15 years of Inspiring Change through Learning. Keeping It Real (KIR) Foundation was established in 2010.
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Give Books 📚, Teach Skills 👨🏫 & Empower⚡, Advocacy ♿
Reached 112,212 👫
Donated 52,272 📚 We are a non-profit, social impact organization that is learning-oriented, disability-inclusive, and youth-centric. We are committed to inspiring change through learning so that our beneficiaries can have access to opportunities to learn, grow, change and own their future.
KIR Foundation as a nongovernmental organization (RC 916541) with a tax-exemption status commenced operations in Lagos in 2011. The organization currently has its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a Liaison Officer in Lagos, and partnerships with various non-profit organizations and coalitions. KIR Foundation addresses educational and socio-economic issues with the purpose of inspiring change through learning. The organization gives books, teaches skills, and advocates the rights of its beneficiaries, especially those with disabilities with the objective of breaking the cycle of illiteracy, poverty, and inequality and replacing it with a new cycle of empowerment, opportunity, ethics, and transformative servant leadership. All KIR Foundation’s projects under the following thematic areas; Education, Advocacy, Capacity, and Sustainable Development are strategically aligned to promoting and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations; especially SDGs 1,4,5,8,10, and 17; as a result, KIR Foundation was one of the few registered Hubs spread across 44 countries that participated in the 2018 Global People’s Summit. In the past 13 years, KIR Foundation has worked with over 195 institutions in Nigeria (Lagos State, Rivers State, Imo State, Abia State, Adamawa State, Niger State, Kwara State, Kano State, Akwa Ibom State, Plateau State, Bornu State, Calabar State, Delta State, Enugu State, Gombe State, Oyo State, Imo State, Kaduna State, Kogi State, Nasarawa State, Ogun State, Ondo State, Yobe State, Sokoto State, Zamfara State, Benue State, Ebonyi State, Jigawa State, Taraba State, Bauchi State, Abia State, Bayelsa State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Osun State, Abuja the capital of Nigeria and Ghana). The organization has reached more than 90,797 people, we have trained more than 1,566 youth in various market-relevant skills (Digital, Vocational, and Soft skills) and donated over 46,421 books, numerous educational aids, starter kits, and farming implements, and published; ‘The Young Leader’s Guide’, a leadership manual for young people and ‘It’s About Empathy’, an Explanatory Guide to The Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act 2018. To commemorate the KIR Foundation's 11th Anniversary, the organization initiated the KIR Foundation Book Drive Campaign. KIR Foundation is working with stakeholders in the corporate, government, and social sectors and a team of volunteers to establish 100 Reading Corners in public/community primary schools in the 36 States of Nigeria and Abuja to close an existing Reading Gap that has been further widened by the closure of schools in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. So far, 85 Reading Corners have been set up in 36 states. KIR Foundation’s short-term goal is to put 80,000 books in the hands of underserved communities that do not have access to books, train 2000 young people in market-relevant skills and provide business linkages for them by the year 2025. Kindly check the website www.kirfoundation.org and social media handles (; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked-In, and YouTube Channel) for more details. The KIR Foundation has received the following awards;
> IDPWD Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Society- 2014
> Rotaract Club of Port Harcourt Township Humanitarian Award - 2014
> National Association for Exceptional Children (NAEC) Service Award – 2015
> SWAGTv Community Service Award - 2015
> NECA's Network of Entrepreneurial Women Award of Recognition as Selfless NGO - 2016
> Rotary Club Service Project Partner Certificate of Recognition – 2017
> AIESEC University of Port-Harcourt Partner Certificate of Recognition - 2018
> Rotary Club Service Project Partner Award of Recognition – 2019
> EDU Festival Prestigious Award of Recognition for Contribution to Educational Advancement – 2019
> Certificate of Recognition by the Kano State Government on the SDGs - 2020
> Top Charity Nigeria Award by MoneyTransfers.com - 2021
> Award of Excellence from PIND Foundation - 2021
> YALI Rivers State Hub Certificate of Stewardship - 2022
> YALI Rivers State Hub Award of Partnership - 2023
30/04/2026
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Throwback to Youth Friday session in the KIR Foundation Inclusive Community Centre with Tolulope James.
She is a committed volunteer and teen entrepreneur.
The session featured a powerful learning experience for young people ready to turn skills into income.
The theme “My Learn to Earn Journey: Lessons from a Teen Entrepreneur” inspired learners, including Success, to see earning as a result of intentional skill development and action.
