure given the entire under-18 population of England and Wales is approximately 12 million.
In our globalised society where we look internationally for resources, safety, security, strength, and solutions. Our future peace, health and prosperity is in the hands of children everywhere. We must focus our attention on the children of Nigeria, who are their country’s greatest natural resource.
“Natural capital provides only 9% of the world’s wealth,
around 66% of global wealth comes from human capital.”
(World Bank)
“Natural capital provides only 9%
of the world’s wealth, around
66% of global wealth comes from
human capital.” (World Bank)
(World Bank)
EDUCATION & IMPACT
Adult low literacy can be connected to almost every socio-economic issue, poor health, crime, unemployment, gender abuse, extreme poverty, high infant mortality. Tackling low literacy rates from a young age must be a priority for poverty eradication.
By the time they are 3 years old, children from low-income families have been exposed to 30 million fewer words than their affluent counterparts. Exposure to books and reading has an impact that extends far beyond just hearing stories.
We must refuse to accept the status quo where children are being denied their right to a literate future and make change happen one book at a time.
Adult low literacy can be connected to almost every socio-economic issue, poor health, crime, unemployment, gender abuse, extreme poverty, high infant mortality. Tackling low literacy rates from a young age must be a priority for poverty eradication.
By the time they are 3 years old, children from low-income families have been exposed to 30 million fewer words than their affluent counterparts. Exposure to books and reading has an impact that extends far beyond just hearing stories.
We must refuse to accept the status quo where children are being denied their right to a literate future and make change happen one book at a time.
“Human Capital” -the potential of individuals- is going to be the most
important long-term investment and county can make for its people’s
future prosperity and quality of life.” (World Bank)
“Human Capital”
-the potential of individuals-
is going to be the most
important long-term a county
can make for its people’s future
prosperity and quality of life.”
(World Bank)
CHARITY & CAUSES
JUN 2020
PEER/COMMUNITY
Ona-Ara Local Authority (Oyo State)
To support overstretched teachers by mobilising community to use their skills to help children improve their literacy, Book Box Library Club is engaging Peer/Community Reading Mentors. Former Head Of Teaching and Learning for the British Council in Saudi Arabia, Nicky Francis, began a remote ‘Train the Trainer’ programme. Christianna Foundation trainers ready top go out into the community when schools reopen from the lock-down enforced due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
REACH: 16,041 children
MAR 2020
CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITING WORKSHOP
Atamora Village (Osun State) NEW COMMUNITY
Working in partnership with Telling Our Tales Storytelling Collective, Christianna Foundation facilitated a workshop with 16 children aged 8-12. The 16 children created a Story Map from their own creativity and imagination. A professional children’s book author and illustrator is now working to bring the children’s story to life in a book that will be co-authored by the children and published for donated to school libraries in Nigeria.
REACH: 16,041 children
“Before the introduction of Book Box Library Club, pupils had no access to storybooks… It is a setback for the literacy levels of children, many of them have not handled storybooks before. They never got to talk of reading.”
Mr Olopade—Head Teacher St. Paul’s Kajola 2020
FEB 2020
BOOK BOX LIBRARY CLUB
Catholic Apostolic Church School Akinkemi Ona-Ara (Oyo State) NEW SCHOOL Ibadan District Council School Olorunda Ona-Ara (Oyo State) NEW SCHOOL St John’s Primary Idi-Ose Ona-Ara (Oyo State) NEW SCHOOL St Paul’s Anglican Kajola Ona-Ara (Oyo State) NEW SCHOOL St Peter’s Anglican Ojuku Ona-Ara (Oyo State) NEW SCHOOL
Our most ambitious project to date,Book Box Library Club is a mobile library service that lends books to pupils for use at school and at home. Aiming to reach every primary school in the local authority of Ona-Ara, Oyo State, it will service approximately 20,000 pupils. This pilot project is testing the first 5 schools with a total of 800 pupils.
