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What is happening in the wards

Short reports from the communities we work in — dated, named and photographed with consent.

Children sitting on mats in an open-air catch-up class beside a mud-brick wall, a volunteer teacher at a chalkboard

Community class · 18 July 2026

Thirty-one children back in class in Sabon Gari

Sabon Gari ward, Kontagora

A Saturday catch-up class that started with nine children under a tree now runs twice a week with thirty-one on the register.

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Second volunteer cohort completes safeguarding training

Forty-six volunteers spent a full day on child protection, two-adult rules and how to raise a concern before they were cleared for placement.

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A mother in a colourful wrapper walking her daughter along a dusty street of mud-brick homes in the early morning

Family story

9 May 2026 · Rijau road, Kontagora

"She asked me every morning" — one family's return to school

After two years out of school following a family move, a nine-year-old was re-enrolled in Primary 3 following a home visit by a female community volunteer.

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Ward heads in traditional robes seated with foundation staff around a community map spread on a mat under a tree

Partnership

21 April 2026 · Emirate Council, Kontagora

Ward heads map where the out-of-school children actually are

Eleven ward heads sat with foundation staff for two days to mark, street by street, which parts of the emirate have the fewest children in class.

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