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Solid Foundation Youth & Teen Ministry Profile
1. Caring for teenagers
A TEEN FOCUSED
NON GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION
Brief Profile of SOLID FOUNDATION
2. Caring for teenagers
The Wonder Years
The Teenage years represent :
A time of Transition
A quest For Identity
A crisis period – They are neither
children nor adults.
Teenagers develop new peculiarities:
A strong sense for adventure for anything
new : social media, music, movies,
relationship, games, pornography e.t.c.
The need to belong
Growing desire to reject any form of
constriction of their freedom
3. Caring for teenagers
The Gap
Most parents are faced constantly with a growing sense of
inadequacy to meet the challenge of parenting their teens
4. Caring for teenagers
Bridging the Gap
In 1991, Solid Foundation was formed as a non governmental organization with the
sole aim of caring for teens in the following ways:
Equipping parents, schools, religious and social organizations with the necessary
knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of raising teenagers.
Organize teen focused events such as annual camps with the aim of creating
communication channels to them so as to help them address issues and challenges
they face.
Solid Foundation is a volunteer-based NGO and the core of its volunteer work-force is
made of professionals in various careers such as medical, banking, real estate and
education.
5. Caring for teenagers
Our Mission
Creating an enabling environment for realizing
the potentials of teenagers and youths
6. Caring for teenagers
Our Vision
To be the foremost resource provider and
reference point in teenage and youth
development in Nigeria and beyond
7. Caring for teenagers
Meeting the Teenagers
Our Teen focused events include these:
Solid Camps: an 8-day annual camping experience. This year would be our
22nd annual camp since 1992
Solid Gold: an annual musical event.
Decisions and Commitment (D&C): Sexual Abstinence campaigns
Clinics: Group therapy sessions
Just Guys: Mentoring program for young men
Individual Counseling sessions
A number of these programs have been sponsored by corporate
organisations such as MTN, Elizade Motors,
8. Caring for teenagers
Equipping Parents & Care-givers
Our work is :
Workshops: focused on teen relevant subjects such as media, music etc
Seminars and Resource Support.
Institutional Capacity building support: We assist schools and churches
in training their teen workers and teachers on how
Over the years, we have established partnerships with a number of schools such as
Dansol Schools, Greensprings, Corona and Christ The Redeemer College.
9. Caring for teenagers
Looking Into The Future
Our over 20 years of teen work gives us the
firm conviction that where parents and care-
givers create the right environment, teenagers
grow and develop with the right identity to be
productive and responsible members of the
larger society as adults.
We are committed in partnering to create this
right environment.
10. Caring for teenagers
Contact Information
Solid Foundation Office
85 St Finbarr Road,
Akoka, Yaba,
Lagos
Wola Ojo
+234 802 368 7679
wolawoz@yahoo.com