SechildHistory
How SECHILD began, and how it has grown since 2011.
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It began with two children.
A couple went searching for rehabilitation, therapy, support, and information to care for their two children born with a form of brain malfunction. There were no professional support centers for their children’s condition. So, in January 2011, they founded one.
Who we are
The Sedoo Initiative for Children with Special Needs
SECHILD is a not-for-profit, community-driven development and non-governmental charitable organization established in January 2011. We are committed to an often neglected group within Nigerian society: vulnerable children and persons with special needs and disabilities.
Our programs focus on improving the lives of children with special needs — particularly children with cerebral palsy — through residential care, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, counseling, advocacy, and training for children, their parents, and their caregivers.
What we believe
Five things we won’t compromise on
- Children first, always.
Every decision starts with one question: is this best for the child? Budgets, partners, and plans come after.
- Families walk this road with us.
We support parents and caregivers with counseling and training, because a child's strongest therapy team is a supported family.
- Ability over disability.
We measure children by what they can do — and then help them do more. Every milestone is celebrated.
- Community-driven, always accountable.
We are rooted in our community and answerable to it. Every gift is receipted and every kobo accounted for.
- Dignity in every photo and story.
We tell stories with consent, never for pity. Children are heroes of their own stories, not props in ours.
Where we are
Visit us in Lugbe
Our residential care and therapy center is at Light Gold Estate Phase 4, Lugbe, in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. Because our children live with us, we are open 24 hours — and a phone call away, any day.
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Governance, history, and how we work
Strategic Plan
Where we're focused, and where we're headed next.
Read more →Our Team
The people delivering care and therapy every day.
Read more →Board of Trustees
Governance and strategic oversight.
Read more →Reports
Our annual reports and programmatic updates.
Read more →Policies
Safeguarding, privacy, and governance policies.
Read more →Organogram
How SECHILD is structured and organized.
Read more →Our story is still being written.
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