Protection is a practice, not a slogan.
The Ridd Aid Foundation is a Nigerian nonprofit working with schools, families, and community leaders on the everyday, unglamorous work of keeping children and adolescents safer.
Every Nigerian child gets a fair, safe start.
We remove the specific, named barriers that keep children out of school or in harm’s way, and we come back to the same communities long enough for the work to hold.
A generation that knows its rights and has adults who honour them.
Children who can name harm, ask for help, and be believed. Communities organised around that.
Our values
Child first, always
Every decision passes one test: is it safer for the child?
Show up, come back
One-off programmes don’t change lives. Long relationships do.
Say it plainly
No jargon between us and the people we work with.
Board of Trustees & leadership
The Foundation is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC Reg. No. 7077164). Trustees hold fiduciary and safeguarding oversight; the executive team runs day-to-day programmes.
Board of Trustees
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Strategy, governance and legal accountability.
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Budget approval, audit and financial controls.
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Independent oversight of child-protection cases.
Executive & field leadership
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Leads the organisation and partnerships.
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Designs and evaluates all four programmes.
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Receives and manages safeguarding reports.
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Coordinates outreach in Bayelsa communities.
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Conflict of interest
Trustees and staff declare interests annually; conflicted members step out of related decisions.
Annual oversight
The Board meets at least quarterly and reviews programmes and accounts at an Annual General Meeting.
Financial stewardship
Accounts are prepared for independent review, and summaries are available to partners on request.
Our safeguarding commitment
Read our public commitment and how to raise a concern.