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Alice Ajisafe Literacy Initiative
Since 2022, AAF has delivered focused, results-oriented education programmes that have reached thousands of children across Nigerian communities. Every initiative below is grounded in evidence and designed for lasting impact.
Alice Ajisafe Award for Intellectual Curiosity
Our flagship annual literacy competition, celebrated on World Book Day, gathered over 150 students at the Dzuels Foundation Library in Ijero, Ekiti. Running across four age categories from junior elementary to senior secondary, the AAF challenge uniquely assessed participants on both the volume of books read and comprehension quality. Top performers read up to 13 books during the challenge period, earning national media coverage for the foundation in The Nation, Punch, and Vanguard.
Scholarships Programme
AAF has awarded over 370 scholarships to deserving students, removing financial barriers that would otherwise prevent talented young Nigerians from accessing quality education. These scholarships span basic through tertiary education, enabling beneficiaries to pursue their academic ambitions and break cycles of educational disadvantage within their families.
Book Distribution & Literacy Drives
AAF has distributed over 700 books to schools and communities, placing age-appropriate reading materials directly in the hands of children who would otherwise have little or no access to books. These drives are paired with reading encouragement activities to ensure the books are read, not merely received
Our Core Pillars
School Reading Hubs & Reading Corners
Dedicated, welcoming reading spaces within Lagos public schools curated book collections, structured reading time, and environments that do not make reading feel
like a chore.
Book Access & Donation Programme
Targeted book drives ensuring every child, regardless of economic background, has access to age-appropriate, stimulating reading materials.
Read-Aloud Campaigns
Community leaders, professionals, and public figures reading aloud in Lagos schools making literacy aspirational by showing children that the people they admire are readers.
Drop Everything & Read (DEAR) Programme
A structured daily reading period across participating schools where all activity pauses and everyone reads together, thereby normalising reading as a non-negotiable daily habit.
Reading Competitions & Literacy Challenges
Scaling the Alice Ajisafe Award model into Lagos inter-school competitions, literacy challenges and comprehension olympiads that make intellectual achievement visible and celebrated.
Young Writers & Child Author Development
Workshops, mentorship, and publication pathways for young Lagos writers, giving children the tools and confidence to express themselves and to see themselves as creators.
LET'S BUILD THIS TOGETHER
We believe that the most durable educational change happens when civil society and government share a common vision.
