About The Founder

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Tosin with ex-Governor of Lagos St. 
Oluwatosin Olowoyeye-Taiwo is a recipient of the United States Consul General Award and an alumna of the US government-sponsored International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP). Oluwatosin founded her Organisation -Street to School Initiative in 2009 to sponsor out-of-school children back to school. Through her annual education sponsorship programs and school support scheme, she has been able to donate basic educational items such as backpacks, notebooks, uniforms, stationary, sandal and educational toys to more than 98,500 vulnerable pupils in rural schools in Nigeria, and also, sponsored over 400 disadvantaged young people to register freely for basic national examinations such as General Certificate Examination –GCE, West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination –WASSCE, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination –UTME, etc. Between the year 2009 - 2023.

In 2015, Oluwatosin established a tuition-free elementary school (Comenius Primary School) solely for out-of-school, street kids, and primary school dropouts in communities where access to affordable/government-owned schools is poor. Comenius School is operated in Kwara and Lagos State.

At Comenius Schools children are taught, mentored, and provided learning materials and free school meals, this is to boost school attendance rate and improve learning outcomes. At present, more than 200 children are beneficiaries. While sponsored children in other communities attend school within their neighbourhood.

In 2018, the death of one of her pupils -a 7years old girl, and the loss of two rural women and mothers of sponsored kids, Oluwatosin partnered with the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria to renovate and fully equip an abandoned (MDGs) Primary Health Care Centre in Ikola Community of Alimosho LGA, Lagos. – A community with over 500,000 residents.

Street to School Initiative is supported by AMAZING individuals, friends (too numerous to mention), and terrific corporate organizations such as United States Consulate, Lagos; United Parcel Service (UPS); the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria, STL Trustees; Naldos Infinite, A Ray of Hope -UK, Cuppy Foundation; Soldiers of Christ Ministries, Tunde Majiyagbe Foundation, Pastor Ambrose of LCF Church etc.

Oluwatosin is a graduate of Computer Science and Social Sector Management from the University of Lagos and Pan-Atlantic University, respectively. A 2017 recipient of the Yemisi-Ransome Kuti Leadership Award organised by the Nigerian Network of NGOs etc. 

"Every Child Can Learn If Given A Chance, always remember this, please. "

For more information About Us: Kindly Check our website: www.street2school.org.ng

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