While many children in the UK will be settling in to their first term of the new year in September, a lot of children in Niger will not be so fortunate. Niger is one of the youngest countries in the world, with more than 50 per cent of its population aged 14 and younger. That’s over 10.74 million Nigeriens who should be in pre-primary (ages 4-6), primary (ages 7-12), or secondary school (ages 13-19). But so many aren’t, because there are just too many obstacles keeping them out.