47.4% (around 47 million) of children live below the National Poverty line of 374 naira a day.
53.9% (almost 54 million) of children face multiple deprivation in health, education, nutrition, water, sanitation, protection.
Family and communities, youth and children should be fully protected so they can survive, learn, grow and develop to their fullest potential.
over 10.5 million children are not fully protected. Many of them deal with violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation, exclusion and/or discrimination every day.
13.2 million of children are out of school.
Engaging the State Governors to share strategy; conducting meetings at the State, LGA and community levels with traditional, community and religious leaders, as well as with parents. Visiting vocational facilities. Advising on establishment of the TNCs.
Post engagement, crafting a strategy that addresses key weaknesses; including coordination, standard setting, funding, lack of access, advocacy, sustainability, data collation, monitoring & evaluation as well as impact assessment for continuous improvement.
Coordinate, standardise and provide minimum guidelines for an implementation and monitoring framework towards supporting, implementing and monitoring each ARC Project, State by State. Prepare robust incentivisation and communication strategies to effectively address the phenomenon in a more permanent manner.