REACH: 16,025 children
OCT 2019
CONTINUED SUPPORT
St. Peter’s Anglican Primary Ibadan (Oyo State)
Community High School Sawia (Oyo State)
Elekuro High School Ibadan (Oyo State)
Olubadan High School (Oyo State)
Oyo State School for the Handicapped (Oyo State)
All schools were revisited for monitoring and maintenance. We repainted, fixed floors and ceilings, fixed or replaced furniture and various other necessary jobs.
REACH: 15,225 children
SEP 2019
DECADE OF ACTION
Goalkeepers 2019 at the United Nations Summit (NYC)
Christianna Foundation were nominated to attend Goalkeepers 2019 for our work supporting Sustainable Development Goal 4-Quality Education for All. Invited by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation we took part in the SDG Action Zone with amazing grass roots organisations from around the world.
REACH: 15,225 children
JUN 2019
EVIDENCE BASED WORKING
Ona-Ara Local Authority (Oyo State)
Ahead of developing our new project plans for 2020-2022 we conducted a needs assessment research project. Visiting all 102 government funded primary schools in the local authority of Ona-Ara, two researchers conducted an extensive survey logging facilities and equipment available, interviewing head teachers and photographing the school buildings.
REACH: 14,728 children
JUN 2019
CONTINUED SUPPORT
Ibadan District Council Primary Schools 1-6 Olunloyo (Oyo State)
With a combined pupil population of 2213 a existing classroom was renovated and fit out as a library. We have initially donated 4 bookshelves, 8 desks, 32 chairs and 196 books.
REACH: 14,728 children
JAN 2019
CONTINUED SUPPORT
St James’s Anglican Primary School Akanran (Oyo State) Oyo State School for the Handicapped (Oyo State) Community High School Sawai (Oyo State)
Three adopted schools were revisited to provide each with additional storybooks and notebooks. We donated a total of 110 storybooks and 160 notebooks.
REACH: 13, 505 children
OCT 2018
NEW SCHOOL
St John’s Primary School 1 & 2 Ibadan (Oyo State)
After an extensive renovation, a disused classroom was turned into the Omonike Akinjide Memorial Library. We donated 4 bookshelves, 10 desks, 40 chairs and 250 books. The library is used by approximately 225 pupils per year.
REACH: 13,505 children
JUL 2018
CONTINUED SUPPORT
St James Anglican Primary School Akanran (Oyo State)
Supporting 90 pupils a classroom was renovated and fit out as a for use as a school library. We donated 4 bookshelves, 8 desks, 32 chairs and 226 storybooks.
REACH: 13,094 children
JUN 2018
BIGGER & BETTER
Head Office (London)
Christianna Foundation took on a Charity Director part-time to help streamline the charities activities, align us to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and develop programmes with long term focus and measurable outcomes.
REACH: 13,094 children
APR 2018
NEW SCHOOL
Maiyegun Primary School Lagos (Lagos State)
Continuing our flagship partnership with Worldreader, their leading e-reader programme was implemented at Maiyegun Primary who now have a 1500 pupils. We provided 170 e-readers and 2 portable solar chargers. The pupils also received t-shirts, pens and 3000 notebooks. As part of the programme we conducted teacher and pupils training with the e-readers.
REACH: 13,094 children
MAR 2018
CONTINUED SUPPORT
St James Anglican Primary School Akanran (Oyo State)
Revisiting St James’s which has grown to a school of 90 pupils, we donated 40 storybooks, drawing books and 300 exercise books.
REACH: 12,794 children
“The e-readers are used for reading, which boost the pupils ability in English. We have around 150 storybooks in each device. Children love to touch, feel and read the e-readers. Having them automatically increased the school attendance.”
Mrs. Adejoke Adesina – librarian Ibadan North Eastern 2019
FEB 2018
NEW SCHOOL
St Peter’s Primary School Ojoku (Oyo State)
Launching a flagship partnership with Worldreader, we implemented their leading e-reader programme. As part of the programme we conducted teacher and pupils training with the e-readers. 30 devices were donated and approximately 180 pupils per year access them.