💡 Start with your skill as the foundation for growth
💰 Turn skills into value through consistency and creativity
🚀 Take action early and build a growth mindset
In , we believe, as Bitebo Gogo said, “You are not too young to earn.”
🌍 This is how transformation begins! 💛
💼 Sponsor | ₦30,000 | GT Bank: 0052683160
🤝 Join our 385+ changemakers -🔗 bit.ly/KIRF11
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30/04/2026
It's World Jehu Elijah Day!
Today, we celebrate a treasured member of the family!
Thank you for your dedicated service & for consistently supporting & inspiring us to become more!
The Lord bless & make you a 1,000x more than your contemporaries!
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30/04/2026
✨ | Impact in Action
Your generosity sustains the KIR Foundation Community Centre as an open, inclusive, and empowering space for young minds. 💛
Special thanks to our incredible supporters:
Success Nathan, Gold Enobong Ekanem, Sundry Markets Limited, Samuel Ezekiel Fiwariseleka, Cinfores Limited, Gospel Chu and Tobin Kio Dickson. 💛
Thank you for helping us extend our reach to underserved communities. 🤝
Your generosity made this impact possible:
📚 Access to books and learning resources
💻 Digital skills for future readiness
🌐 Internet access for learning and growth
🌍 More communities reached
Every act of support opens a door. Every beneficiary reached is a future strengthened! 🌱
💛 Take action
Sponsor a beneficiary | ₦30,000| GT Bank: 0052683160
🌍 www.kirfoundation.org
29/04/2026
💙 Volunteer Appreciation | Celebrating Tutu Danjuma
We proudly celebrate Tutu Danjuma, recipient of the KIR Foundation Legacy Award and a John Maxwell Certified Coach and Trainer, for supporting our Special Meet the Leader Session as a seasoned and phenomenal mentor in underserved public secondary schools in Port-Harcourt.
Her wisdom, time, and heart for young people helped build confidence, leadership, and belief in brighter futures.
This is community impact in action. 💛
📢 Join us. Volunteer today. Help shape the next leader.
🔗 bit.ly/KIRF11
29/04/2026
💜✨ Woman Crush Wednesday ✨💜
Our is the inspiring Idy Ituen!🌟
Idorenyin is a Project Manager, SDG 4 Advocate and Policy Innovator.
She is a passionate volunteer who serves with heart and purpose 💛
Her commitment to education and reading inspires children to develop a love for literacy, learning, and personal growth 📚✨
👏🏽 Thank you, Idorenyin for inspiring change through reading and encouraging children to read!
👇 Tag a woman who inspires you
💜 Drop a heart to celebrate her impact
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29/04/2026
29/04/2026
✨ Tech Wednesday | Building Confidence
Our Digital Hub in the KIR Foundation Community Centre continues to build confident young learners! 💙
Thanks to our facilitator, Precious Dominic, for supporting learners like Diza as they strengthen core web development skills and improve structured digital thinking. 👩🏾💻
📊 2025 Impact: 66 learners strengthened
🎯 2026 Goal: 100+ learners empowered
Digital skills build confidence.
Confidence builds futures. 🚀
🤝 Sponsor a learner – ₦30,000 | GT Bank :0052683160
Volunteer – bit.ly/KIRF11
🌐 www.kirfoundation.org
Do not watch impact happen. Be part of it. 💪
28/04/2026
🌍✨ It’s in KIR Fiundation!
Let’s Change a Child’s Story today!
We believe every child deserves the right to learn, dream, and succeed.
Yet the reality is still urgent:
📊 Only 6% of children under 5 have access to books at home
📊 7 in 10 children at age 10 cannot read a simple sentence
These are not just numbers. They are real children whose futures are being shaped right now.
You have the power to change that today!
Since 2017, we have been supporting 500 underserved children including Nerato in Christ Disciples Missionary Foundation Inc Primary Schools in the remote communities of Mubi Hills, Adamawa State with essential learning materials.
✨ Take action this :
👉 Invest in a future: https://bit.ly/2TLI6Bm
✏️ $10 supports 5 children with essential learning materials
Together, we can keep children in school and build brighter futures!
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28/04/2026
🎉One day is not enough to celebrate a treasured member of the & volunteer, Tolulope James, !
Your dedication to our mission is profoundly inspiring!
