KNOSK Charity Education Initiative Diaspora Fund

KNOWK Charity Education Initiative is providing access to quality education to poorest and out-of-school children in Kuje community Abuja, Nigeria, through the KNOSK 100 Naira /6cents A-Day Charity Secondary School, which was Cofounded by Irene Bangwell, an educationist, girls coach and an author, and an ASHOKA Fellow, Kingsley Bangwell, in 2019 in Kuje community, Abuja Nigeria.

The Big Urgent Problem

Millions of secondary school students from poor households and communities in Nigeria, especially girls do not complete secondary school, and are out of school. For instance, 55% of girls and 43% of boys from poorest families do not complete secondary school in Nigeria. (Ministry of Education, Nigeria)

Secondly, there is huge education and learning inequality, because data shows that poor children get about 19.7% learning compared to 79.4% that child from middle- and upper-income class get in Nigeria, alarming.

Without access to quality education, millions of today’s teenagers with huge potentials and bright future will end up uneducated, unfulfilled, poorly skilled, unable to unlock their creative potentials. If they are girls will risk child-marriage and health challenges, become uneducated mothers and unable to read basic medical prescription or support schooling of the next generation of girls, thereby continuing another generation of poverty. If boys, many will join gangs and violent groups and arrive the future without skills for decent jobs and sustainable livelihood. Alternatively, if we can equip them with education and skills, they will create great enterprises, innovations, be productive employees, pay taxes and contribute to just, fair and prosperous societies. We can save the next generation from poverty and put them on the pathways of productivity and prosperity, one child at a time and at scale! This is why we established the KNOSK Charity School Kuje.

Vision

A future where today’s out-of-school children become highly skilled and innovative young people; developing, transforming, and prospering our nations.

Mission

Providing access to quality and skills-based secondary school education to children from the poorest households and out-of-school children, to enable them to transition from generational poverty to a future of prosperity

Our Uniqueness

For N100/6Cents A-Day, students get

• uniform,
• sportswear,
• books,
• lunch,
• monthly sanitary pads for girls and
• STEM -based education.

It is practically easier to start school at KNOSK than a public government school in the community due to financial barriers government schools present in the name of levies.