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African Clean Up Initiative (ACI) Opportunity Scholarship: African Clean up Initiative (ACI) is a non-governmental organisation that aims to raise environmentally responsible citizens launched a project in December 2018 called RecyclesPay Education Project. Low-income earning parents have been given the opportunity to pay their wards’ school fees with waste; plastic bottles, pure water sachets and cans in exchange for school fees in Nigeria.
The Chief Executive Office, ACI, Alexander Akhigbe said the project was initiated due to the increment in the number of children dropping out of school because their parents are unable to pay the school fees. Aside from making it easy for low-income earners to send their wards to school, the initiative aims to create awareness about the effect of plastic pollution on the environment and from another dimension which will be beneficial to human lives, education and the environment at large.
Scholarship Sponsor(s): African Clean Up Initiative (ACI), Nigeria
Scholarships to be taken at: African Clean Up Initiative (ACI), Nigeria
Scholarship Type: Tuition award
Scholarship level: High school Student
Scholarship Worth: Tuition fee
Country/Candidate Eligibility: African students
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Eligibility and Selection Criteria:
Candidates are expected to posses the following eligibility criteria for the African Clean Up Initiative (ACI) Opportunity Scholarship
- Applicants must be African students.
- Parents are to bring to school waste; plastic bottles, pure water sachets and cans
- The money is paid to the school through ACI.
- The recycling firm, Wecyclers buy off the PET bottles when parents bring it to school.
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Application Procedures for African Clean Up Initiative (ACI) Opportunity Scholarship
How-to-Apply
Interested parents are encouraged to bring to school waste; plastic bottles, pure water sachets and cans. The recycling firm, Wecyclers buy off the PET bottles when parents bring it to school and the money is paid to the school through ACI.
Application Deadline: Ongoing