ABOUT US

Slum2School Africa is a non-profit organization founded in February 2012. It is  a volunteer-
driven developmental organization with operations in Nigeria, whose vision is to transform the
society by empowering underserved children in slums and hard-to-reach communities, to realize
their full potential, supporting communities to promote inclusive development, and engaging the
government to improve policy and ensure effective implementation.

As of November 2020, Slum2School has provided continuous educational scholarships to over
3,050 children while providing psychosocial support to over 107,450 beneficiaries across 35
communities in Nigeria and on boarded over 1,050 children on her Virtual Learning Platform.

HISTORY
Founded by Orondaam Otto, his passion for education and leadership from childhood led and
made him engage in various developmental projects within and outside Nigeria. Seeing the harsh
realities facing the educational system in Nigeria, he left his bank job in 2012 and birthed
Slum2School alongside friends and volunteers who believed in the vision.

OUR WORK
Slum2School is focused around advocacy, community intervention, policy formulation, and
youth engagement. As a volunteer-driven organization, Slum2School has worked with 10,100
volunteers from over 30 countries who have engaged communities to find the best sustainable
solution to provide education for children and community based youth. Slum2School has built
Early Childhood Development Centers, STEM & Innovation Labs, vocational learning centers
and collaborated with community schools to improve education quality and work in partnership
with the public and private organizations to improve the standard of existing public schools.

OPERATIONS
With a strong emphasis on volunteer service and new media which has set Slum2School apart as
one of the most vibrant youth-driven non-profit organizations operating in Nigeria and Africa,
Slum2School engaged over 10,120 passionate volunteers from 32 countries, provided
educational scholarships and support for over 3,050 children for the first time in their lives, as
well as several forms of psychosocial support to over 107,450 children.

Slum2School has an active Governance Board, Management Team, Teachers/Trainers, Volunteers and
Management Support Team who ensure a smooth operation and implementation of projects.

PROGRAMS
1. Scholarship Programs- Children from vulnerable and low-income families are adopted as
beneficiaries of Slum2School and placed on scholarships in partner schools, adopted schools
or Slum2School owned schools. Slum2School beneficiaries are enrolled in schools,
continuously followed up and provided with all educational supply materials throughout the
school year. Individuals and corporate organizations collaborate to sponsor our children for
certain years through their education.

2.               Teacher Support Program- We believe that every teacher should be well equipped,
inspired and updated with new learning methods as this equally aids quality learning. Our
program involves providing competent teachers to our adopted schools and supporting teachers
through training and improved learning methods. Individuals and corporate organizations partner
with us to sponsor, support and improve our teacher program across our various schools.

3. School Support Program- Slum2School tackles the specific inadequacies in public schools
by adopting public schools in partnership with the government and providing new learning
spaces, adequate infrastructure and up to date technology to ensure that every child irrespective
of their background has access to equal educational support.

4.  Psycho-Social Support Program- There are several psycho-social factors that impede
learning. We address these by providing support with the aid of our medical team, counselling
team, legal team, and partners through counselling and rehabilitation when necessary. We also
rolled out a Mentorship Circle to address this and every month a series of projects are organized
to intervene in communities where such support is needed.

5.Virtual Learning Program: We believe there should be no barrier and breaks to quality
education. The Virtual Learning Program was born at the beginning of Covid 19. The pandemic
presented us with a unique and exciting opportunity to reach and engage with our beneficiaries
across several underserved communities using digital technology to ensure that regardless of
school closures, we continue to deliver on our promises to leaving no child behind.