Looks like a good initiative.

Sellfish:
The school used the bottles for Kunu and Zobo which it makes and gives the Children to hawk around

The kids are paying their fees with bottles and periodic hawking of Zobo and Kunu for the school

Na Zobo drink they your head instead of blood

I just love street
I wan go buy kunu with egg row
Wit pepsi before i make my spag jolof by 3pm
Man must bomb

cyrilamx:
Gloria Ikegbule

At a time plastic bottles are causing nuisance in the environment, parents in Morit International School, Ajegunle, Lagos have found an economical use for them. The school now allows parents to pay their children’s fees with cleanly sorted plastic bottles gathered from the environment.

This became possible after the school adopted the RecyclesPay Educational Project, an initiative of African Clean Up Initiative (ACI), an environmental non-governmental organisation in Lagos.

The school authority embraced the initiative following their concerned about reducing the burden of parents paying their wards fees. Over 25 parents of the low-income school have embraced the initiative whereby parents bring plastic wastes on designated days.

Wecyclers, the recycling company attached to the project comes to collect the plastic bottles after weighing what each parent brought.

Proprietor of the school, Mr. Patrick Mbamara, described the RecyclesPay Educational Project a a welcome initiative. ‘It is helping to cushion the financial burden of parents in the school. We have a history of parents finding it difficult to pay each term school fees of N7, 500.

“The money from the PET bottles is not much but it balances for what the parents can pay. I and my staff are happy with this initiative. It has improved parents payment of school fees and it teaches the children how to manage their waste and promote a cleaner environment.”

Mr. Alex Akhigbe, Chief Environmental Officer of ACI noted that the money realized by each parents might look small but it is of value. He explained that a kilo of the sorted plastics goes for N20 to N25, adding that little drops of money realized helps make up for the balance of the school fees.

His words: “PET bottles in the past were seen as waste but they are not anymore. Parents can raise money from collecting them and making them available to recyclers. They in turn convert it to other products usable by man.

“The recyclers weigh the plastic bottles and pen the kilogramme each parent brought. A kilogramme of PET bottles goes for N20 to N25 per kilo depending on the recycler. If a parent comes with 10 kilo, he or she will get N200 to N250. It looks like a huge effort is required. However; it’s valuable to the environment and parents struggling to pay their children’s school fees.

“Wecyclers comes two times a week to collect the sorted waste from the parents. This is to encourage parents who do not have space in their homes to be storing the waste.”

He concluded that the project, which started last year, was first introduced to Morit International School, Ajegunle. He added that more schools across the country were buying into it.

Elated by the commitment to the RecyclesPay Project, management of the Miss Earth Nigeria surprised the parent. Twenty students, whose parents showed active participation in the initiative were given scholarship by the organisation during the ‘Pick that plastic and stay in school’ held in the school.

The scholarship served as part payment of the school fees. The gathered recyclable of the parents will be used to complete the school fees for this term.

Maristella Okpala, Miss Earth Nigeria 2018 said Nigeria is a consuming nation and some people were not aware they could benefit from littered PET bottles, hence the need for thesensitisation.

Ibinabo Fiberesima, founder of Miss Earth Nigeria, who also donated waste bin to the school said if the environment is kept clean that it is the only way to live.

Mrs. Agnes Frances, one of the excited parents and beneficiary of the scholarship was full of joy for the surprise gift from the management of Miss Earth Nigeria. The 31 years old trader, whose child is in primary 1 said they have been struggling to pay school fee but the RecyclesPay Educational project is a good support.

Mrs. Mosurat Sulaimon, whose child is in nursery 1 said she participated in the project because of what she needed from it. She used her space at Boundary market, Ajegunle to heap the waste till collection time in the school.

The Recyclespay Educational programme is running presently at Morit International School, Ajegunle, Lagos and Road 12 Learning Center Ikota, Ilaje Ajah, Lagos.