May God’s blessings & grace surround you always! ✨
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In the wake of the Boko Haram attack on the villages in Mubi Local Government Area in Adamawa in North-Eastern Nigeria 2014, Polycarp and his colleagues who are teachers in the remote villages that share a boundary with Cameroun, had to run away to secure their lives. On their return, they saw first hand the devastation to their houses and sadly to school structures, which led to low attendance and retention as the children had to be taught under trees. KIR Foundation decided to step in and rebuild the lives of the children and their communities through education. Kindly check our project reports on https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/educate-270-children-in-northern-nigeria/updates/
Keeping It Real (KIR) Foundation was established in 2010 as a non-profit and nongovernmental organization (RC 916541). KIR Foundation has been in operation since 2011 as a disability-inclusive organization with the primary objective of ‘inspiring change through learning’. KIR Foundation exists to transform the lives of vulnerable children, youth, persons with disabilities, prison inmates, women and our local communities through Education, Advocacy, Capacity and Sustainable Development Programs. KIR Foundation has its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a Liaison Office in Lagos and partnerships with various non-profit organizations and coalitions.
In the past 7 years, KIR Foundation has worked with 84 institutions in Nigeria (Adamawa State, Edo State, Imo State, Lagos State, Niger State, Plateau State, Rivers State, and Abuja the capital of Nigeria), making a difference in the lives of more than 18,238 beneficiaries. We have donated over 15,251 books, various educational supplies (exercise books, stationaries and learning aids), starter kits, farming implements and published ‘The Young Leader’s Guide; a leadership manual for young people. Kindly check our website for more details; www.kirfoundation.org.
Our vision - To raise innovative leaders committed to lifelong learning to transform their communities.
Our Mission: KIR Foundation is a Disability-Inclusive, Education, Advocacy, Capacity and Sustainable Development organisation, committed to inspiring life long learning and creating transformative change in the lives of vulnerable children, youth, persons with disabilities, prison inmates, women and our local communities.
TARGET BENEFICIARIES
Most deprived, marginalized and vulnerable groups in the society are our primary stakeholders. They include the following;
Vulnerable children - in orphanages and homes for street children who receive educational support and health insurance through us.
Youth - in and out of school youth with and without disabilities benefit from our after school academic projects, career guidance and counselling initiative, leadership, ICT and vocational training projects.
Persons with Disabilities - we raise awareness on physical, social, cultural, and communication barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from participating in society; promoting their inclusion in society. We develop their social and educational capacity so that they are included in all developmental issues.
Prison Inmates - we support prison adult literacy programs by donating books and educational supplies. We believe that education is an opportunity and effective way of sustainably preparing them for success outside of prison.
Women – Through our entrepreneurial project with rural farmers, women are supported to become key agents of positive change in the agricultural sector. We work with poor rural female farmers to promote household empowerment as a direct or indirect objective.
Local Communities – KIR Foundation organizes projects in our local communities which are targeted at disadvantaged groups to strengthen and build capacity especially as regards education. We partner with community-based nonprofits to ensure stakeholder engagement and sustainability.
In 2011; Donated 1672 Books, Impacted 130 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 878 Youth
In 2012; Donated 3710 Books, Impacted 82 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 989 Youth
In 2013; Donated 2390 Books, Impacted 18 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 4000 Youth
In 2014; Donated 1470 Books, Impacted 338 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 3728 Youth
In 2015; Donated 2948 Books, Impacted 726 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 4169 Youth
In 2016; Donated 1345 Books, Impacted 430 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 2236 Youth
In 2017; Donated 2001 Books, Impacted 826 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 2970 Youth
In 2018; Donated 6932 Books, Impacted 846 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 7220 Youth
In 2019; Donated 6978 Books, Impacted 866 Children with Learning Projects and Trained 7742 Youth
MILESTONES AND AWARDS
• Humanitarian Award by Rotaract Club Town Branch 2014
• Humanitarian Award by Association for Exceptional Children Practitioners Nigeria 2015
• Humanitarian Award by SWAGTV 2015
• Selfless Service Award by NECA's Network of Entrepreneurial Women 2016
• Service Project Award by Rotary Club of Port Harcourt GRA District 9140 2017
• AIESEC University of Port-Harcourt Partners Certificate of Recognition 2018
• Partnership with @PINDFoundation to train 75 youth with and without disabilities in Digital Skills through the Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (NDYEP) project.
• Partnered with Bonny Youth Resource Centre to host The Young Leadership Academy with 112 students and 5 teachers from 15 schools in attendance.
• Hosted the UN Global People's Summit in Port Harcourt.
• Received a Service Award from Rotary Club GRA District 9140 and a Humanitarian award from Education Fair Initiative.
• Certificate of appreciation by Rotary Club of Port Harcourt GRA District 9140 2019
• 4 Global Giving Badges for Top Ranked Organisation, Vetted Organisation, Staff Favorite Organisation and Effective Organisation.
