Tag: education

KATSINA, NIGERIA: It was a cold, breezy morning in April 2023 when Ma’aru Ishak, 15, embarked on what he called his longest adventure. The journey took about 40 km from his village, Gidan Mashi, in the Mashi Local Government, Katsina State, to Mallam Muhammad...

ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE: For Songül, a 2019 high school graduate, the first thing that comes to mind when she thinks of the Koruncuk Foundation is family. "This place is my safe haven. No matter what I experience outside, I always know that I'll be okay...

KANO, Nigeria: For over a decade, Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS), Tsakuwa, has struggled with a shortage of teachers and teaching equipment. Despite their pleas to local and state authorities, the school remained in a state of neglect. But the people of Tsakuwa –...

By Chinonso Kenneth FCT, Nigeria: Victoria Linus’s world was turned upside down with the sudden passing of her husband in 2015 throwing her into a state of uncertainty. As a mother committed to equipping her four children with formal education, her meagre earnings from her...

Lead Writer: Muritala Abdullahi SOKOTO, NIGERIA: On a hot Sunday afternoon in July 2023 at Gidan-yaro community in Wammako Local Government Area of Sokoto state, Lawal Umaru gets set to join his father in his kiosk where they will sell foodstuff.  Umaru, 15, had to drop...

TSP/OSUN, NIGERIA: Reading comes easy for most children, but for 18-year-old Dauda Abdulhaleem, it's a daily struggle. Despite his best efforts, he could only manage to read not more than ten pages before feeling defeated and discouraged. He yearned to be released from the limitations...