The Binta Ahmadu Foundation stands with children, mothers and families in Nigeria: a safe home, a good education, and the means for a mother to hold her family together.
One day in one home
( who we are )
The Binta Ahmadu Foundation is a Nigerian charity that stands with children, mothers and families. We give children who have lost parents a safe home, keep children learning, and help mothers build the skills and income to hold their families together. Rooted in Northern Nigeria and open to every Nigerian, we work alongside families and communities, never around them.
For children who have lost one or both parents:
We call it a home, never an orphanage.
School fees, uniforms, books and mentoring, so every child we serve stays in class and keeps learning.
Our flagship programme, Empower Mothers, Strengthen Families:
for mothers and guardians.
Every child and family is treated as capable and whole. We protect privacy, ask for consent and never trade on pity.
Every Nigerian child and mother has the same right to support, whatever their region, faith, language or ability.
Education and skills are tools for life. We build confidence, income and a voice of their own.
Wherever it is safe, children grow up within their own family. We strengthen mothers, kin and guardians to keep families together.
Our support carries on from early childhood through school and into adult life. No one is handed off.
Home, school, health, income and community work together around each family so they can thrive.
Goals we are working toward, not results yet.
“I learned to sew, I joined a savings circle, and now my children never miss a day of school.”
Hauwa was widowed with three children and no income. Through the programme she trained as a tailor, received a sewing machine as her start-up kit and joined a weekly adashe circle. A year later she runs her own stall in Kaduna’s central market and pays her children’s school fees herself.
Rooted in Northern Nigeria and open to every Nigerian.
The states and communities we work in will be listed here once BAF has confirmed what can be shared safely.
( how we are governed )
These pages will be published as the details are confirmed.
Who leads the foundation, and how they are chosen.
To be publishedHow we keep children and families safe, and who to contact with a concern.
To be publishedHow to tell us when something is wrong, and what happens next.
To be publishedWhere funds come from, how they are spent, and our annual report.
To be publishedOur registration details and governing documents.
To be publishedA start-up kit, such as a sewing machine, turns six months of training into a living.
GiveShare your trade or business know-how with one mother, for one hour a week.
Businesses and cooperatives: buy from our graduates, host apprentices or donate equipment.
How to give is being set up. Each way opens as soon as it is confirmed.
A single gift, whenever you choose.
Coming soonA regular gift that a family can count on.
Coming soonEquipment, tools or materials instead of money.
Coming soonBack one place for a child or a mother.
Coming soonWhat each gift covers will be shown here once the costs are confirmed.
Updates from the foundation, by email.
Our first update will appear here.
Coming soonPartner logos will appear here once each partner has given permission.
Coming soonShort answers, from what we have confirmed so far.
Children, mothers and families in Nigeria. We give children who have lost parents a safe home, keep children learning, and help mothers build the skills and income to hold their families together.
No. We call it a home, never an orphanage. It is a loving home for children who have lost one or both parents, close to the community they come from.
We are rooted in Northern Nigeria and open to every Nigerian. The states and communities will be listed once they are confirmed.
You can give, mentor one mother for one hour a week, or partner with us as a business or cooperative. Ways to give are being set up and will open as they are confirmed. See Get involved.
We will publish where funds come from, how they are spent and our annual report. Those pages are marked To be published until the details are confirmed. See How we are governed.
Our safeguarding page will say how we keep children and families safe and who to contact. It is marked To be published until the details are confirmed.
BAF Cares.
