The solution began with schools…
The neglect of teachers and education in Nigeria has fueled an illiteracy rate of 35%. Nigeria ranks the highest in the world with the number of out-of-school children reaching 20 MILLION.
In 2006, through a special friendship with a family of nomadic herdsmen, Schools for Africa Director Phyllis Sortor was invited by a prominent Fulani chief, Alhaji Bature Musa, to open the first school for Fulani children.
“My grandfather cheated my father,” Alhaji Musa told Sortor. “He gave him wives and cows, but wouldn’t send him to school. And my father cheated me. He bought wives for me and cattle, but never sent me to school. I will not cheat my children that way. Please build a school for my children!”
Schools For Africa believes that by enabling a safe and loving learning environment with access to quality education, and increasing the demand for education through community and family involvement, we are providing a portal through which the skills and knowledge for lifelong learning can be achieved.
To date we have been thrilled to open 18 nursery, primary, and secondary schools, with a written invitation from MACBAN to open more schools in every geopolitical region in the nation.
