Street Project Foundation Deploys Creative Arts to Canvass for Protection of Child Domestic Workers

Street Project Foundation, which uses creative arts as a tool to facilitate youth leadership development, social mobilization, and cross-cultural dialogue in conjunction with the Freedom Fund, which is funded by the United States Department of State Grant, is addressing exploitative child domestic work practices.
According to Mrs Rita Ezenwa-Okoro, founder and executive director of Street Project Foundation, “The aim of the ARTvocacy project is to create awareness about the precarious situation of child domestic workers and explore solutions to this societal menace. This sensitization will begin in Oworonshoki and Festac Town, Lagos.”
She disclosed that “ we have kicked off the first leg of the project, which involves training 25 youths from Oworonsoki. We shall use the creative arts to educate participants on their roles in protecting child domestic workers from harm in their community.”
In her words “After the first five days of our engagement, we all visited the Oba of Oworonsoki, HRH Oba Babatunde Saliu to intimate him on why we brought our project, ARTvocacy to his subjects in Oworonsoki community and presented the participants to him”.
In his response, the Kabiyesi lauded the initiative and applauded the Street Project Foundation, Freedom Fund, and the United States Department of State for the opportunities offered to the youth aimed at bringing growth and development to his domain.