How Opay’s Play4aChild CSR Initiative is Building a good cause
In a press release to the general public, popular Fintech company, OPay had revealed its recently launched CSR Initiative
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative which was tagged Play4aChild is a scheme that at its core, encourages everyone to be shared contributors to community development by integrating a variety of point-earning transactional and leisure activities into the regular usage of the OPay App, such as playing games, paying utility bills, making payments for goods and services, and other services available on the app.
According to UNESCO, there are now over 20 million disadvantaged and out-of-school children in Nigeria as of According to UNESCO, there are now over 20 million disadvantaged and out-of-school children in Nigeria as of 2022. Thus, OPay aims to support the government's efforts to reduce the nation's rising population of such children through Play4aChild by providing a platform that is easy to use and can be easily integrated into our everyday lives.
Currently, OPay is working with three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to implement Play4aChild: Girls Inspired Development Network, Dreams From the Slum Empowerment Initiative, and Africa Cleanup Initiative.
OPay's Play4aChild was launched on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, with a donation through the Girls Inspired Development Network (GIDN). The partnership with GIDN ensured that 1,300 vulnerable children from three (3) low-income schools in three (3) underserved communities received back-to-school packs and learning aids.
This donation was piloted with Jibowu Junior High School in Jibowu-Yaba, Lagos, and students from Birrel Avenue High School and Herbert Macaulay Girls High School in Sabo-Yaba, Lagos, also benefited from this pilot phase. This initial phase of the initiative in Lagos State will also be beneficial to students from the underprivileged Makoko-Yaba neighborhood.
See videos of the pilot phase below:
Consequently, Play4aChild will be expanded to other regions of the nation to lower the rising number of out-of-school and vulnerable children while providing them with a glimmer of hope.
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