The GISSG was birthed from the QGF’s founder’s experience as a young orphan girl growing up in Nigeria and although she had very good education, she was plagued by the thought of her own mother’s experience as a young girl whose education was halted by her early marriage to the Monarch of Agbor Kingdom.

Queen Grace loved education and in her own little way, within her brief life, advocated for the education of women. This passion drove her to pursue a discipline in Law despite the limitations of being married at the age of 16 and having 4 children by the age of 23. Unfortunately, she died in a ghastly motor accident before the fulfillment of her academic dream. She was only 25 years old.

The scheme is to benefit the “girl child” in our society with particular focus on (but not limited to) girls of Agbor Kingdom where the late Queen hailed from. The focus is on rural development, i.e women and girls of University Entrance Age and Adult Education, particularly in the rural parts of the country who desperately need this scheme to better their lives as it is the strong belief of the QGF that educating girls, particularly girls within the rural community, will consequently lead to the liberation of that Community, State and/or Nation in the long term.