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Stories, announcements, and updates from our work across Nigeria.
Nigeria to Adopt the Use of Biodegradable Pots to Reduce Plastic Waste
Plastic pollution has become a real challenge in Nigeria. Urban centres are littered with single-use plastics and rural areas are equally burdened with plastic waste. Addressing participants at the official launching of the Plastic Alternative Container (PAC) in Abuja, PFSEE Executive Director Austin Igwe highlighted that despite the growing impact of climate change globally, public awareness is still lacking in Nigeria and Africa at large. The IPAT ("I Plant A Tree") project was launched on 15 October 2021, kick-starting with UBEC-approved schools across Nigeria. PFSEE's initiatives include Zero Illiteracy (ZEIL) for capacity building and awareness on SGBV, Drug Abuse, and Anti-Cultism; IPAT for environmental sustainability via tree planting and conservation.
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Students, Teachers Get N2.9m for Proficiency in Mother Tongue Competition
Organisers of ‘Raise Children Speaking Their Mother’s Tongue’ competition, designed to encourage indigenous languages among Nigerian children, have splashed N2....
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World Environment Day: PFSEE Partners with AEPB for Exhibition and Seedling Donation
To mark World Environment Day, PFSEE teamed up with the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to showcase our sustainable innovations through an interactive exhibition and a formal donation of seedlings to boost the capital's green canopy
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Foundation Seeks Institutional Inclusion of Climate Studies in School Curriculum
At the formal inauguration and prize-giving day of the Green Schools Initiative (GSI 1.0) held under the urgenttheme "My Climate, My Future," the Printrite Foun...
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Nigeria Explores Biodegradable Seedling Pots to Curb Plastic Monstrosity
Plastic pollution has grown into an undeniable structural monstrosity across Nigeria, choking urban drainagenetworks and degrading rural agrarian land. Addressi...
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