FORGOTTEN CRISES: NIGERIA
An estimated one million Nigerians, mostly young girls are being trafficked each year. education is under attack, children are scared to go to school.
This is Zainab's story.
Conflict in the Northeastern states, related to the Boko Haram insurgency, continues to threaten the very existence of schools in Nigeria. Armed groups are systematically targeting students and teachers, threatening, abducting, and killing them. In December 2020 alone, over 300 students were abducted in Katsina state, Nigeria by armed assailants.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Street Child is desperately defending these children's right to education in conflict-affected communities, such as Adamawa state, particularly addressing barriers for vulnerable girls. We are working to provide livelihood and tailored support to ensure 1,000 girls remain in school. Street Child has created gender-friendly and protective learning environments to reduce the risks these girls face. However, the UN estimates that $1.1bn will be needed for North-East humanitarian assistance in 2022.
With your help we can protect these children.
Do not forget them.
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Could provide learning kits for three children in Nigeria. These kits provide basic stationary, textbooks, and water bottles, meaning the children can fully engage in school.
Could help train a community-based case worker to protect Rohingya refugee girls from sexual, physical and psychological abuse.
Could provide a child in Nigeria, who has been associated with an armed group, with mental health and psychological support for a month to help them reintegrate into the community.
Could help set up a community-based, child-friendly space for Rohingya refugee children in Coxs Bazar, where children and girls can be safe, in school, and learning.
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Could provide learning kits for a child in Nigeria. These kits provide basic stationary, textbooks, and water bottles, meaning the children can fully engage in school.
Could help train a community-based case worker to protect Rohingya refugee girls from sexual, physical and psychological abuse.
Could help us to provide basic literacy and numeracy support to a Rohingya Refugee child in Bhasan Char Island over the 30 days.
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