About Us
Blooming Social Pen Trust Initiative, formerly known as Nwuliareads Initiative, is a registered non-profit in Nigeria that focuses on innovative solutions and engagements in advancing inclusive development and social policies in Nigeria and Africa. Operational since 2015, the non-profit has been involved in inclusive education and human capital development efforts. This includes book donation drives, digital education, mentorship, workshops, social behavioural re-engineering, awareness creation through media campaigns and advocacy, entrepreneurship, and skilled education.
We aim to build an inclusive world where excluded and disadvantaged communities can use conventional and unconventional educational means and other forms of human capital development to actualise their dreams. Strongly encapsulated in the idea of “I matter too”, this shows that no one should be left behind and disenfranchised from self-actualisation, especially due to socio-economic disadvantages. It also demonstrates that these excluded communities could dictate their development tempo through the bottom-up approach found in development discourse.
Over the years, we have developed a niche focus on inclusive education, technology for development, social protection, public policies, skills and social enterprise, and development research. We focus on underserved demographics such as street and out-of-school children, rural children and families, girls, indigent youth, people with disability, and under-funded schools.
In summary, research and sustainable practice of social policy and inclusive development drive our efforts.
5000+
Books donated
500+
Out-of-school children reached
4000+
Students and pupils impacted
4
Schools visited and collaborated with
10
Orphanages and out-of-school organisations collaborated with
100+
Street girls reached
Vision & Mission
A world where traditionally disadvantaged communities can fully realise their goals without being hindered by educational and skill gaps.
Our Mission is to chart an inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development for disadvantaged communities through education, digital access, policy advocacy and research, career mentorship, entrepreneurship, and skill acquisition.
OUR STORY
In the last quarter of 2014, while completing her 4-year Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Anthropology programme at the University of Nigeria in the hilly and quiet town of Nsukka (Nigeria), Chimezie Anajama conceived the idea of Blooming Social Pen. In 2015, it became the anchor for the give-back-to-Nsukka educational outreach programme to under-funded public schools and orphanages she did as a way of expressing her gratitude to the town for giving her a haven for her studies.
Subsequently, with her sociology background and guidance from her mentor – the late Nnaemeka C. Amadi, she realised that it could be more. Hence, Blooming Social Pen is an initiative that strongly focuses on inclusive education, reducing inequality for disadvantaged communities, economic prosperity and improving human capital development.
OUR CAUSE
The core of development interventions in many developing African countries is poverty alleviation, reducing inequality, and economic prosperity. Previous and current studies show that traditionally excluded populations such as street children, girls, women, young people, rural families, and people with disability are severely excluded from accessing resources that could create life-changing impacts. In addition, they make up a huge population of people who need social and economic development interventions. Solving these problems for these groups drives our efforts in global development. We work towards closing these gaps via our inclusive development approach. This manifests through our various thematic areas such as policy research and advocacy, social protection, entrepreneurship, inclusive education, and inclusive use of digital technology.
Our approach
– Research and policy advocacy
– Community engagement
– Interventions through programming
– Provision of mentorship
Skill transfer
– Digital processes
Core Goals
– Alleviate poverty.
– Enhance human capital development.
– Contribute evidence to social development and policy efforts
– Facilitate socio-economic freedoms for the traditionally excluded communities.
– Promote innovative approaches to education, lifelong learning, and social services among the disadvantaged and socially excluded.
What we do – programmes
– Inclusive social development
– Digital Social Policy and Development
– Strengthening Capacity in Social Development and Policy
– Financing Social Policy
– Sustainable Social Policy
Our Slogan
Charting inclusive development
“Being part of their mission for inclusive education is not just fulfilling; it’s a source of inspiration. Every day, I witness the impact we make, and it fills me with a sense of purpose and joy knowing that we’re collectively building a brighter future for marginalized communities. ”
Blooming Social Pen
– Volunteer
