The Face of Hope Ambassador, Nkiru Sylvanus, currently leading the campaign against child illiteracy in Nigeria, has expressed her determination to take less privileged children off the streets.

Sylvanus told the newsmen in Calabar after conducting a talent hunt for young people that the project, tagged, “I’ve Got Talent’’, a television reality show, had been a project of “Face of Hope” which is a branch of Rochas Foundation’.

According to her, the auditioning will be conducted in eight cities in Nigeria for the contest, which prize money is 50, 000 dollars.

She said the winner would also have a chance to champion the cause of free education in Nigeria.

“The Face of Hope office is mainly for raising funds for the continuous education of the poor. In raising that fund, we decided to create a special programme of activities.

“We are also looking at getting sponsors, investors, people that will come and we give you value for money and you also make more money to help take more children off the streets into schools.

“So, that gave birth to ‘I’ve Got Talent’ TV reality show which is what we are working on right now.’’

She said that she had been touring the states of Nigeria in search of talents.

“We have been going from state to state looking for raw talents; for people we can actually pick for the final auditioning in Abuja.

“We want to give them the opportunity to grow their talents and at the same time be part of the project.

“We just finished with the audition in Calabar and we are moving to Port Harcourt for the next audition.

“We have about eight cities that we are doing our auditions; we have finished in Enugu, we have done in Calabar, on Tuesday, we are moving to PH then Owerri, Benin, Ibadan, Lagos, Kaduna and Abuja.

“Thereafter, we are going to get all the competitors in one house before we get the final winner’’

She said that the talent hunt would involve people of different backgrounds.

“We are combining all the talents, including the fine arts, fashion designing, art and crafts. We also want to throw light on those talents that have been silent in the country like crafts.

The ambassador also told newsmen that some people came to the audition in Calabar with beaded materials.

“ We also have singing and dancing and acting.’’

She said that no fewer than 100 people would have the chance to feature at the grand finale billed for Abuja

“From each city we are picking 10 persons to Abuja, we will then narrow them down to 30.

“The 30 people will go into the house; the prize money for now is 50, 000 dollars.