Edu4All

The Edu4All Project is a transformative initiative advocating for inclusive, quality education for out-of-school children affected by humanitarian crises and insecurity in Zamfara State. We focus on enrolling children into schools and empowering women in underserved or internally displaced communities, ensuring they have access to life-changing opportunities. By breaking barriers to education, we aim to give every child the right to learn and grow, regardless of their circumstances.

Edu4ALL is a conflict-responsive education and livelihoods initiative designed to restore learning, dignity, and economic stability for internally displaced children, adolescent girls, and women affected by insecurity in Zamfara and Kaduna States. The project prioritizes those most at risk of being permanently excluded from education, especially survivors of early/forced marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), displacement, and school disruption.

Through Edu4ALL, we identify out-of-school and displaced learners, support their enrollment/re-enrollment, and work closely with families, school leaders, and community structures to ensure children, particularly girls return to school, remain in school, and learn safely. We also provide learning support and essential protection-focused interventions that help girls overcome barriers linked to stigma, poverty, trauma, and insecurity.

Recognizing that education recovery is not sustainable without household stability, Edu4ALL also empowers mothers and married adolescent girls through skills and entrepreneurship support, enabling them to start or strengthen small businesses of their choice. This economic pathway reduces dependency, improves household resilience, and helps families consistently keep girls in school.

A key pillar of Edu4ALL is systems change through policy advocacy. We engage the Ministries of Education in Kaduna and Zamfara to advance girl-child retention, push for increased education sector funding, and promote gender-responsive budgeting including support for menstrual hygiene (sanitary pads) in schools and other girl-friendly interventions.

Notable outcomes of the project include the Declaration of a State of Emergency in the Education Sector in Zamfara State on 14 November 2023.

6% increase in girls’ school retention in Kaduna State between 2023 and 2025, attributed to sustained advocacy and stakeholder engagement.

Our Mission

To expand access to inclusive, quality education for out-of-school and vulnerable children while empowering women and communities through advocacy, enrollment support, and awareness programs that promote lifelong learning, personal development, and social resilience.

Our Vision

To create a future where every young person regardless of background, gender, or ability has equitable access to education, opportunity, and the resources needed to become leaders and change-makers in their communities.

Edu4All Activities

Enrollment of Children back to school

School Awareness Campaign (SAC)

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