Olympic rugby champion Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang is bringing his story home to Nigeria to inspire children to dream big.

His first children’s book, already written with support from TotalEnergies, will debut in Ibibio, the language of his fatherland in Akwa Ibom.

Now we want to take the story further.

For the first 7 days, your impact goes twice as far.

Thanks to TotalEnergies, every donation will be matched dollar for dollar up to $5,000, doubling the number of books we can translate, print, and place into the hands of children across Nigeria.

Give today and help turn one story into thousands.

Through this campaign, NABU will translate the book into Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, print thousands of copies, and distribute them to children across Nigeria.

Together we can turn one story into a nationwide literacy movement.

What Your Support Makes Possible

Your donation helps translate, print and distribute Aaron’s story to children across Nigeria.

$25 — Story Supporter: Help print storybooks for children discovering reading for the first time.

$50 — Classroom Reader: Provide books that can be shared in a classroom during read-aloud sessions.

$100 — Language Champion: Support translation of Aaron’s story into Nigerian languages so more children can read it in their mother tongue.

$500 — Community Builder: Help deliver books to schools and community reading programs.

$1,000 — Literacy Partner: Fund large-scale printing and distribution to multiple schools.

$10,000 — National Impact Sponsor: Help bring Aaron’s story to thousands of children across Nigeria through translations, print runs and nationwide read-aloud events.

Milestone Progress

$10K → Translation

$20K → Printing

$30K → Distribution

$40K → National Read-Alouds

$10,000 — Translation Begins

Aaron’s story translated into Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba

$20,000 — Books Printed: Thousands of copies printed for schools and libraries.

$30,000 — National Distribution: Books delivered to classrooms and community reading programs.

$40,000 — Nationwide Impact: Children across Nigeria receive books and participate in read-aloud events with Aaron.

Every contribution helps place a story into a child’s hands.