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Building a World Where Every Child is Safe, Visible and Protected

Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to protecting the rights, dignity, safety, and wellbeing of children, while also advancing the welfare of women and other vulnerable members of society.

Founded on 15 November 2006 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier university, CRACO was established by Mr. Joseph Igwe, then a final-year law student, together with colleagues who were researching child rights issues in Africa.

Their research exposed the alarming prevalence of child abuse, exploitation, neglect, trafficking, child labour, and other forms of violence affecting millions of children across Africa, particularly in Nigeria. One publication that profoundly influenced the founders was UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2006 report, titled “Excluded and Invisible.”

That report inspired CRACO’s enduring vision and motto:

“Making the Child Included and Visible.”

Since its inception, CRACO has remained dedicated to building a society where every child is protected, every woman is respected, and every vulnerable person has access to justice, dignity, and opportunity.

Today, CRACO operates with volunteers, professionals and supporters across Nigeria, with its headquarters in Lagos State, and remains committed to building a future where every child is protected, empowered, and given the opportunity to thrive.

 

Our Mission

To protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence through advocacy, education, humanitarian intervention, legal protection, strategic partnerships and public enlightenment, while promoting the rights and welfare of women and vulnerable persons.

Our Vision

A world where every child grows up safe, protected, respected, empowered and visible; where women and vulnerable persons enjoy equal protection under the law; and where justice is accessible to all regardless of social or economic status.

 

What We Do

CRACO’s work combines prevention, protection, advocacy, education, humanitarian support, and legal intervention.

Child Rights Advocacy

We promote child rights through:

  • Public advocacy and policy engagement
  • Community sensitisation programmes
  • Educational materials and publications
  • School outreach initiatives
  • Rights education for children and young people
  • Lectures, seminars, and workshops
  • Research and publications
  • Documentaries, music, and film productions
  • Digital advocacy through traditional and social media

Our school-based programmes equip children and young people with knowledge of their rights and personal safety, helping them recognise and report abuse both online and offline.

Protection of Women and Vulnerable Persons

We recognise that children’s wellbeing is closely connected to the wellbeing of their caregivers. For this reason, CRACO also works to protect women—particularly widows and victims of domestic violence—as well as other vulnerable members of society who are often subjected to abuse, discrimination and injustice.

Pro Bono Legal Services Through CRACO Solicitors

A unique aspect of CRACO’s work is its dedicated legal services department, CRACO Solicitors. Recognising that justice should never depend on financial ability, CRACO Solicitors provides free (pro bono) legal representation and legal assistance to:

  • Abused and vulnerable children
  • Victims of domestic violence
  • Women facing abuse, discrimination or oppression
  • Vulnerable and indigent persons who cannot afford legal representation

Working in collaboration with relevant government agencies, law enforcement authorities and our strategic partner, the Children’s Legal Aid Center (CLAC), we intervene in cases involving violations of child rights and gender-based violence. Our legal team assists with reporting, protection measures, investigation support, legal advice and representation, and where necessary, support the arrest and prosecution of perpetrators.

Our legal interventions have resulted in the rescue and protection of numerous children from sexual abuse, physical violence, emotional abuse, neglect, trafficking and other forms of exploitation.

For many vulnerable families, CRACO Solicitors represents not merely legal counsel, but hope, protection and a pathway to justice.

Humanitarian Support

CRACO provides practical assistance to vulnerable children and disadvantaged families through:

  • Welfare interventions
  • Educational assistance
  • Support for less privileged children
  • Donations to orphanages and child welfare homes
  • Emergency assistance in deserving cases

We believe that every child deserves not only protection from abuse but also the opportunity to survive, develop and reach his or her full potential.

Donation of food items and toiletries Orphanage home

Our Global Commitment

CRACO is a proud member of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, joining governments, civil society organisations and international partners in the collective effort to eliminate violence against children.

Every report of abuse received by CRACO is treated with urgency, professionalism and compassion, and .

Our commitment is unwavering:

No child should suffer abuse in silence.

 

Support Our Mission

Every rescue operation, legal intervention, school sensitisation programme, awareness campaign and humanitarian outreach requires resources.

As the demand for our services continues to increase, we depend on the generosity of individuals, families, organisations, foundations, corporate bodies and development partners who share our vision of a safer and more just society.

Every contribution—regardless of its size—helps transform lives and gives hope to those who need it most.

Your support will help us to:

  • Expand child protection programmes 
  • Reach more schools and communities
  • Rescue children from abuse and exploitation.
  • Provide free legal services through CRACO Solicitors.
  • Support victims of domestic violence.
  • Deliver child rights education in schools and communities.
  • Conduct awareness campaigns across Nigeria.
  • Provide emergency welfare support to vulnerable children and families.
  • Strengthen advocacy for child protection and women’s rights.
  • Sustain and expand our humanitarian operations to reach more communities  across Nigeria.

Join Us in Making a Difference

Make a Donation

Every child deserves to be safe, visible, heard, and protected. Every survivor of abuse deserves access to justice. Every vulnerable person deserves dignity and hope.

By supporting CRACO and CRACO Solicitors, you become part of a movement that is transforming lives and building a more just and compassionate society.

You can support our humanitarian and legal aid programmes by making a financial donation to:

Account Name: Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation

Bank: Ecobank Nigeria Plc

Account Number: 5702026771

Your generosity helps us provide protection, justice and hope to abused children, victims of domestic violence, women and other vulnerable persons who have nowhere else to turn.

Material Donations

We also welcome donations of educational materials, clothing, food items, medical supplies, office equipment and other humanitarian relief items.

Material donations can be delivered to our office at:

Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

No. 12 Oduyemi/Adegbola Street,

Opposite Ikeja Local Government Secretariat,

Off Obafemi Awolowo Way,

Anifowoshe, Ikeja,

Lagos State,

Nigeria.

Contact Us

Office Address

No. 12 Oduyemi/Adegbola Street,

Opposite Ikeja Local Government Secretariat,

Off Obafemi Awolowo Way,

Anifowoshe, Ikeja, Lagos State,

Nigeria.

Telephone

+234 806 766 3025

+234 802 846 8268

Email

info@cracong.org

cracong@gmail.com

Together We Can Change Lives

Every child deserves to be safe.

Every survivor deserves justice.

Every vulnerable person deserves hope.

By supporting Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO) and CRACO Solicitors, you become part of a movement committed to protecting lives, defending human dignity, and ensuring that no child is excluded, invisible, or left behind.

Together, let us make every child Included and Visible.

 
 

CRACO LATEST NEWS

 
Donation of food items and toiletries Orphanage home
Donation of books to a school
Sharing cooked food to less privileged children
Renovating an Orphanage home
Cash gift to underprivileged women
Preparing meal to feed street children
Gift of sanitary pads to school girls
One on One Counselling to children who are victims of abuse
Launch of child rights educational book titled – My Right My Future
Receiving United Nations Award
Children participating in child rights awareness campaign
Child rights sensitisation at motor park in Ikeja Lagos