About us
Enlightenment is Superior to Enforcement®
Think the CHILD…Think TODAY…Think the FUTURE®
About Us
S.A.F.E® for Children Society is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project of Taiwo Akinlami Academy, co-founded by Taiwo Akinlami
S.A.F.E® for Children Society is a non–profit and non-political organization concerned with engaging the precious African children, young adults and primary and secondary caregivers in MEANINGFUL, HEALTHY, HELPFUL/SUPPORTIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL conversations and engaging child-focused professionals, policy makers, institutions, primary and secondary caregivers to ENVISION, DESIGN, PLAN, and PROVIDE CARE for the precious African Child by all STANDARDS NECESSARY.
S.A.F.E® for Children Society is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project of Taiwo Akinlami Academy, co-founded by Taiwo Akinlami, who began his advocacy for Securing A Friendly and Protective Environment® for the precious African child since 1997 and has reached over 10,000,000 children, primary and secondary caregivers as at today.
AREAS OF SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS
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We EMPOWER THE PRECIOUS AFRICAN CHILDREN to SHOW UP for their PERSONAL SAFETY and SELF-PROTECTION; STAND OUT to take advantage of the limitless possibilities and reap opportunities of the 21st Century and its 4th Industrial Revolution and SHOW OFF as the role models of POSITIVE VALUES, SOFT AND SELF LEADERSHIP SKILLS in today’s challenging world.
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We build a formidable community of primary and secondary caregivers who understand that providing adequate protection for our precious Children/Teenagers is to empower them to take responsibility for their own Personal Safety and Self-Protection, anywhere and everywhere they go.
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We emphasize the need for parenting to be according to social protection, insisting that all the four wheels of parenting play their roles
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We develop African sensitive protocols, code of conducts for best practices and holding Child-Focused experts/practitioners and service providers in Africa accountable to the strictest standard of professionalism and accountability, according to global standards, helping them to establish viability and sustainability, collaborating with local and international organizations to achieve the foregoing objectives.
Our Trustees
These people are not special because of their skills, but they are truly special because of their heart.
Mr. Taiwo Akinlami is the co-founder of S.A.F.E® for Children Society which is founded to provide further and broader expression for the noble cause of Securing a Friendly and protective Environment to which Taiwo AKINLAMI has dedicated himself for over 21 years.Since 1997, Taiwo AKINLAMI has been INSPIRING his world with his story of ABORTED Childhood, EMPTY Young Adulthood, and CHANGE Pilgrimage. He has seen seemingly impossible changes in his life since 1997 and he today defines change as an ever-present possibility for anyone, who is ready to take responsibility.
His mandate is Securing A Friendly and Protective Environment® for the precious African Child, through Social Protection and Development. He seeks to achieve this through Social Empowerment Advocacy.
Akinlami, Africa’s leading Social Development Lawyer and Subject Matter Except on Securing A Friendly and Protective Environment® for the precious African child consults for international organisations like UNICEF, British Council, USAID, UNFPA, SOS Children’s Villages, Nigeria on policy formulation and curriculum development.
He is an author and blogger, who as at today, has published on his blog, www.taiwoakinlamiblog.com 786 articles, which have been respectively viewed and visited by 103, 629 and 37, 294 people from over 189 countries of the world.
Akinlami is the publisher of S.A.F.E®VILLE Family Comics, co-founder of S.A.F.E® for Children Society, an NGO committed to helping young people to identify and play their roles in their Personal Safety and Self-Protection, Principal of TA Academy and co-founder of Power Parenting Company LLC.
He is happily married to his adorable, beautiful, amiable and supportive wife, Oluwafunmilayo and the family resides in Lagos, Nigeria.
Olakunle Soriyan is the Principal Transformation Strategist of the OLAKUNLE SORIYAN COMPANY, a Total Life Management (TLM) and Nation Building, Training, Coaching and Consulting Firm.
The company works with leaders of various arms of Government and NGO’s as well as Business and Institutional leaders at all levels, using original, home grown research and principle based methodologies. A Futurist, Disruptor, and Thought Leader, he works strictly with thinkers, decision makers, influencers as well as the most vulnerable in society.
Olakunle Soriyan is shaping CULTURE in ENTERPRISE, GOVERNMENTS, YOUTH and FAMILY LIFE through THOUGHT REVOLUTION. He is also co-visionary of the POWERPARENTING® COMPANY and TRUCEWORK® LTD.
Soriyan serves on the Board of various organisations, and is a Radio host, Philosopher, Trainer and Consultant of high pedigree. He has developed many best-selling products helping hundreds of thousands of individuals across the globe. The Personal Advisor, Counsellor, Coach and Confidant to many high net-worth individuals and high-profile organisations, promotes ORIGINALITY as a critical pathway to PURPOSEFULNESS at any level of development. He is happily married to his immensely gifted Wife, Tiwalade and they are blessed with a son, Olakunle David.
She is the co-founder of Securing A Friendly and PROTECTIVE Environment for Children Society. She is also the co-founder and Executive Director of Taiwo AKINLAMI Academy.
Oluwafunmilayo Elisabeth AKINLAMI holds a master’s degree in Medical Physics from College of Medicine of the University of Lagos. She is passionate and skilful in helping our precious children understand and play their roles in Securing A Friendly and Protective Environment® for themselves.
She is an educationist of over ten years of experience as a teacher, school administrator and HR practitioner.
Oluwafunmilayo is a certified CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) practitioner and trainer with the American Red Cross, trainer and conference speaker.
She is an excellent communicator and conference speaker, trained extensively in Communication for Development by UNICEF.
She has evolved, as co-pioneer of a unique way of passing Social Development Knowledge/Information to our precious children and their distinguished primary and secondary caregivers, known as ‘STIR-UP the LEARNER®’
Oluwafunmilyo is married to Taiwo AKINLAMI and the family resides in Lagos, Nigeria.
Enlightenment is Superior to Enforcement®
Think the CHILD…Think TODAY…Think the FUTURE®