About Us
Who We Are
We are a team of change-makers who believe that every helping hand can raise a child and create a better future for them.
Slum and Rural Aid for African Child Development Initiative (SARAFACDI) is a registered non-profit organisation (Reg. No. IT 166951) dedicated to closing education and digital access gaps for children and young people in underserved slum and rural communities. We work in close partnership with under-resourced schools, local leaders, and community stakeholders to expand equitable access to quality learning and meaningful opportunities for youth participation.
Through community-driven advocacy, grassroots mobilisation, and innovative technology-enabled learning programmes, SARAFACDI strengthens learning pathways that are inclusive, relevant, and sustainable. Over the past three years, we have reached and supported more than 20,000 children and youth, providing foundational learning, educational materials, digital skills training, and life skills that empower learners to succeed in school, engage in their communities, and shape their futures with confidence and agency
We now run scholarships, give educational items, train women and girls in vocational and digital technology and equipping them with employability skills.
Facts
Numbers Speak For Themselves
Our Vision
An Africa where no child’s future is limited by unequal access to quality education
Aim
To close education and digital inequality for underserved children by strengthening access to inclusive learning opportunities, improving the quality and relevance of education, and empowering communities and young people to shape sustainable education solutions.
Our Mission
To advance education equity and digital inclusion for underserved children and youth through community-driven programmes, inclusive learning pathways, and innovative, technology-enabled solutions.
Overall Goal
To improve foundational learning outcomes, digital skills, and equitable access to quality education for 1,000,000 underserved and out-of-school children in rural and marginalized communities across Nigeria by 2030
Core Values
Equity: We prioritize those furthest behind and work intentionally to reduce structural inequalities.
Innovation with Purpose: We use technology and creativity responsibly to solve real problems, not to widen divides.
Youth-Centeredness: We recognize children and young people as active agents, not passive beneficiaries.
Community Ownership: We believe sustainable change happens when communities co-create and lead solutions
Dignity & Respect: We approach every learner and community with empathy, care, and respect for lived experience.
Integrity & Accountability: We act transparently, ethically, and responsibly in all our partnerships and programmes.
Collaboration: We believe collective action across sectors and borders is essential for lasting impact.
Our 2025 report has been published.
In the year 2025, Sarafacdi did well massively, we impacted over 2,500 Children & Youth across Rural communities in Nigeria.
About The Founder
Blessing Tunde Dada is an Educational Development Practitioner, Innovator, Social Entrepreneur, and digital equity advocate committed to transforming underserved communities through inclusive education and technology. He currently serves as a UNESCO SDG4 Youth and Student Network as the African Representative and now High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC) Youth Leader/Sherpa (Global), contributing to global policy conversations on the future of education.
Blessing is a 2023 Chevening Scholar and holds an MA in International Education and Development from the University of Sussex, where he championed student-centred policies benefiting over 5,000 international students. For more than six years, he has served in various leadership capacities, such as OneUK, CYFI, YALI Network, GOTNI Fellow, Global Peace Chain, and many more. He has also featured in many global platforms and media, such as TEDx, National Television Authority, Punch Newspaper, UNESCO, and more. His work has focused on addressing systemic barriers to education, digital access, and youth empowerment.
He is the founder of Slum & Rural Aid for African Child Development Initiative (SARAFACDI) and co-founder of GenexTED, an edtech initiative that leverages AI and digital tools to bridge the digital divide. Through impactful programmes like Back2School, TechUpRuralGirls, and SabiLearn Ecosystem, he has reached over 20,000 children and youth with digital literacy, STEM training, scholarships, and community development opportunities.
Additionally, he has also been a leader in various institutions, serving as the International Student Rep and union council member at the University of Sussex, Electoral Chairman NSBS FUTA, Distinguished Senate President Ilawe Student Union, Youth Carnival President, General Secretary ESWLG, etc., both in the state and at the university, where he also won numerous prestigious awards
With lived experience as his driving force, Blessing is dedicated to building a world where every child, regardless of background, can learn, thrive, and access meaningful opportunities.
What We Do
We educate, sponsor, and reduce out-of-school children, collaborate to reduce inequality and Mental health challenges, we create tech and vocational life skills for employability.
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