Highlights & Achievements

Stepping Stones Nigeria (SSN) is the only international charity agency working in the volatile Niger Delta region to defend and uphold the rights of vulnerable children.

SSN has recorded some remarkable successes since being established in 2005. Some of these include:

• Building and resourcing an outstanding school for orphans and disadvantaged children – the Stepping Stones Model School.
• Developing the capacity of local child rights NGO's to provide refuge and services to so-called child ‘witches’.
• Successfully lobbying the Akwa Ibom State Government to enact the Child Rights Act.
• Producing the multi-award winning documentaries ‘Saving Africa’s Witch Children’ and ‘Return to Africa’s Witch Children’.
• Reporting the activities of child traffickers in the region to relevant authorities.
• Training and resourcing government primary schools in the use of the fast track reading scheme, Jolly Phonics.
• Influencing key organisations including the United Nations and governmental agencies to place a greater emphasis on the need to protect child ‘witches’.

Such successes have been made possible due to the hard work, commitment and passion of the local partner organisations that SSN supports in the Niger Delta. Their invaluable work, which is often carried out in the most challenging situations, as well as the plights of the children that they support remain our inspiration.

As a small, grassroots charity every effort is made to keep our running costs down to a reasonable level. Whilst visiting Nigeria, SSN staff do not stay in lavish hotels, drive 4 x 4 vehicles or waste funds on unnecessary expenses. Rather, we try to use local transport and live and eat with local people, thus further building our relationships with the communities in which we work.

 The Stepping Stones Model School was completed in 2008 and now provides an outstanding education to over 200 children.