WHO WE ARE

About LETSAI

Learning Through Skills Acquisition Initiative is a Nigerian nonprofit working on human rights, community development and humanitarian response.

OUR STORY

Our organisation

Learning Through Skills Acquisition Initiative (LETSAI) is a youth-led nonprofit founded in June 2015 and registered with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission in March 2018.

Our work brings together disability inclusion, gender equality, livelihoods, psychosocial support and peacebuilding. We work alongside communities, organisations of persons with disabilities, civil society and public institutions.

OUR MISSION

Our mission

To strengthen community skills, advance gender equality and disability inclusion, and improve access to the support people need to live with dignity.

OUR VISION

Our vision

Communities where people can participate, make decisions and pursue their potential, free from violence and discrimination.

HOW WE WORK

Community participation and accountability

Participation

Community priorities and lived experience guide how we design and deliver our work.

Dignity

We centre respect, accessibility and the rights of women, young people and persons with disabilities.

Accountability

We value responsible use of resources, clear reporting and learning from programme delivery.

LEADERSHIP

Mariam Oyiza Aliyu

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mariam’s work connects public health, human rights and inclusive development. She holds an MSc in International Public Health from Liverpool John Moores University and a BSc in Medical Radiography from the University of Maiduguri.

Her leadership draws on international experience across Africa, Europe and Asia, alongside years of community programme delivery and partnership development through LETSAI.