Slum Art Foundation, an NGO, has officially unveiled the first Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle-built school for slum children in Ijora Badia community, Lagos.
In a statement, the Co-Founder, Slum Art Foundation, Adetunwase Adenle, said the project was to allow access to art education in a creative environment.
Adenle said that the school building project, which commenced in 2019, provided access to learning, mentorship, and training in a creatively conducive environment to underserved children in Nigeria.
According to him, by providing access to education, the children will learn the skill sets they need to become valuable members of society.
He explained that the building project was funded by World Connect, a global initiative that invests directly in the ideas of local leaders to drive self-sustaining development in their communities.
He also said “As a not-for-profit organisation, the foundation’s activities are meant to provide learning support in the Ijora Badia community by training, mentoring, and reforming mindsets of children in the slum.
“This has continued to help in grooming a new set of young art enthusiast,” he said.
