Gifted
Paths
Foundation.
The gifts are always real.
The paths just need clearing.
"She started telling me about a few of her students. The brilliant ones. They hadn't come back."Miriam Ajayi · Founder · Iyana Yesi, Lagos
It started with a
phone call.
My mum runs a school in Iyana Yesi, Lagos. One evening she called me — voice different — and told me about a few of her students. The brilliant ones. The ones whose hands were always first in the air.
They hadn't come back. Not because they didn't want to. Their parents simply could not afford the fees.
I started paying quietly. It worked. They stayed. They excelled. But I knew personal generosity was not enough. These children deserved something permanent.
So I built it.
Read the Full StoryFour pillars.
One mission.
Sponsoring brilliant but financially vulnerable children. Fees paid directly to schools. Every child tracked each term.
Learn more →Restoring economic dignity for widows and vulnerable women. Skills, business support, welfare, and community. We restore — not just relieve.
Learn more →Digital skills, coding, entrepreneurship and leadership for ages 15–22. Building the next generation of Nigerian professionals.
Learn more →Showing up every season with gifts, recognition events, welfare outreach, and sustained school and church partnerships.
Learn more →Building deliberately.
Growing honestly.
Gifted Paths Foundation registered in May 2026. We are in our founding phase — prioritising depth of impact over speed of scale. These numbers will grow as the work grows.
July 2026 Update Coming Soon
After our founding school event, this section will show our first real community impact numbers — children reached, students recognised for excellence, and the first sponsored cohort announced.
Brilliance is evenly distributed.
Opportunity is not.
One term's school fees from ₦18,000. That is one child. One term. One path cleared. Every contribution goes directly to the children we serve.