I am the Founder of Wren Charitable Foundation and my aim is to fund raise to remove vulnerable children from devastating living conditions and rehouse them in suitable accommodation.

Nigeria is often referred to as the ‘giant of Africa’ because of its large economy and population – but it also faces some of the world’s biggest development challenges. The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative measured multidimensional poverty index (MPI) for Nigeria noted that the percentage of Nigerians living in poverty at 43.3 per cent. 26.6 percent of Nigeria’s over 170 million people are destitute, while 68.0 percent and 84.5 percent of the Nigerian population lived below $1.25 per day and $2 per day respectively.

After almost 11 years of being absent, I visited Nigeria. The level of poverty is not only alarming but heartbreaking. Young vulnerable children still hawk in the streets and a high percentage of children are out of school. According to the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria in 2015, 68 million Nigerians are homeless.

In July 2012, the State Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure Development issued a 72-hour quit notice to residents of Makoko, leaving 30,000 people homeless including children. The Makoko area in Lagos Nigeria is one of the deadliest slums known to West Africa with malaria at its highest due to its dangerous surroundings. The level of poverty is alarming and unsurprisingly malnutrition also seems to be the second biggest health challenge in this area. After the eviction, most of the slum dwellers are now living in canoes.

Wren charity is focused primarily on providing suitable living conditions for both children and vulnerable individuals. We would provide homeless shelters for families with children facing urgent and immediate risk of homelessness in Nigeria.

Our aim is to ensure that vulnerable individuals in Makoko who are in priority need and are considered homeless, gain access to suitable accommodation. We would do so by re-allocating children and their families in priority into privately rented accommodation or a housing scheme. We would also create a mass movement to campaign for social change and ensure government build homes to house homeless individuals.

Please join the fight to help protect and remove vulnerable Makoko children in West Africa Nigeria from devastating living conditions and rehouse them in suitable accommodation.

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You can donate as little as a £1 through our just giving link:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/karen-anyanwutaku

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Karen.