Raquel Kasham Daniel

Raquel Kasham Daniel is a social entrepreneur, educator and author of several books including FLOW: a girl's guide to menstruation. She has received numerous awards for her work with educating marginalised children in Nigeria. She is also a recipient of the African Luther King Heroes Award. She founded Beyond the Classroom Foundation as a response to the social and educational needs of underprivileged children and created Nzuriaiki.com (now voluserve.com), an online platform that connects nonprofits with volunteers in Africa. She also co-founded Bambini Africa, creators of Bambini Books and Bambini TV.

Early life
According to her account from interviews, Daniel is from Kaduna State and lived in Kaduna and Lagos most of her life. She is the first child in a family of four and the only girl. She lost her dad when she was sixteen and her mother four years later.

Education
Daniel is an alumnus of University of Lagos.

Awards and recognition

 * African Luther King Heroes Award
 * Women Social Entrepreneurs Award.
 * Women Achievers Award
 * Honour Nigeria Community Development Award.
 * La Roche Leadership Award