The Lafarge Africa Plc. - Gede Foundation educational support programme works at sustaining community development in its communities through education and educational-related programmes.

In addition to the secondary school and tertiary students’ support, the partnership in 2023/2024 academic round has expanded its support by adopting 8 primary schools in the hinterlands in its Adopt-a-School project. This project includes automatic enrolment of all community children of primary school age within the community, payment of fees and levies, and provision of school materials.

The project is also designed to cover the pre-care program of the early childhood care, development education (ECCDE); encouraging day-care, play-class and creche in this rural schools’ settings.

This intervention has reached over 2000 primary school pupils in its first phase of support in 2024. The schools are located in Abiati, Mfamosing, Akansoko, Mbobui and Akwa Ikot Effanga communities of Cross River State. Highlight of this activity was the payment of fees/levies and provision of school materials including books, bags and sandals.

It is hoped that within this initiative, no child of school age will be left unenrolled in community primary schools.

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