A preschooler identifies some words shortly after being taught by her teacher.
A teacher at the preschool safe space uses a doll to teach one of the preschoolers about the parts of the body.
Some preschoolers at the safe space engage themselves during playtime in a class at the preschool safe space
Some preschoolers stand outside as they wait for their session to begin. The pre-school safe space has 3 sessions a day and accommodates 15 girls per space.
Team lead of the preschool safe space, Irate Fawole poses for a portrait.
A group of young women stroll past a farm in Wuciciri community in Zaria, Kaduna.
Teen girls discuss during a breakout session in the out of school safe space. The curriculum used in the out of school safe space is made to suite what the girls can learn, thereby increasing their willingness to learn.
A young teen girl writes on the board during a numeracy class in the out of school safe space. The out of school safe space is for married teen girls that have never been in school. The girls are taught basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Mallam Ahmed Aliyu is the Sarki (Chief) of Wuciciri community. As part of his commitment to improving the access that girls in his community have to education, Mallam Aliyu offered his house to be used as a safe space for the out of school girls.
Teen girls from Government Secondary School (G.S.S), Kofar Gayan, Zaria, look towards their mentor during a session in the safe space in the school.
Salamatu Yahaya mentors the teen girls during a session in the safe space in G.S.S, Kofar Gayan, Zaria.
Some teen girls present their work to their peers as part of their class activity during a session in the out of school sees space.
Teen girls gather to learn how to to make liquid soap during a vocational training.
A young teacher (white hijab) shows the teen girls the ingredients for soap making during a vocational training. In February 2019, the Centre for Girls Education set up a safe space dedicated to vocational training for young teen girls.
A young teen girl dispenses disinfectant into a plastic container shortly after it was made. The teen girls who partake in the vocational training, learn how to make household items that can be sold for profit in their community.
Maimuna Saleh 16, and her mother in their home in Zaria. Maimuna is one of seventeen girls that attend the vocational training weekly.
A young girl writes on the board during a numeracy class in the out of school safe space in Marwa community, Zaria.
The spaces run by the Centre for Girls Education has greatly benefitted the communities in which they operate. The out of school safe space in Marwa community is for young unmarried girls between the age of 12-14.
Madam Habiba Mohammed, the Director for the Centre for Girls Education, emphasizes the need for antenatal care by acting out various challenges that can occur during pregnancy.
A young girl giggles during a session in the out of school safe space in Marwa community, Zaria.
Madam Habiba Mohammed, the Director for the Centre for Girls Education, founded the centre in 2008. The CGN continues to make a lasting impact on the lives of young girls and women in the areas they operate.
A group of cascading mentors and interns at the Centre for Girls Education pose for a portrait. The cascading mentors and interns are girls that have passed through safe spaces graduated from secondary school, and are in tertiary institutions.