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Today is the International Day of the Boy, and we are raising a glass to all the boys in our Literacy Amidst Violent Conflicts (LAVC) program, especially the students of Mount Saint Gabriel’s Secondary School, Makurdi, an all‑boys school...
We are thrilled to share that our very first poetry collection, Under the Moonlight: Youth Poems of Resistance to Violence in Rural Southern Kaduna, is now in print. Whoopie!This anthology features poems and drawings created by the inaugural cohort...
We are delighted to share that our founder, Jennifer Chinenye Emelife, has received funding for our educational project, Literacy Amidst Violent Conflicts (LAVC) Youth Fellows: Critical Literacy for Peace in Nigerian Conflict Regions, from the DKG International Educators Foundation...
Literacy Amidst Violent Conflict (LAVC) is excited to announce its first LAVC Fellow Program, the Youth Fellowship! This fellowship is a pilot project, made possible through the support of the McCarthey Dressman Academic Enrichment Grant and the Library of...
In February 2025, Literacy Amidst Violent Conflict (LAVC) began its first implementation with COEC Model Schools in rural Southern Kaduna. There, we used the young adult novel, Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree as an anchor text for co-creating critical...
On this year’s International Day of Literacy, we are proud to announce that Literacy Amidst Violent Conflict (LAVC), an initiative led by Jennifer Chinenye Emelife, has been named a 2025 Library of Congress Literacy Awards recipient under the Emerging...
Constructive conflict education helps students examine the root causes of violence, analyze its consequences, and explore the perspectives of both perpetrators and victims. While valuable, conflict education can also be challenging, especially for young people who may have directly...
Recent herdsmen and farmer conflicts in various Nigerian communities have brought violence, loss, and fear, complex realities that many students carry with them into the classroom. These issues are difficult to discuss, especially when students come with different personal...
