AAAF, the Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the SIFAX Group, said it will award scholarships to 2,000 indigent students across the country in 2024.
The Executive Coordinator of AAAF, Foluke Ademokun, said the aim is to support indigent parents and tackle the menace of out-of-school children.
“We have a platform where we source and pay for school fees of indigent students in Nigeria to enable them access to quality education, despite the financial circumstance of their parents or guardians. We have been doing this since our inception, about 15 years ago,” she said.
Continuing, Ademopkun stated, “In the first quarter of 2024, we have paid for over 237 students in Lagos and Zaria, and we are optimistic that before the end of the year, we should reach more than 2,000 students. We also plan to equip students with in-demand skills, promote life-long learning opportunities, and reduce inequalities in access to quality education.”
Ademokun said the foundation also extended support to Umunna Comprehensive Secondary School, Umuosu, in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State with the donation of three-in-one desks and seats for learning.
Other projects executed by AAAF in the first quarter of the year include the provision of daily meals for indigents in Zaria, the donation of foodstuffs to over 1,000 Lagos residents, free medical outreaches in Lagos and Ogun states, digital training for market women in Lagos, the distribution of energy-efficient stoves to women in Abia State, and start-up grants to women in Zaria in Kaduna State.
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