20 Indigent Bridge Pupils Get Scholarship

Funmi Ogundare

Twenty indigent Bridge pupils have received a full academic year scholarship from the Alabaster Network.

Alabaster is a non-governmental organisation focused on sharing principles on how students can excel at their careers and home.

The organisation has carried out social impact projects such as supporting orphanages, adopting a local government hospital and donating equipment to make women’s lives in the community better. The scholarship awards to the pupils are its first social project in education.

Speaking at the scholarship presentation, which had in attendance the beneficiaries, parents and sponsors, a representative of the Alabaster, Iye Rotimi, noted that investing in the lives of children through education was a pivotal way to securing their future.

“If there is anybody seeking to make an impact, there is no better way than to invest in the lives of children because they are the future of our country,” stated Rotimi.

Obaloluwa Olusesan, a primary four pupil at Bridge International Academies in Ipaja, one of the beneficiaries, expressed delight about the scholarship. He said he enjoyed reading because of the electronic reading programme of the school.

One of the parents of the beneficiaries, Modupe Alfred, expressed gratitude about her son’s scholarship, commending Alabaster and Bridge for their intervention in supporting children’s access to education.

Bridge Nigeria is a network of nursery and primary schools in underserved communities in Lagos and Osun, creating opportunities for children to grow and explore their potential.