Photo: Souleiman with his new mosquito net to protect him in malaria season Souleiman is doing so well!  Souleiman is our sweet...

It’s not easy to work to relocate an entire nonprofit office and one’s family, but we are doing it! After our current landlord said he...

Photo: Our sweet Mahfuz had been wasting away from malnutrition for the past year, but contracted and died from malaria in early...

Update: Knit for Nigeria is taking off! After three months of hard work knitting and spinning and networking, our project is well on its...

Malnutrition among our Shield City children with cerebral palsy is real. 12-year-old Kosar has cerebral palsy and struggles to keep...

Abdullahi, 18, plays on the Shield City Football Team and supports his family on his taxi business 18-year-old Abdullahi called director...

After a rousing response from donors (thank you!!!), we've hired local carpenter Umar to make more than a dozen chairs! Many of our...

This is our amazing 6-year-old Nana Khadija, who is legally blind. After just one short month at Shield City, Nana has learned to feed...

We recently posted this special feature on our physical therapist to Instagram. Zainab has a human physiology degree from the nearby...

Photo: Little six-year-old Khalil has hydrocephalus, and uses a chair with straps during play therapy at the center We have a goal to...

The  Kano State Football Association voted the Shield City Football Academy the award for its work helping athletes build small...

Rukaiya is making amazing strides in our program! She has cerebral palsy and can't walk, yet she is just the sweetest little personality,...

Can you knit? We are starting a new Knit for Nigeria campaign this summer to knit up 50 wool beanies to sell this fall. 100% of funds...

Andy and Katie Nichols of Texas donated to help Umar from our football team purchase his very own local shop for the first time. He plans...

This summer, many of you will have your children in summer camps and youth gatherings. This is a great season to teach kids about Shield...

We’ve planned on moving our facility all year, but just found out our landlord here in Kano might not sell our building! We are now...

Shield City Football Academy has had an exciting month. We are currently ranked number one in the finals for our regional Cup and we hope...

We’ve just partnered up with an amazing business in Minna, Nigeria (a neighboring city) that makes cloth diapers and pads, called...

Little six-year-old Muhammad and his family just moved back to Nigeria from the Middle East to get help with his genetic disability. The...