REACH: 12,749 children
DEC 2017
NEW SCHOOL
All Saints Anglican Primary School (Ondo State)
We provided 200 school uniforms,176 storybooks and 6 bookshelves for the children of this school newly adopted school.
REACH: 12,689 children
MAY 2017
CONTINUED SUPPORT
Kuramo Nursery and Primary School Lagos (Lagos State)
In a partnership with Bricks 4 Kids, 2 months of Lego Workshops were held exploring science, technology, engineering and maths subjects.
REACH: 11,241 children
“The library is very useful to all pupils in St. Peter’s and other schools in the zone, especially Okuseinde Primary School 1&2, Islamic Mission School 1&2 and others. Teachers and pupils from other schools come to borrow books for their schools and return when due. We organized young reader’s club and the children are doing wonderfully well.”
Mrs.Adejoke Adesina— Ibadan North Eastern librarian, 2019
APR 2017
NEW SCHOOL
St Peter’s Primary School Ojoku Ibadan (Oyo State)
St. Peter’s Primary supports 920 pupils. A new library was built by renovating an existing classroom and fitting out a library. We donated 40 chairs and tables, 6 bookshelves and 500 textbooks and storybooks. The St. Peter’s library is now being used by almost all primary schools in Ibadan North Eastern Local Authority as there are only 2 libraries in the area, both of which have been supplied by Christianna Foundation. In partnership with Ibadan International School and ahead of the library opening we held a World Book Day event in March.
REACH: 11,241 children
JAN 2017
CONTINUED SUPPORT
St Peter’s Primary School Ojoku Ibadan (Oyo State)
Continuing our commitment to St Peter’s we donated 26 chairs, drawing books and pencils for the pre-school and 75 maths sets.
REACH: 10,321 children
NOV 2016
CONTINUED SUPPORT
Maiyegun Primary School Lagos (Lagos State)
Revisiting Maiyegun we donated another 70 storybooks and novels to the library.
REACH: 10,321 children
“The library has really helped a lot of students. In fact, Wahab used the library often and made her West African Examination Council (WAEC) and did very well. She is currently studying at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife”.
Mrs Adeoye O.M-Librarian Olubadan Hign School 2019
NOV 2016
NEW SCHOOL
Olubadan High School Ibadan (Oyo State)
Adopting an our 3rd secondary school, Olubadan had over 2500 pupils. We renovated a classroom for use as a library and donated 40 chairs and tables, bookshelves and an initial 300 storybooks.
REACH: 10,321 children
OCT 2016
CONTINUED SUPPORT
Maiyegun Primary School Lagos (Lagos State)
Continuing our work with Maiyegun Primary and in partnership with The Learning Place, we conducted a teacher’s workshop on ‘Effective Teaching with Best Practice’.
REACH: 7,421 children
“The impact of library on students is significant. Waheed was a regular library user during the 2017/2018 academic year and it was so impactful on her. She represented the school in the Spelling Bee and the debating competition and she came out 1st in both. Sukurat, Oladijo and Ishaq won scholarship for themselves as a result of their regularly making use of the library”.
Mr Salahudeen-Librarian Elekuro High School 2019
OCT 2016
NEW SCHOOL
Elekuro High School Ibadan (Oyo State)
Having won the World Reading Day Competition earlier in the year we were delighted to adopt Elekuro High School Ibadan with its 1800 pupils. We renovated a classroom and converted it into a library with 6 bookshelves, 40 chairs and desks and an initial 270 textbooks and storybooks.
REACH: 7,421 children
SEP 2016
CONTINUED SUPPORT
Community High School Sawia (Oyo State)
Revisiting this school, we hired an additional maths teacher for the 2016/17 academic year.
REACH: >6,000 children
JUL 2016
SPECIAL EVENT
Community High School Sawia (Oyo State) Urban Day High School Egbeda (Oyo State) Elekuro High School Ibadan (Oyo State)
With World Reading Day and Teachers Day in Nigeria falling on the same day, we held reading day events in 3 secondary schools in Oyo State. Hosted at Community High School Sawia and with the Commissioner of Education for Oyo State in attendance, 1st prize was ₦20,000, 2nd prize ₦10,000 and ₦5,000 for 3rd.
