Sponsor A Girl (S.A.G)
Education Access
Helping girls start, stay in and finish school by removing the costs that push them out, from fees and uniforms to books and sanitary pads.
Read moreEmpower The Girl Child, Advance The Nation
Every Nigerian girl deserves a fair shot at the life she wants.
Girl Child Care Advancement Initiative (GCCAI) helps girls get past the financial, social and cultural barriers that keep them from school, safety, leadership and opportunity.
Why we exist
Too many girls lose options before they get to choose.
1 in 3
Nigerian women aged 20 to 24 were married before they turned 18.
Source: Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2023–24 (33.4%).
7.6m
girls in Nigeria are out of school, about half of them in the North.
Source: UNICEF estimate.
Under 5%
of seats in the National Assembly are held by women: about 20 out of 469.
Source: 10th National Assembly, elected 2023.
What we believe
Girls are not a project. They are people with plans.
We start with the girl: what she wants, what is in her way, and what she already has. Then we work on the barriers, from school costs to the silence around violence, so she has more say over her own future.
Girls are not only future mothers, workers or leaders. They have rights and ideas now.
Read our storyOur causes
Three ways we open doors
Walks of Life
Mentorship
Connecting girls with trusted role models who help them make decisions about school, careers, relationships and money.
Read moreIlluminate
Advocacy and Awareness
Bringing people together to name the issues that harm girls, from violence to child marriage, and to push for practical solutions.
Read moreOur record
What we did from 2018 to 2020
- Girls reached
- 430+
- Women and children reached in IDP camps and vulnerable communities
- 150+
- Locations
- 7
- Campaigns completed
- 5+
Figures from GCCAI's records, 2018 to 2020.
2026
We are rebuilding GCCAI
In October 2026 we restarted the organisation. We are redesigning our programmes, listening to girls, schools and communities, and building the systems to run them well. We want people who care about girls to build it with us.
From the blog
Ideas and evidence
Life skills
"Not for girls like me": how to spot and shift limiting beliefs
Some of the hardest barriers a girl faces are the ideas she has been taught to believe about herself. Here is how to notice them and talk back.
Life skills
Setting boundaries: how to say no and mean it
Boundaries protect your time, your body and your peace. Here is how to set them clearly, and what to do when someone ignores them.
Opportunity
Closing the digital gender gap for Nigerian girls
Scholarships, jobs, lessons and safety information increasingly live online. Many Nigerian girls and women are still locked out. Here is what the gap looks like and what helps.