Richard Riakporhe Foundation CIC | Youth positive development and wellbeing through sport and mentoring in London | Structured physical activity and mentoring programmes for young people in alternative education settings London | Boxing and fitness programmes supporting wellbeing and personal development for young people London

Empowering Children Worldwide Through Education and Sport | Richard Riakporhe Foundation CIC | Youth positive development and wellbeing through sport and mentoring in London | Structured physical activity and mentoring programmes for young people in alternative education settings London | Boxing and fitness programmes supporting wellbeing and personal development for young people London

posted 28th April 2022

Posted 4 years ago

By Rodney Hinds

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Empowering Children Worldwide Through Education and Sport | Richard Riakporhe Foundation CIC | Youth positive development and wellbeing through sport and mentoring in London | Structured physical activity and mentoring programmes for young people in alternative education settings London | Boxing and fitness programmes supporting wellbeing and personal development for young people London

British-Nigerian boxing star Richard Riakporhe helping children around the world back into education

The star boxer has just returned from a week-long trip with Street Child to Maiduguri, a Boko Haram stronghold, in North-East Nigeria where he met children benefitting from Street Child programmes, spoke to community leaders and elders about the risks of being recruited into armed gangs and discussed the frontline work of local partners