Every child matters. That is not just a phrase to us, it is lesson learned from years of working in some of the hardest places to deliver education.
Foundational learning is time-bound. Every child should be able to read and perform basic mathematics by the age of 10. That window is small. And it is precious.
So what happens when that window is stolen?
When schools come under attack across Nigeria, the conversation often focuses on the visible damage — the burned buildings, shattered windows, and abandoned classrooms. But the deepest scars are less visible. They are carried by children who were already racing against time to learn. Children whose opportunity to acquire foundational skills is slipping away, not because they lack the ability or the will, but because the world around them is too unsafe to allow them to simply sit in a classroom and learn.
This is the emergency we are not talking about loudly enough.
#FastTrack has shown us that no child is too far behind, no learning gap too wide, and no circumstance too difficult to overcome. But it has also taught us something equally important: the longer children are denied safe access to learning, the harder it becomes to help them catch up.
And right now, Nigeria cannot afford to wait.
Because every day lost is a day that cannot be returned.
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