It would also start next term at Monarch Base Private School, Alagbado, Lagos and some other schools.


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/in-ajegunle-school-parents-pay-fees-with-waste-plastic-bottles/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

please I have like 4bin bags of plastic in my office I'm looking for people to come buy is occupying space here tho

Sellfish:
The school used the bottles for Kunu and Zobo which it makes and gives the Children to hawk around

The kids are paying their fees with bottles and periodic hawking of Zobo and Kunu for the school

Taking a minute to read the post would have helped u.

Dos yeye fulani wil nt copy dz oooo dy wil b waiting for government as said by dir oga at d top of Miyetti association

what a great idea and initiative...but with this, i swear plastic bottles go be like gold 4 that area.

Ajegunle: greatest ghetto in the world.

N25 per kilo that's eveil
So 10kilo na N250 naira
When dem wan hustle the N7500 finish
Blood of buhari

Sellfish:
The school used the bottles for Kunu and Zobo which it makes and gives the Children to hawk around

The kids are paying their fees with bottles and periodic hawking of Zobo and Kunu for the school

Stop being an illiterate.

It is very important that you read and try to understand.
International communities are on here too.

Good idea
Environment awareness

I think Nigeria churches should use this system to replace tithes and offerings

Brilliant! Way to go!!!

Piggyyeeassterners Akaka...

Sellfish:
The school used the bottles for Kunu and Zobo which it makes and gives the Children to hawk around

The kids are paying their fees with bottles and periodic hawking of Zobo and Kunu for the school

u b mumu period

dvdwed:
This is good.
Meanwhile,






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If I have that amount of money,I would choose to be an investor/business patner rather than loan the money out.

Sellfish:
The school used the bottles for Kunu and Zobo which it makes and gives the Children to hawk around

The kids are paying their fees with bottles and periodic hawking of Zobo and Kunu for the school

sense will not kill you baba ..

Brilliant!!!

dvdwed:
This is good.
Meanwhile,






I need a loan facility of 1 million naira. Any genuine and reputable individual should reach me on dvdwede@gmail.com 08035322226. Thanks.

i love ur penchant for arrogance and pride in the way you beg.

u the borrower dont need to be genuine and reputable, it's the lender that should be.

Sellfish:
The school used the bottles for Kunu and Zobo which it makes and gives the Children to hawk around

The kids are paying their fees with bottles and periodic hawking of Zobo and Kunu for the school

Stop it naw ❗

Sellfish:
The school used the bottles for Kunu and Zobo which it makes and gives the Children to hawk around

The kids are paying their fees with bottles and periodic hawking of Zobo and Kunu for the school

i ask myself. Whogave birth to people like you? Where do u grow up?

Akwaibomdude:
is ajegunle in Nigeria ?

No ooo, na Canada.

Only produce the number of children your income can accommodate - reduce poverty in Africa!

chiedozie198100:


i love ur penchant for arrogance and pride in the way you beg.

u the borrower dont need to be genuine and reputable, it's the lender that should be.

tohyorsih2 pls don't register our sun in that school.

princenaira:
What do you expect from Ajegunle?

wetin you mean?

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Wow! seems like a welcome idea, but this is arrant nonsense first I think the parents are being victimized and exploited in the bargaining process, how earth would you pay 20-25# for a kilogram of pet bottles? Am very sure a whole bag of those pet bottles may hardly make up a kilo, as such will be required to bring thousands of bottles for possibly a thousand naira and be left with about six thousand naira to settle in three months. Secondly its major of distracting the pupils's attention because they'll have to go in search of pet bottles to take to school, for certainly the parents will not expected to go about refuse heaps and dumps looking for those bottles. If only the pay is good then toil and possible distraction would have been called for, but considering the victimisation and exploitation. It's indeed never a welcome idea, economic hardships is often the main reason behind things as this all people should learn not to take advantage of circumstances for personal and selfish ends.