Born from Love.
Built on Hope & Inclusion.

Baby Festus was Born

Mr. Afolabi and Mrs. Adewumi Fajemilo's son Festus was born and diagnosed with hydrocephalus at 2 months old. Facing no access to treatment or support in Nigeria, the family began a journey that changed thousands of lives.

Festus Fajemilo Foundation Incorporated

The vision about the foundation was concieved and FFF became the pioneer charity of Spina bifida and hydrocephalus to public awareness

Festus Fajemilo Foundation Launched & Incorporated

FFF was launched and formally registered in Lagos, Nigeria (CAC/IT/NO.24051) as a disability-focused not-for- profit beginning community awareness events and direct family outreach across Lagos State and its environ.

Self-Funded Parents Support Group Launched

Recognising that many other families faced the same isolation, Mr. and Mrs. Fajemilo initiate a self-funded Parents Support Group — the immediate precursor to the formal Foundation and a testament to community-driven action.

Child Development & Enabling Environment Programme

FFF launches its long-running Child Development programme, beginning systematic empowerment work for children with disabilities with the first grant funding from Lilane Foundation - Netherlands

FFF Connected with International Partners

FFF became 1st International Community Network member of Hydrocephalus Association in United States of America in 2012 and in the same year joined the global umbrella body for national associations of people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus – International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus to celebrate the 1st World Spina bifida and Hydrocephalus Day using global awareness to influence local impact. In 2013 FFF and Shine UK met, when the Co-founder of FFF (Afolabi Fajemilo) attended Shine’s annual general meeting while in the same year, FFF became a member of International Federation for Spina bifida and Hydrocephalus thus bringing international expertise, solidarity, and resources to Nigerian families with SBH for the first time.

Saving Lives! Improving Futures (SLIF) Continence Management project

Following meeting Shine UK in 2013, the latter played a host to three FFF staff on a Commonwealth Fellowship Programme to offer support in relation to governance, campaigns and fundraising in 2015. The period provide the opportunity on how Shine and FFF could support each other for which continence care for people with spina bifida was recognized as one area in Nigeria where good quality care was sorely lacking. In 2016, The SLIF project was launched to address the complex and often severe bowel and bladder issues common amongst babies, children and adults with spina bifida. The project has grown to support 11 public teaching hospitals as of 2025 to improve the quality of lives of more than 300 babies, children and young adults with spina bifida in 5 of the 6 regions of Nigeria. The project is still growing to reach much more.

Inclusive Education Project Launched

FFF begins its partnership with Liliane Foundation Netherlands to improve inclusive education across all 44 public inclusive schools in Lagos State through the cooperative teaching model.

RIRE Mental Health Initiative

Recognising the psychological toll of living with disability, FFF launches RIRE — a dedicated mental health project to promote inclusion and participation of people with psychosocial disability in Nigeria.

Covid-19 E-Learning Support to Lagos State Government

FFF in Partnership with Lagos State JONAPWD and Daughters of Charity of St. Vince De Paul launched Covid-19 E-Learning support to Lagos State government to ensure children with disabilities were not left behind soon as the State government commenced its E-Learning program during Covid-19 lockdown periods. FFF and its partners mobilized teachers across the 44 public inclusive schools in Lagos State for a period of 10 weeks to encourage parents to support their disabled children to connect to various digital learning platforms of the state government, provided sign language interpreters and developed adapted learning content for children with hearing and Intellectual disabilities. FFF ended with production of documentary that was adopted by Campaign for Inclusive Education United States as a model for providing education for children with disabilities during disaster and emergency situation.

Save-A-Life Initiative Launched

SALI provides critical needed surgical funding for children with SBH whose families cannot afford life-saving treatment — directly intervening to save hundreds of lives across Nigeria. The Foundation has from August 2023 supported 80 children and 88 surgeries till date and continuing……..

3,000+ Lives Impacted — Strategic Repositioning Underway

FFF has directly impacted over 3,000 Nigerians living with disability. The Foundation now embarks on its strategic plan — redefining its vision, expanding geographically, and strengthening capacity to mobilise all needed resources for sustained development and impact.