#almajiri

Every morning, as the city stirs to life, another world quietly wakes up, a world most people prefer not to see. On the corners of busy markets, under flyovers, and by traffic lights, women with babies strapped to their backs sit in silence while young boys wander barefoot with empty bowls in hand.  These are not passers-by or traders trying to make a living, they are the forgotten faces of our…

Dreams should not sleep on pavements, yet for countless children in Northern Nigeria, the harsh reality is that they spend their nights on cold sidewalks and their days wandering streets in search of food. These are the Almajiri children, young boys whose futures are being stolen in plain sight. Instead of learning in safe classrooms, they are trapped in a cycle of begging, vulnerability, and…

Almajiri schools promises to key into PLANE intervention in Kaduna   By: Our Correspondent   Tsangaya popularly known as ‘Almajiri schools’ has promised to Keyed into the Partnership for Learning for All (PLANE) intervention in Kaduna state, by teaching some basic subjects of western education in addition to the teaching of Qur’anic education to their students.   A teacher in one of the Tsangaya…