Social Report (2017/2018) - AMFEST EXPO
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Social Report (2017/2018) Using Non-degradable Waste to Promote Early Childhood Education in Ibadan.
Transcript of Social Report (2017/2018) - AMFEST EXPO
Social Report (2017/2018)
Using Non-degradable Waste to Promote Early Childhood Education
in Ibadan.
Executive Summary
• Our social work involves training vulnerable children in low income communities (as a school extracurricular) to use non-degradable waste to create African art works that is sold, so that funds raised is ploughed back into their education, support and back into their education, support and welfare.
Vulnerable children (no child labour),
Green initiative (waste to art),
Educational support (scholarships and funding),
African art works (chattels, sales and real value).
•One of our recycle art works.
Problem Statement• UNICEF reports that 1 in 5
children labour for sustenance in Nigeria, with Ibadan topping the chat.
The mental, physical, emotional, and financial demand on these children is demand on these children is high, making them lose focus on schooling and eventually becoming school drop outs.
• There is need for a sustainable solution to tackle this challenge.
• Indigent children in Orogun community joining us for a local campaign.
What We Do
• We train indigent children on green entrepreneurship –teaching them to recycle non-degradable waste in their communities to art works that can be sold, in order to marginalize the rate order to marginalize the rate of out-of-school caused by child labour
• Children in Orogun grammar school recycling with pastel chalks and waste papers.
How we do it
• Presenting learning and teaching aids to Abadina grammar school, Ibadan, for TED Global.
How we do it. Cont’d• Title: exploring waste to create
wealth in our children.
• Target: indigent children in low income communities.
• Purpose: using art to finance • Purpose: using art to finance and support early childhood education.
• Date of commencement: July 15th, 2017.
• Children just finished a practical class on recycling.
How we do it. Cont’d• Method: children use non-
degradable waste to create African themed art works for sale (as a school extracurricular program).
• Impact: 1,678 (5 – 17 years) • Impact: 1,678 (5 – 17 years) beneficiaries till date.
•After giving scholarships at Ajibode grammar school
Area of Support
• School fees: Fees for 16 primary and Secondary School Students have been paid in 13months of initiation.
• WAEC registration: 4 Students have been enrolled Students have been enrolled for the regional examination as of today.
• Learning aids: More than 600Units of Chalks, Markers, Notebooks, Pens have been supplied to 5 schools.
•Supplying cartons of learning and teaching aids
Area of support. Cont’d
• Library refurbishment: over 3,000 notebooks, text books, journals, written literatures, etc are being donated to 5 secondary school libraries (currently ongoing).
• Capacity Development: over 1,500 children have been trained on informal art creation processes.
• Capacity development at community grammar school
Testimonies.• 3 of 4 children whom we paid their
school fees and waec registration fees passed successfully, with minimum of 7 credits.
• Every other child whom we paid their school fees have successfully been promoted to the next grade, with no repeat or drop out recorded.promoted to the next grade, with no repeat or drop out recorded.
• 10 art works have been bought with prices ranging from N8,000 to N30,000. all proceeds went back to educational funding and support of indigent children.
• FARi presentation at the AMFEST EXPO 2018.
Recognitions
• World bank social inclusion heroes,
USA (currently ongoing).
• Youth Citizenship Entrepreneurial Award, Belgium (voting currently ongoing, 2018).ongoing, 2018).
• 234 entrepreneurial challenge, Nigeria, (1st Prize, 2018).
• Barrack Obama’s YALI fellowship, Ghana, (2018).
• Inspire Africa fellowship, Nigeria, (2018). •Presenting one of our recycle arts to Facilitators from Dartmouth
college, USA at Inspire Africa’s train-the-trainers fellowship, 2017.
AccountingKindly see a detailed accounting in the last 13 months.
Real life Backgrounds of Recipients
•Ogbebor Esther•Orangun Oluwakemi, •Ogbebor Esther•Age: 17 years•Sex: female•Status: from a single home, mother has partial stroke and hawks food for a living•Challenge: unable to raise funds for school fees and waec reg. fee•Present: we supported with school fees and waec reg. fees, and she passed with flying colors.•Need: to further to University with scholarship (she wants to study guidance and counselling).
•Orangun Oluwakemi, •Age: 17years•Sex: female•Statue: father unemployed, mother does petty trade.•Challenge: Her grandfather refused to pay her fees and drove her from the house because she refused to give into abuse•Presently: graduate od Ajibode grammer school, after receiving financial and pyscological support.•Need: she still needs sponsors for her university education (she wants to study music).
Our Team• Onothoja Ogheneruona• Age: 22 years• Sex: Male• Status: Veterinary Medical Student, University of Ibadan• Role: Executive Director, FARi Africa• Recognitions:Inspire Africa fellow (2017)YALI Fellow, cohort 9 (2018)YALI Fellow, cohort 9 (2018)TEDxUI licensee (2018)Young sustainable impact solution, Norway (semifinalist).
• Olukayode Amedu Adebayo.• President KAM, Africa – Ikoyi Lagos.• Director – Goldrock Inc. USA.• Executive Producer – AMFEST EXPO.• Head, Board of Adcisory, Fari Africa.
Conclusion
We continue to need the support of private, public sector, good cause organisations, and well meaning individuals.
We look forward to further discussion with you.
www.farifarica.com
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