In Africa, when a family struggles with poverty, rather than enrolling their child in school, they are often required to work. Whether they are selling goods on the street, working on local farms, or pressed into domestic service, the child becomes “at risk” and is in danger of being trafficked. The lack of education then continues the cycle of poverty. BIZAA was founded to disrupt that cycle by moving children from the streets and into the classroom.
You can change the trajectory of a child’s life, by moving them from child labor to the classroom. This breaks the cycle of poverty through education, thus opening opportunities for the children we sponsor.
As we celebrate over fourteen years of rescuing children from the streets and moving them into school, I would like to thank the Friends of BIZAA for their immense support. We are also grateful to all child sponsors who have renewed their commitment to sponsor a child in school, and to those who have just signed up to sponsor rescued victims of child trafficking and child labor.
Our local and international volunteers have remained the propellers of this great cause, serving as Board members, subcommittee members or as a team member of our Nigerian chapter. On behalf of all of the precious children under our care, I thank you all!
With immense gratitude,
Okey Anyanwu
Each year we travel to Nigeria to interact with the sponsored children in our program and also to reach out into the community to identify children in need.
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