By Alexander Akhigbe | Project Leader
The socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on the Nigerian education system is limiting millions of kids from accessing quality education. From guardians losing jobs to schools being shut for months then coming out of lockdown and heading almost immediately into Protests calling for an end to Police brutality and injustice which has turned into a global movement with the now popular hashtag "ENDSARS”, these are amongst a few issues which have slowed down the pace at which progress is being made with out-of-school children. Lockdowns, health and security concerns witnessed as a result of both events meant schools had to be shut and the collection of recyclables being put on hold.
Now more than ever a solution the Recyclespay Educational Project has proved its relevance as more and more schools have continued to adopt the medium due to the alarming increase of parents who default in payment of school fees.
This waste to education intervention (Recyclespay Educational Project) which has both directly and indirectly made underprivileged communities see the value in the sustainable use of waste and in turn has brought about behavioral change and interests of more schools within disadvantaged communities to participate.
We established our presence through recycling advocacy programs in schools for students and sensitization programs during PTA (Parents Teachers Association) meetings prior to the lockdown in Nigeria as a result of the pandemic. Currently, we have adopted more virtual means of communicating with schools, this got us operating in eight (8) low-income schools and we have been able to pick-up recyclables from them before the lockdown and during the ease of the lockdown.
These eight low-income schools got to contribute their own quota by getting recyclables asides from what the parents bring to the school for their kids and at the end of the day whatever is realized is used to get academic materials, maintain the school structure and get more kids to remain in school.
So far we have recovered 2710.01kg of recyclables from eight (8) low-income schools and have impacted 107 households within the space of four (4) months.
We would like to extend our unreserved appreciation to every single person who has put a smile on the face of vulnerable kids’ and impacting the lives of their family. We appreciate you for your generous donations, your support has truly made a difference.
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