African Literacy Project partners with public schools across Africa to remove the barriers standing between children and quality education. Founded in 2023, we’ve been working on giving every child a fighting chance.
African Literacy Project exists to change that. We fix classrooms. We provide books. We keep kids in school. We support teachers.
To partner with public schools in Africa’s most underserved communities and deliver practical, sustainable solutions that help children learn and teachers teach.
An Africa where a child’s potential isn’t limited by the school they were born near. Where every classroom is a place of dignity. Where teachers have what they need.
The roof was leaking.
William stood in a primary school classroom in Oshodi, Lagos, watching a teacher conduct a lesson while rainwater dripped into a bucket near the chalkboard. Sixty-two students crammed into a space built for thirty. Some sat three to a bench. Others on the floor. The walls hadn’t seen paint in years.
The students barely noticed. They were used to it.
That’s the part that got him. These children had learned to expect nothing from the spaces meant to shape their futures.
After class, he asked the teacher a simple question: what do you need?
She laughed. Not because it was funny. Because nobody had asked before.
“Honestly? I’d settle for paint. Just to make it feel like someone remembers we’re here.”
[William grew up in public schools like this one.] – Kindly correct, i could be wrong, just wanted to tell a story.
He knew what it felt like to be the kid on a broken bench, sharing one textbook with four classmates. But standing in that classroom, watching a dedicated teacher work with almost nothing, he couldn’t look away.
African Literacy Project launched in 2023. Not to revolutionize policy. Just to keep asking that question, school by school: what do you need? And then provide it.
Children learn from what they see before they learn from what they’re told. A crumbling classroom teaches a child they’re not worth investing in. A renovated one teaches the opposite.
African Literacy Project believes the environment teaches first. That’s why we start with the spaces where learning happen
We do four things.
Providing essential learning materials like books, writing
supplies, and digital tools to jumpstart the educational process.
Every school we partner with gets our full attention. We don’t take on more than we can handle properly.
We partner directly with school administrators, teachers, and local education authorities
Quick fixes don’t last. We build relationships and systems that continue working after we’ve moved on.
African Literacy Project currently operates in Edo State Nigeria location partnering with public schools in underserved communities across
multiple Local Government Areas.
As our funding and partnerships grow, we’re expanding across Nigeria and into West Africa.
We’re a small team of resilient fighters
Operations Director
Program Manager
Community Liaison
Head of Partnerships
Every child deserves to learn in a space that tells them they matter. Every teacher deserves resources that let them do their job. We lead with respect.
Quick wins fade. We build programs and relationships designed
to last beyond our involvement.
Donors deserve to know exactly where their money goes. Schools deserve partners who show up. We report our recent updates.
We don’t impose solutions. We work alongside schools, administrators,
and families who know their communities best.
We’re building. Every number here represents our commitment to our purpose. As our partnerships grow, so does our reach.
Year Founded
We maintain minimal administrative overhead. The majority of every donation goes directly to program delivery.
Our annual reports break down exactly how funds are allocated.
85%
10%
5%
African Literacy Project is proof that focused, practical work can change outcomes for children who’ve been overlooked.
