Catch them young; photos from the "Chess in the slums" initiative, that I helped to edit.

There are many slum areas in Nigeria, thanks to the inefficiencies and wickedness to the government. While we don't pray for children in those areas to turn out badly, a lot of them do.

Due to harsh living conditions, these children are introduced into lots of vices at early age. Then they grow up to become a menace to society. Guess what? The government don't care. In fact, the products of their nonchalance are sed in their quest for political power.

If the government doesn't care, who will? Well, some people actually do care. One of such person is Tunde Onakoya. He is a chess player and the pioneer of Chess in the slums initiative. A program set to keep children[in the slums] off the street using Chess as a tool.

The project received international recognition through media, as BBC covered the story. You can read the publication here. Other news outlets carried the news too.

I was to be part of the media team, but I was unavoidably absent. I was currently observing my National Youth Service, and it was criminal to leave the State. However, I offered to edit the photos after the event. Here as some of the photos;

Beyond the stories of a successful event, I really hope these children will desist from social vices. The menace we already face in society is enough. I also hope African leaders will have a change of heart one day and realize that they are harming our future.