In 2017 in Nigeria, 43% of girls were married off before the age of 18. 17% are married before they turn 15. Nigeria is the 11th highest nation in the world for the number of child marriages.

With child marriage, school dropout and gender-based violence on the rise in underserved communities in Benue, Nigeria, girls of school age like – insert name suffer the possibility of dropping out of school due to lack of proper sensitization and communication barriers hindering the implementation of interventions to increase educational access for girls and curb child marriage.

Oftentimes, child brides suffer extreme sexual abuse, child labour, and childbirth complications leading to death in some cases.

Also, most children and adults altogether cannot read and write which hampers development in rural communities and increase inequalities which affects more women and girls.

International organisations have invested so much into creating impact in communities but much has not been done due to communication and language barriers as most stakeholders in communities neither understand English nor the delivery methods and so they are unable to engage effectively with the projects and own them.