 In a bid to return out-of-school children to the four worlds of schools, the Special Youth Leadership Foundation has put smiles on the faces of 5,000 children in five years. The foundation initiated by Mr. Adani and Cheyi Akinwale was officially launched in Lagos. Our correspondent Paul George reports that the foundation hopes to reach 100,000 children in Niger and other African nations by 2030. It's an evening of joy and to reflect on the journey and project for the future on how to increase the number of beneficiaries of the Special Youth Leadership Foundation, an initiative founded by Mr. and Mrs. Dami and Cheyi Akinwale. In the hall are predominantly young men and women in corporate organizations who are donors, parents, guidance of beneficiaries, the beneficiaries, friends and families. The founder and his wife take the audience through journey. One of the things we do at the Special Youth Leadership Foundation is ensuring that the solutions that we provide to children are sustainable. We understand that it's counterproductive when you provide education opportunities to one child and you can't sustain that too. And so what we do is ensuring that whatever we do is sustained over the period. So we provide scholarship opportunities throughout the primary and secondary school years of the child. Many out of our monthly earnings and small possessive we started have put, we always set aside funds to try to be a solution to the problem we find in the continent of Africa. The Special Youth Leadership Foundation is an NGO that is registered to ensure that we can provide our impact work in a very sustainable and pragmatic way. That is also skillable to ensure that we can reach out to more children across the continent of Africa. The Special Youth Leadership Foundation started probably when my husband was in his teenage years. He's always had the passion to send people who couldn't afford to go to school and fund their schooling really. The major reason for the backing of their education is that there are over 15 million children in Nigeria alone who are out of school and that's a big number. If you think about the opportunities those kids are going to have, if they continue in the line they are in, it's not going to be a lot. A lot of them will end up becoming mis-grants, criminals, not because they don't have a choice, they really don't have a choice. That's what the country has had to offer them. And so the foundation is really to try and give them another alternative, a better opportunity, a better way of life if possible and just give them a chance in life. Watching from the screen in the hall, President Ulusegun Obasanjo advises the youth to make a positive difference. And what you are doing is you are making youth to become part of the solution of youth problem and national problem because youth on the government, youth on the government, youth obsession of education and skill are part of the problem of youth and part of the national problem in this country. Don't let's take to the podium to speak about the partnership. I'm happy to say to you today that in the last five years we've been able to send close to 5,000 kids to school, to school in one way or the other. But that's not phenomenal work when we put the context of what we have to do. We've set an achievable ambition for ourselves to get 100,000 kids in school by 2030. It sounds like a large number, but with the resources that have been available to us in such a short time, we've seen what we've done with 5,000. I'll teach you a little bit, do you like that? Thank you. I'm lazy here, okay? Please watch me carefully. I'm lazy. If I say what's up, okay? I'm lazy. I'm lazy. You. I'm lazy. I'm lazy, okay? I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. I'm lazy. And dreams seem shattered. What's wrong with catching them young? Molding and shipping them for where they belong. Equipping them with the premises so that they can become strong, members of society have exactly to be achieved this. If we are non-challenged today, if we know and throw away these gems from you, let's wait for it not to be passed away as they struggle to get by every other day." Winding down as guests eat and drink is an emotional moment. Beneficiaries show appreciation for the support they have so far received. Since the time my dad died, it has not been for me, my brother and my sisters. My dad died when I was five years old. When my mom came across Special Foundation, they helped me in lifting so many people from her. Special Foundation did not only help in my financial support, but they also fill in the gap. My prayers for me to be part of the beneficiary of this special youth leadership foundation has motivated me to always keep my great hope and to be high in my academic performance. The eye point of the event is the presentation of awards to volunteers, donors, corporate organizations and ambassadors. Paul, George, Plus TV News.