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 is a non-profit organization with Reg No: IT 166951. We focus on building a caring community by shaping and creating future youth generation leaders and a sustainable environment through advocacy and sensitization on quality education, gender equality, health and well-being, and poverty eradication. For the past 3 years, we have impacted over 15,000 children/youths through educational materials, digital, vocational and life skills.
We now run scholarships, give educational items, train women and girls in vocational and digital technology and equipping them with employability skills.
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Our Approach
Our Mission
Our mission is to support society through professional development in quality education, training, enlightenment, and the promotion of quality of life through continuous learning, improvement and digitalization.
Our Vision
We envision a world where less privileged, indigent, and/or orphaned children are educated, empowered, and inspired through digital, leadership, and life skills.
Aim
To be the catalyst for community development.
To create a new set of responsible and intelligent leaders among our youth.
To foster and develop learning opportunities for young people by encouraging and supporting them to contribute to knowledge and become the wheel of initiatives that they may lead and prosecute in their youth-led projects.
To provide digital access to quality and inclusive education and health and well-being facilities in caring communities.
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 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-centered 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 programs 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.
Meet Our Team
Blessing Tunde Dada
Educator, Child Development Advocate, GYA Theirworld, GOTNI Scholar, Gender Advocate
Olawale Isaac Yesufu
Educator, Biochemist, Writer, Historian
Ibukunoluwa Akinlade
Tech Expert, Writer & Tech Writer
Kehinde Balogun
Editor and Writer
Dieko Falana
Social Worker, Educator, Researcher, Writer
Idris Zulaikha Omayoza
Student Pharmacy and Educator
Abioye Temitope Ruth
Public Health and Education Researcher
Akinade Pelumi
Biochemist, Human Resources Manager, Educator, Writer, Open Doors Prize Winner, Life Coach, Sports Enthusiast.
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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