(15 Dec 2024)
NIGERIA PLASTIC WASTE FOR SCHOOL FEES
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lagos, Nigeria – 9 September 2024
1. Various of Fatimoh Adeosun picking plastic waste
2. Various of Fatimoh sorting plastic waste at home
3. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Fatimoh Adeosun, litter picker:
"The reason I go about picking up plastic waste to fund my child’s education is because about three years ago, life was hard and my son left school. I found somewhere to do a menial job. One day, I saw people picking plastic, I approached (the school) and asked if I can pick it and they convert it for my son’s school fees and I was given the go ahead.”
4. Various of Fatimoh picking plastic waste
5. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Fatimoh Adeosun, litter picker:
“I am so happy my son went back to school because while he was at home, a lot of neighbours were maltreating him and I was not happy but ever since he went back, if it will take for me to continue picking up plastic until he is done with school, I am fine with that.”
6. Various of Fatimoh picking plastic waste
7. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Fatimoh Adeosun, litter picker:
“There are several challenges I encounter in this line of work but the motivation of seeing my son finish his education and in flying colours is what drives me. Sometimes, when we are moving the plastic waste to go sell, some folks use very derogatory statements about us.”
8. Various of Fatimoh sorting waste
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Isaac Success, Plastic waste for school fees initiative:
"Lagos generates over 800,000 (metric) tons of plastic waste annually. And having these parents bring in their waste, they are not only protecting the environment, they are also securing the future of their children through an education.”
10. Mid of Fawaz carrying plastic waste
11. Fawaz and his mother arriving to hand the plastic waste to Isaac Success
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Isaac Success, Plastic waste for school fees initiative:
"Nigeria currently has the highest number of children that are out of school, with over 20 million children that are out of school. And a good strategy to actually reduce this number is by getting parents to bring in waste. So I strongly believe it is a good idea for the schools to embrace this by allowing parents to actually bring in waste in exchange for paying for their fees.”
13. Various of Fatimoh storing the plastic waste
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
For Nigeria’s poorest communities, finding the money for school fees can sometimes seem like an impossible task.
But some parents are collecting plastic waste to pay for their children’s education.
STORYLINE:
Fatimoh Adeosun scours the streets of her Lagos neighbourhood for plastic waste.
She is determined to collect as much of it as possible.
And she has a good reason for her mission – this litter means her son can go to school.
It has a value which means it can be cashed in to pay school fees.
The job has been a lifeline for Adeosun in difficult times.
"The reason I go about picking up plastic waste to fund my child’s education is because about three years ago, life was hard and my son left school. I found somewhere to do a menial job. One day, I saw people picking plastic, I approached (the school) and asked if I can pick it and they convert it for my son’s school fees and I was given the go ahead,” she explains.
She says she will continue to collect plastic for as long as her son needs an education.
But rooting around in the trash does mean she has to deal with other people’s judgemental attitudes.
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