The Nigeria children Arts and Cultural Festival (NACAF), is a tripartite children’s project designed as an annual children’s festival of art exhibitions, skills acquisition and the Nigerian children’s ethno-modern carnival campaign against street child menace, child prostitution, and lack of child-education Also, introducing to the Nigerian Child the essence of ONENIGERIA’ by integrating the Nigerian Child through grooming.
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Impacting skills empowerment on arts & craft-science as self-reliance career and engineering entrepreneurship capacity in them, towards rebuilding the Nigeria of our dream-a brighter Nigerian future.
Secondly, NACAF Is designed as an advocacy campaign titled CATCH THEM YOUNG, to build children in skills acquisition for the future leadership of Nigeria.
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Thirdly, NACAF is designed to introduce a sustainable NACAF EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND (NACAF ETF) scheme for the less privileged child in Nigeria to attain education and skills acquisition, in which the trust funds will be generated and sustained from the public domain donations through the NACAF
ETF collection-box that will be positioned at every public high-traffic centre such as hotels, eateries, shopping centres, clubs, religious organisations, corporate organisations, government offices, tourist parks, long-distance commercial bus stations, event centres, event concert points, interstate toll-gate points, open general markets, campuses, local restaurants, airports, etc.
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NACAF OBJECTIVES & ANALYSIS
NACAF is designed as a national annual medium to address and protect the FUTURE of the Nigerian Child and NIGERIA, and as such promote the following: To celebrate the Nigerian Child and protect the future of Nigeria., To initiate and introduce a NACAF Education Trust Fund (NACAF ETF) scheme for the less privileged child in Nigeria, that will be generated, achieved and sustained from public donation through every public traffic centre such as hotels, eateries, shopping centres, clubs, religious organisations, corporate organisations, etc.
To formulate ways of forging sustainable sociocultural values through protecting and reorienting the future generation of Nigeria, to engender a great nation. Rebuilding the Nigerian future through children’s CATCH THEM YOUNG initiative.
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Exposing the Nigerian Child to the ideals, leadership roadmap and the thinking process of the nation through the essence of creativity in arts, science, technology, religious tolerance, education, law order, tourism and other features that define Nigeria.
Annually commemorating the Children’s Day celebration with Arts Exhibition against child abuse, child molestation, child labour, child trafficking, less-privileged children and lack of child and lack child education; and Children’s Ultramodern Carnival.
To celebrate the Nigerian Child as a platform to champion the future of the AFRICAN CHILD, as Nigeria is the most populous cultured nation in Africa.
The NACAF annual event will serve as a panacea to address the various sociocultural, socio-moral, socioeconomic, and political challenges affecting the Nigerian Child; and reorient the mindset of the Nigerian Child through sound education, and socio-cultural values, arts, craft science and skills acquisition.
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REGISTRATION MODULE REQUIREMENTS Participant’s eligibility is for children from 6years -16 years, Registration portal will be opened 4months before the event kick-off, and the Registration of participants will be done respectively by the following parties: Parents/guardian/sponsors, Secondary/Primary schools management, Religious organisations, Foundations/NGOs/Orphanage homes, etc, Performing Arts Academies/Companies/Troupes (for children), Sports Academies/Clubs, States Ministries for Youth Developments/Local Government, Military Primary/Secondary schools, Paramilitary agencies such as – Boys/Girls Scout, Boys/Girls, Brigade, Man O’war, etc., Adults’ carnival performers will be allowed to register and participate in the carnival.
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BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Allocation of Cultural Dance Instructor, Free Exhibition/1Tour, Funfair (Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Children Games, Fashion Runway), Carnival Caps, Participation in the March Past Competition, Participation in an inter-school cultural dance competition, Participation in the inter-school Arts competition, Certificate of Participation for Schools/Groups, Award for Winners Attendance of Students.
NACAF is created by Oshodi Arts gallery to take place at the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (formerly known as LASPOTECH in Ikorodu) on the 26th and 27th of May 2022, 9am-6pm daily.
