The Street Project Foundation, which uses creative arts as a tool to facilitate youth leadership development, social mobilisation, and cross-cultural dialogue, in conjunction with the Freedom Fund, which is funded by the United States Department of State Grant, is addressing exploitative child domestic work practices.
The Founder and Executive Director, Mrs Rita Ezenwa-Okoro, said: “The aim of the ARTvocacy project is to create awareness about the precarious situation of children as domestic workers and proffer solutions to the societal menace. This sensitisation begins in Oworonshoki and FESTAC Town, Lagos.”
She continued: “We have kicked off the first leg of the project, which involves training 25 youths from Oworonsoki. We shall use the creative arts to educate participants on their roles in protecting child domestic workers from harm in their community.”
“ During the first five days of our engagement, we all visited the Oba of Oworonsoki, Oba Babatunde Saliu to intimate him on why we brought our project, ARTvocacy to his subjects in Oworonsoki community and presented the participants to him.”
In his response, the monarch lauded the initiative and applauded the Street Project Foundation, Freedom Fund, and the United States Department of State for the opportunities offered to the youth aimed at bringing growth and development to his domain.
