By Rotimi Agbana

The CEO of UMEH Group, Xolane Ndlovu, popularly known as Master Ziggy, has announced through his foundation – Ziggy Foundation, that he would be putting smile on the faces of the less-privileged, most especially out of school kids.

Inspired by a viral story of a young school girl, Success who was refused writing her exams over her inabilities to pay her fees, Xolane’s main aim is to enroll as many out of school kids back into the classroom.

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Ziggy Foundation, according to Xolane which is confirmed by a circular on UMEH Group’s website, has set aside 10 million naira for the #FundKidsLikeSuccess campaign. The campaign is to run across Africa looking for kids that are out of school and getting them back into the classroom and would receive additional funding every year to the tune of 10 million naira.

Already, the initiative has begun activities; Success who inspired the campaign was the first beneficiary of the campaign, also another set of two kids who were found to be homeless and out of school has been taken off the streets and enrolled into a school. Interestingly, there is no limitation to the assistance of this initiative as kids from every part of Africa can benefit from it.

The #FundKidsLikeSuccess is a collaborative efforts between every individual and Ziggy Foundation; with a smartphone, one can upload a story on Instagram using the hash tag.

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This campaign is one out of many plans from the Ziggy Foundation, Xolane in an email rolled out plans about setting up an entrepreneurship center for ex-convicts because of his own experience serving time.

He said: “Most ex-offenders can’t get employment because of their past criminal records, so this center will be building tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and business people, they will be starting their own businesses instead of having to face the stigma of being an ex-convict when seeking employment.”