As part of efforts to complement government policies in promoting better welfare for almajirai, The Adekunle Child Foundation (TACF) has launched a project to cater for their welfare and gradually take them off the streets.
The event was organised recently in commemoration of the International Day of the Boy Child (May 16) and Children’s Day (May 27).
The President and Founder of TACF, Mr Olufemi Adekunle, said the almajirai were male children who did not receive formal education and were part of the statistics of out-of-school children, estimated in Nigeria to be up to 18.3 million, according to recent UNICEF statistics, accounting for 15 per cent of global statistics.
He said, “They roam the streets in dirty, tattered clothes, looking hungry and starved. All they have is their big signature begging bowls with which they roam the streets begging for food.
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“This is why we have come up with a project where the boys are under the tutelage of Mallam Musa, an Islamic cleric, who provides shelter for them in the city of Abuja, and who receives them and gives them succour from some of the insurgency-ravaged states of Northern Nigeria.”
He added that TACF had impacted over 1,000 Nigerian children, especially in the city of Abuja, with their scholarship scheme for students in rural schools; empowered the girl child and advocated the full implantation of the child rights.
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