Shield City Media Coordinator Jeslyn Lemke interviews Laura American Laura Sharpe lives in Kano, Nigeria with her three children. Laura...

Fatty Giwa (pronounced Faw-tee) offers autism training for Nigerian mothers Parenting children with autism in Nigeria is challenging on...

Fahad and Adams in their new corner store in Kano Shield City soccer athletes Fahad and Adams are hard at work improving their corner...

Unidentified toddler in Nigeria Little Usman, 6, showed up at our door with his mama, on the edge of starvation from malnutrition. He is...

Sadeeq is six years old and has cerebral palsy; he has received play therapy at the Shield for three years Sadeeq’s family home burned...

Twice a week, little Nasreen's sister, 17, faithfully brings her down to Shield City in a taxi. Director Laura Sharpe says she is helping...

Yay! Birthday blast! Each year, we throw a huge birthday party for all our kids, complete with cupcakes and hats. This year, all 60 of...

The word is spreading throughout Nigeria about Shield City! A mother brought in her 6-year-old son Muhammad to us last month and shared...

Our mothers who drop off their kids have formed their own amazing community of support here!  The advantage to the class time for all of...

Halima is a 17 year old with Down Syndrome who has been coming faithfully to the center since we started in 2021.  Her mother has seen...

This is little Khalil in his new chair built just for him We are loving our new custom-built chairs for the kids! In 2024, our generous...

Look at that beautiful smile! We love you Hamdiya! Our sweet student Hamdiya, 10 years old, had THE TIME OF HER LIFE AT THE PLAYDATE! She...

The original house had no power or water, but with generous donors in the U.S., we renovated many features Everything at the house is now...

Shield City was previously using car seats we found along the highway to prop up children for their lessons. As many of you know because...

In working with the Imole Foundation ( www.imolefoundation.com ), our nineteen year old soccer athlete Abu has been able to secure a...

Little Noor rides the slide at Joyland! We just found a fun playground, Joyland Park, in town and it was a wonderful place for all 80 of...

Celebrating the abundance of an American Thanksgiving hits a little different when you live in sub-Saharan Africa (the 20 poorest...

Every once in a while, we like to highlight a child's amazing progress. Hear about little Aisha, who has changed dramatically in her...

Our new four-bedroom home/ office are up and running, but it is has been an uphill climb with no electricity, folks. We picked out a...