Child of Light Children’s Home & Resource Centre

Hello it’s Kelechi!

 

My mum asked me a couple of years ago to help her with setting up a home for children. She had a rough idea of what she wanted but needed my guidance and support in how she would go about it.

Through helping her with the research and then helping her to come up with a name I realised how much it mattered for me to be a part of her vision. Then, Child of Light was born.

This fundraiser is to help with building the actual children’s  home and resource centre. The vision and mission for the initiative once built is below. 

VISION STATEMENT

 

Child of Light Foundation thrives on the ethos that it is up to Africans to reimagine the way that Africa is actualised. For too long antiquated and colonial perceptions of Nigeria have allowed for a problematic industrial complex framed as “orphanages” to dominate.

We aim to accommodate and educate those who truly have no relatives while supporting the mothers who want to gain skills I order to create a better life for themselves and their families.

We are all beings of light and together we can shine so much brighter.

 

MISSION STATEMENT

 

Child of Light Childrens Home & Resource Centre will:

 

Accommodate up to 20 girls who have no relatives, to live comfortably and safely.

 

Provide the means for the girls to be educated and to participate in enriching extra curricular activities.

 

Ensure that world class social workers, educators and therapists are always on hand to support the girls as they grow.

 

Enable mothers to enroll in free short courses taught online by incredibe facilitators - in order to gain skills that can be utilised for better socio-economic standing.

 

Provide day to day essentials that mothers might need, but may not have the finances to purchase.