Foundation Trains More Than 300 Children in Coding and Vocational Skills

More than 300 children in Ogun State have received training in coding, graphic design, content creation and practical vocational skills through a three-day bootcamp organized by Beyond Borders Foundation.

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Whenever you think about bootcamp for children, you see bootcamp for children happening in the higher class of society. Maybe bootcamp happening in Lekki, in Abuja, in Ikoyi, very high class. What we have decided to do in Beyond Borders is to bring that same level of excellence to communities that don’t have those same opportunities.

The program in Isheri-Olofin included coding, graphic design, content creation, food making, baking and hair creation. Tobi Durosinmi-Etti, a board member of the foundation, said the organization wanted children in underserved communities to receive learning opportunities comparable to those available in wealthier neighborhoods.

Durosinmi-Etti described the event as the foundation’s first structured children’s bootcamp. The organization had previously held children’s parties, clubs and other community activities, but chose a longer program to create a deeper impact.

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This bootcamp is inaugural bootcamp. We have been doing a lot of things in the past, in silos. We have had kids’ parties, we have had clubs for children, and we have had different things in a community like this and different communities. But this time, we decided to do something that was much longer and much more impactful.

He said the foundation’s work extends beyond skills training to children’s welfare, education and overall development. The organization plans to repeat the bootcamp in other communities, with Lagos serving as a launchpad for expansion.

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Empowering children is not just limited to their education, also their welfare. Basically, we are concerned about the total wellbeing of the African child, the total wellbeing of the Nigerian child.