THE LYDIA GRACE FOUNDATION

The Lydia Grace Foundation is a non profit organization created to assist and care for young girls and women leaving prostitution, destitute girls, and those displaced from their homes and families.

BACKGROUND:
The major cause of prostitution is poverty, lack of employment and absence of a stable family life. This drives many young girls and women to choose this business as the last resort for survival.

The lamentable situation coupled with the ever increasing number of female school dropouts has boosted the number of prostitutes in Nigeria to over a million, according to the UNAIDS/WHO global report (2006).

Studies have shown that many of these women don't like prostitution because it exposes them to high risk dangers like rape, murder and diseases like HIV/AIDS. Also, prostitution causes them to be looked down on and despised by the society.

About Us

Another form of exploitation that is also affecting Nigeria, is child prostitution. Girls as young as 12 years old have been thrown into the sex trade either from kidnapping, abandonment or having been given out by their families to earn money. Destitute girls are sometimes taken in by their relatives and then sold into prostitution for money.

Women and girls who entered prostitution either by force or through the dusty roads of poverty and who endure related suffering can be rehabilitated, through the Lydia Grace Foundation.

VISION:
To combat the evil of prostitution in our society, end the crippling effects of destitution and homelessness by empowering such girls and women to achieve their highest potentials in life.

MISSION: Redirecting Lives
1. The foundation through its counseling and reconciliation programmes, educational initiatives, work training More