FRESH NIGERIA INITIATIVE

FRESH NIGERIA INITIATIVE UNVEILS STREET TO SCHOOL PROJECT, FLAGS OFF 5TH EDITION OF SCHOOLS CLEAN UP IN IKOT EKPENE

About the Initiative

As schools resume, a not-for-profit organization, Fresh Nigeria Initiative for Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara Partnership Project have unveiled their Street to School Project as well as the 5th edition of their Schools Cleanup Project.

Declaring the events open, Principal of the Fresh Nigeria Initiative, Prince Samuel Ukut stated that the Street to School Project is aimed at a complete rehabilitation of abandoned children, roaming the streets and sending them back to school while enrolling others to different vocational skills acquisition training. He noted also that the Schools Clean Up Project is the organization's effort at vegetation control in select public schools in order to reduce study time wasted on grass cutting when students resume from long holidays.

Vegetation control team at work

Volunteers clearing school grounds

Flagging off the projects which held at the Methodist Girls Secondary School, Utu/Ikpe, Honourable Commissioner for Information, Akwa Ibom State, Comrade Ini Ememobong in company of the Assistant Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Itoro Noah, commended Prince Ukut for his commitment towards making life less stressful for the young ones, noting that the clean up project will save study time and allow the beneficiaries to compete favorably with their counterparts in private schools. He donated a hand-held lawn mower to the host institution.

The School Principal, Pastor Affiong Inua thanked the organizations for selecting her school as one of the beneficiaries of the projects.

Beneficiary Schools

The following schools benefited from the 5th edition of the Schools Clean Up Project:

• Methodist Girls Secondary School, Utu/Ikpe
• State Secondary Commercial School, Okop Eto
• Goretti Girls Secondary School, Ikot Ekpene
• Government Technical College, Ikot Udoe
• Methodist Primary School, Ikot Abia Idem
• Methodist Primary School, Amanyam
• Migrant Farmers Primary School, Ikot Udo Oboro
• Community Secondary Commercial School, Urua Obo
• Community Secondary Commercial School, Amanyam

Project Components

1. Street to School Project

The Street to School Project is focused on the rehabilitation of abandoned children who are roaming the streets. This project aims to:

• Identify children who have dropped out of school or never attended
• Provide necessary support to reintegrate them into the education system
• Offer vocational skills training for older children who may not return to conventional schooling
• Provide educational materials, uniforms, and other necessities
• Monitor progress to ensure continued attendance and success

2. Schools Clean Up Project

The Schools Clean Up Project addresses the challenge of vegetation control in public schools, especially after long holiday periods. Benefits of this project include:

• Reduction in study time wasted on grass cutting by students
• Creation of safer learning environments free from potential hazards
• Improved aesthetics of school compounds
• Better utilization of outdoor spaces for educational activities
• Increased parity with private schools in terms of facility management

Photo Gallery

Principal of the Fresh Nigeria Initiative sharing program materials with community stakeholders

Official announcement and discussion of the initiative's projects and goals

Vegetation control team clearing overgrown school grounds as part of the Schools Clean Up Project

The Fresh Nigeria Initiative team with community partners at a school clean-up site

Volunteers actively working on school grounds clean-up

Promotional materials for the Schools Clean Up Project