What if the next great inventor, teacher, or peacemaker is sitting in a crowded classroom-without books, without support, without a chance?
In 2020, the World Bank found that three out of four Nigerian children aged 7 to 14 couldn’t read a simple sentence. By 2024, the global learning poverty rate, the share of 10-year-olds who cannot read and understand a basic story, reached 70% in low- and middle-income countries. For Nigeria, the rate was even higher. These aren’t just statistics. They’re signals. Alarms. They warn us that millions of children are being locked out of opportunity and out of their own futures. Read
Since 2020, we’ve been on the frontlines of education reform in Nigeria, working to bridge the learning gap across public schools by strengthening the capacity of educators with 21st-century skills, tools, and methodologies; equipping children with foundational literacy, numeracy, and digital skills; and empowering youths to be job-ready.
How We’re Changing the Story
Like many others, we watched as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted lives around the world. But what hit closest to home was seeing how it widened the education gap and deepened existing inequalities especially for children from low-income homes who had no access to online learning or digital tools.
So we asked ourselves a simple but powerful question: What can we do to bridge this divide?
That question gave birth to the Teach the Child Initiative. We didn’t start big, just one community at a time. With a powerful vision: to raise economically self-sufficient adults. What began as a small effort has grown into a movement. Over the years, we’ve reached over 5000 children with 21st-century learning methodologies that are anything but traditional. Using the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach, along with EdTech tools (talking books & talking pens) and educational board games, we’ve turned our learning spaces into modern-day classrooms and creative hubs. Because we believe learning should be built for the world these children are growing into, not the one we’re leaving behind. Annual reports
Our Core Focus Areas
- Literacy & Digital Skills
- Learning Through Play
- Training Teachers
- Digital Language Translation
- Engaging Communities
- Education Policy Advocacy
Each of these pillars reinforces our mission: for every child in spite of their background, to become economically self-sufficient adults through improved literacy skills.
In this space, you’ll hear directly from the children, educators, and communities working together to make learning a shared responsibility. It’s also a place for reflection, where we learn, unlearn, and relearn. Because just like the children we serve, we’re learning too.
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, donor, partner, stakeholder, or someone who simply believes in the power of education, welcome. We’re glad you’re here.
Join the conversation today. What does learning look like in your community right now? We’d love to hear your story.
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