About Us

Founder’s Vision

A world where gifted GIRLS from slums and marginalized communities grow to become SOLUTION PROVIDERS and Leading CREATIVE AMBASSADORS of AFRICA.

Founded by Seyi Oluyole in 2014 – Dream Catchers Academy was born from her experience of poverty as a child.

By the age of twelve, Seyi Oluyole knew she wanted to be an artist. She valued dancing and the arts of film production. She wrote her own music and recognized at an early age the unique influence of those in the art and entertainment industries. Yet still, like many of the young girls currently enrolled at Dream Catchers Academy, she was living in extreme poverty. Her parents worked tirelessly to provide for both her academic and artistic dreams. However, their efforts often fell short. From overly expensive tuition fees, homelessness, and first-hand trauma her desires of contributing to the world slowly dissipated. By the age of twenty-one, she was blessed with the opportunity to leave Nigeria and begin a new life in the United States. Over time however, she felt unfulfilled. While her own aspirations were thwarted, she believed she could create opportunities for other young girls who not only struggled in poverty as she had, but who also dreamt of life as an artist and entertainer.

By twenty-four, she moved back to Nigeria to found the Dream Catchers Academy. Her goal and the goal of her team at the academy is to counteract the detriments of growing up in the slums of Nigeria. Slum conditions are especially daunting for young girls. These environments are often laden with poverty, and trauma, given that young girls here are often the targets and victims of gender-based violence.

Moreover, many of these girls are passionate about arts. Through the Dream Catchers Academy, she strives to provide hope and opportunity for these girls to not only thrive in their wellness and education but to support their dreams of artistry.

Who we are

Empowered Girls will grow into Empowered women and will have a greater chance at escaping poverty and uplifting their communities.

At Dream Catchers Academy, we believe in the validity of every girl’s dream – We believe every girl deserves an equal opportunity to succeed irrespective of their background.

Our girls are popularly known to exude joy and confidence to the world through our social media presence and this has constantly set us apart. We have gotten the attention of both local and international celebrities.
We prepare our girls for the future by providing our girls with an introduction to the arts. We see the need to provide arts education not only because of its psychological benefits and economic empowerment but also the realization that we are all unique beings and so much of our economy (in Nigeria) is currently built on entertainment and the arts.

So many viewers across the globe write to us every day that our dance videos fill them with a sense of hope, joy, and inspiration. We want to do more of that! And this is why, every year, we go into the most hopeless places and marginalized communities to select young girls and give them a chance at a sustainable and desirable future.

We motivate girls for resilience, balance, and awareness of society at large.Our girls are enrolled in a number of skills to ensure that they grow to be financially independent.

Our Mission

Shaping a desirable future by building indigent and orphaned girls into solution providers and world leaders.

Our Vision

We envision a world where indigent and/or orphaned girls are educated, empowered and inspired through arts and music, tech, leadership skills and life skills.

What we stand for

Dream Catchers Academy for Girls BELIEVES in the validity of the dreams of the girl child; every child deserves an opportunity to succeed irrespective of their gender or background.

Dream Catchers Academy for Girls CHANGES the life of despondent/orphaned girls by bringing hope through education and the arts; thereby changing the path of their future and that of the world.

Dream Catchers Academy for Girls has CONFIDENCE in the talents and future of girls. If you educate a girl; you educate a generation.

Our Impact

Seyi Oluyole started Dream Catchers Academy with only 5 girls. One of these girls being Seun, who had become homeless after losing her father. Seyi began her mission to support and provide for these young girls living in poverty who were also passionate about the arts by opening up her apartment at the time to them. The numbers have grown from 5 to 40 young girls – with a chance to dream. They all have access to quality education, a safe home, feeding, welfare, all basic needs and a cyber family who loves them.

Through our program we have rescued over 10 girls from child marriages – giving them a safe home in our shelter. Over the years, we have directly and indirectly impacted and empowered over 10,000 girls and their families.

With our music and arts, we are constantly raising awareness for societal issues that affect girls and women like period poverty, child marriage, Female Genital Mutilation – to name a few.
We have partnered with organizations to build the first free formal Arts Academy in Nigeria – which caters to 100 talented girls from the slums and marginalized community in Nigeria.

Our Arts and dancing has gotten the attention of international attention from celebrities like Beyonce, Naomi Campbell, Rihanna, Diddy, Cardi B, John Boyega, Viola Davis to mention a few. We have also been featured on CNN African Voices Change Makers series, BBC, Aljazeera, Yahoo News, ET Canada and many more.

We rely on the strength of our advisors, donors, team and volunteers to create an organic movement in empowering, inspiring and educating gifted, vulnerable girls from marginalized communities.

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Long Term Goals

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