It is also where siblings learn to care for each other and defend other family members, it is where children learn to differentiate between right and wrong, discover the concept of the community and form the foundation upon which their entire life structure is so built. Unfortunately, the family, over time has lost its values, shamefully to the cults of “self fulfillments” and the “Me Generation”. Returning the family to its rightful place in society is the key to securing the future of our nation, and indeed the world at large. Kids of today, constantly barraged by unhealthy messages from their school, friends, and their choices of entertainment brought right into their family living room (and sometimes, into their bed rooms) have made parenting in this day and age a difficult task. It is on record that our society, up to just after the later Missionaries left the scene, courtesy our ‘rule of power’, our children were doing quite well regarding behavioral attitudes and all that went with it.

Today, after some 30 years of misrule leading to the neglect of family values, part of the consequences include child abuse, child labour, teen violence, substance abuse, the breakdown of the family and countless other by-products of a relativistic culture. At least in Lagos today, there are reports of children on the streets doing real hard drugs while recently kid-hawkers are said to have picked up the new habit of glue sniffing and cello tape chewing. These kids come from some homes and each belongs to a family. These kids become hard adults and the society becomes worse for it as their activities promote violence, and unfortunately, the spread of STI / HIV / AIDS, and other diseases. It is in response to these trends and other family related issues that Families Alive International is raised. We welcome you to join hands with us where possible in making the world a better place to live in. Many thanks.