Projects

At Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation, we believe that ALL children deserve access to education, regardless of social or economic background. Unfortunately, in many communities across Nigeria, several economically disadvantaged children do not have this access and ultimately resort to whatever means they can to survive.

This is why we designed our Street2School project; to give these children a fighting chance. Our project seeks to provide children with educational materials and, where we can, to put them through school in order to ensure that they have access to a better quality of life.

We remain dedicated to ensuring that every child everywhere is empowered with the mental capacity to birth innovative solutions that will move our society forward.

Girls around the world deal with a variety of terrible difficulties. These issues include everything from child marriage and sexual assault to a lack of education and the absence of girls’ safe spaces.

In order for females to realise their full potential, we at the Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation (WBHF) believe that they have a right to life. The attainment of the sustainable development goals depends heavily on the promotion of gender equality and the elimination of all types and forms of violence and harmful practices against girls everywhere.

The safe future of our societies and world can only be ensured by speaking up and taking concrete steps against child marriage and sexual violence. We at WBHF are committed to making our fair share of contributions to ensure that the gender gap is closed and the future of young girls in Nigeria and beyond are never compromised or put at risk. We work and advocate for the respect and dignity of girls, their education, empowerment, and protection, through the Girls Not Wives project.

 

Since the rise of the Boko Haram insurgents in the 2000s, thousands of Nigerians in the North-Eastern region of the country have lost their lives and livelihoods. Many have been forced to move to Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps and thus been stripped of their identity, becoming only statistics in the grand scheme of things.

Love In The Midst Of War (LITMOW) is an initiative borne out of the need to remind these people that hope abides even in the midst of terror. At Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation, we strongly believe that human beings are more than statistics. Each person has an experience worthy of being heard and a life worthy of being cared for. Through LITMOW, we are able to bring relief in form of food, clothing and inspirational activities to persons who have been affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in North-Eastern Nigeria.

“Not all heroes wear capes,” this is one of the most famous statements that rings true for generations. For most of us, our early impressions are formed by a woman right from a tender age. She may have taken the shape of our mothers, sisters, daughters; our favourite aunt, school teacher, mentor, midwife, nurse or doctor…

Empowerment for us is letting girls and women know that it is okay to dream, letting them know they can and should achieve great feats and ultimately, be the best versions of themselves for themselves and for our communities at large.

The goal of SHEROES is being pursued through skill acquisition and vocational training programmes that we have run and will continue to run efficiently; by providing safe spaces for girls and women (with top priority placed on the victims of gender-based violence and abuse). We do this through collaborations and partnerships in our immediate communities; individuals, some local and international organizations and through our volunteers.

At SHEROES, we believe that we should all be “empowered to empower”.