REACH: >6,000 children
JUL 2016
NEW SCHOOL
Kuramo Nursery and Primary School Lagos (Lagos State)
We adopted our second school in Lagos with 860 pupils, donating 300 textbooks.
REACH: 5,621 children
JUN 2016
CONTINUED SUPPORT
United Primary School Ogbo, Ijebu Ode (Ogun State)
We began our relationship with this school that supported 250 pupils. We donated 100 maths sets and 1000 notebooks for pupils.
REACH: 4,761 children
MAY 2016
CONTINUED SUPPORT
United Primary School Ogbo, Ijebu Ode (Ogun State)
We continued our commitment to support this village school who’s population had grown to 280. We renovating a room and converting it into a library, donating 40 chairs and tables, 5 bookshelves and over 200 storybooks and textbooks.
REACH: 4,761 children
JAN 2016
NEW SCHOOL
Maiyegun Primary School Lagos (Lagos State)
We adopted this extremely under-resourced school with 1200 pupils, where teachers could be responsible for a class of 200 pupils. We renovated a classroom and converted it into a library, donating 32 chairs and tables, bookshelves, 277 textbooks and 70 storybooks. In addition we provided 500 maths sets and 3000 notebooks.
REACH: 4,731 children
JUL 2015
NEW SCHOOL
St. Peter’s Primary School Ojoku Ibadan (Oyo State)
For this newly adopted school with 120 pupils, we provided 120 school uniforms, 26 chairs, 120 maths sets and 500 notebooks for pupils. We also conducted an outreach programme, sending a community worker to homes door-to-door, talking with parents about the importance and benefits of education.
REACH: 3,531 children
JUN 2015
NEW SCHOOL
Oyo State School for the Handicapped Ibadan (Oyo State)
We donated 80 uniforms for all of the children attending the school and held a celebratory meal for the children and staff, in partnership with one of our patrons.
REACH: 3,411 children
JUN 2015
NEW SCHOOL
United Primary School Ogbo, Ijebu Ode (Ogun State)
We began our relationship with this school that supported 250 pupils. We donated 100 maths sets and 1000 notebooks for pupils.
REACH: 3,331 children
“The library has been very useful to less privileged students. Last year a final year student named Tolu, chosen as a library prefect told me that all her success was achieved through library use, she has access to reading books which her parents could not afford. Additionally, another pupil just left the school after making proper use of the library and got matriculated into university.”
Mrs O.M Adepoju – Teacher Community High School Sawia 2019
MAY 2015
NEW SCHOOL
Community High School Sawia (Oyo State)
Our first adopted secondary school, Sawia Community High had 2012 pupils. With only 26 teaching staff class sizes could be up to 100. Christianna Foundation refurbished and converted two large rooms into a library, donating 5 bookshelves, 5 tables, 40 chairs, a librarian station, 850 textbooks and 100 novels. In addition, we sponsored a new teacher for a year who focused on teaching Senior Secondary School year 6 for a year.
REACH: 3,081 children
NOV 2014
NEW SCHOOL
Ibadan District Council Primary School 1 Olunloyo (Oyo State)
With 450 pupils we adopted our second IDC school, providing 450 school uniforms.
REACH: 1,069 children
JUN 14
NEW SCHOOL
Child Lifeline Boys Home Ikorodu Lagos (Lagos State)
A boys home for 7-17 year olds Child Lifeline Boys Home accommodates 34 boys. We donated stationary and sporting equipment to the home.
REACH: 619 children
MAY 2014
NEW SCHOOL
Ibadan District Council Primary School 3 Olunloyo (Oyo State)
A newly adopted school with 540 pupils we donated 6 bookshelves, 3 whiteboards and 450 maths sets and 2,160 notebooks for pupils.
REACH: 585 children
MAR 2013
NEW SCHOOL
St James Anglican Primary School Akanran (Oyo State)
Our first adopted school we provided 45 school sandals, a drum set, a first aid box, and 2 white boards
REACH: 45 children