Across Yobe State, many children have never attended school or have dropped out due to poverty, displacement, and the impact of Boko Haram conflict. Many are orphans or highly vulnerable children in host communities. Through a partnership with the Bates Foundation, HOPLE supports these children through martial arts and community-based character development. However, without support for education, many cannot return to school. This project bridges that gap-turning discipline, confidence, and hope
Across conflict-affected communities in Yobe State, many children are orphans or live in female-headed or disability-headed households displaced by Boko Haram violence. Extreme poverty pushes them out of school and into street survival-selling sachet water, preparing food, begging, or, at times, petty theft. These coping mechanisms expose children, especially girls, to exploitation and lifelong exclusion. Without urgent education support, poverty will continue to steal their safety and dignity.
In Yobe State, many children-orphans, displaced, or from vulnerable households-are out of school and forced into street labour to survive. Through HOPLE and the Bates Foundation's martial arts programme, children gain discipline and confidence, but poverty blocks schooling. This project re-enrols children, provides learning kits, and trains adolescents in digital skills using solar-powered devices, keeping children safe, reducing child labour, and opening doors to brighter futures
This project equips out-of-school and vulnerable children with education, discipline, and digital skills, transforming them into resilient, confident learners. By reducing child labour and poverty risks, it empowers children and adolescents to lead their communities, breaking cycles of hardship and creating a generation of self-reliant, innovative leaders.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
