About Us
Yeshua’s Arm was founded in 2004 and operated in the United Kingdom and Nigeria to support vulnerable children and families. We started our child sponsorship program in 2005 to support orphans and the children of many widows back to education. We also ran other programs until 2016 to support disadvantaged and vulnerable families including: Setting up a Widows Support Group for the mothers of the sponsored children and organizing a preventative program funded by ‘Grassroots Grants’ called “The Black Parents Empowerment Program” (BPEP) to support disadvantaged African families and prevent their children from abuse amidst others.
In Nigeria, we also initiated a yearly project called Every Child Matters Campaign, a program where we inspired hundreds of disadvantaged children on the importance of education and provided essential educational materials to support their education and boost their self-esteem. For our work before 2020 click here
OUR VISION
Yeshua’s Arm strongly believes every child has fundamental human rights that needs to be protected and promoted. This is in line with the United Nation’s Convention of the Rights of the Child,1989 (UNCRC), as well as the United Kingdom’s Children’s Act 1989 and the Child’s Right Act 2003 in Nigeria. Our vision is to ensure that every child has their fundamental Right to PROTECTION AND QUALITY EDUCATION. We aim to carry out this vision in a 2-fold manner.
Our Focus
We aim to carry our vision in a twofold manner.
Firstly, through English literacy classes, books and library provision, class equipping and provision of playground and sport facilities.
And secondly, to inform advocate, train and educate communities and also to influence the policies that cause abuse, injustice and oppression.
CURRENT WORK
Since 2020, we have been supporting the children in the primary and secondary schools, as well as the communities of Ibeju Lekki, Lekki Town a hard-to-reach area in Lagos.
- We have refurbished the Roman Catholic Mission Nursery classroom refurbishing and equipping for over 60 Nursery students.
- We have created a Library that serves 500 children.
- A playground that serves over 500 children.
- We also have a mobile library that travels to various schools in the community to bring library services to schools who don’t have access to good books
- Every Child Matters school bags supply for over 150 school students
We also conducted educational projects that includes;
- International Day of the Girl Child for over 200 girls
- Child Protection and Safeguarding training including Parents, Teachers, Adults and local Government Officials in February 2022
- Child Protection and Safeguarding Training for All adults in the community with over 200 Adults in attendance in October 2022.
MOBILE LIBRARY PROJECT
RCM PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND PROJECT
Children Reached
Adults Empowered
School supplies
Scholarships
Walk Participants
