The Slum2School Green Academy
An innovative, climate-smart school delivering quality education for children in underserved communities – powered by solar energy, rainwater harvesting, waste-to-biogas systems and eco-friendly designs. Support the pilot, sponsor children, and help build new academies.
Why This School Matters
The Slum2School Green Academy is a first-of-its-kind, fully eco-friendly school proudly located in Epe, Lagos, Nigeria. Built with bamboo and powered entirely by solar energy, the Academy is designed with open-air ventilation and energy-efficient architecture.
This climate-resilient model features rainwater harvesting, biodigester systems, outdoor classrooms, and lush school gardens – all crafted to blend learning with sustainability. Opening its doors to 250 children on full scholarships, the Green Academy stands as a beacon of innovation, equity, and hope for the future.
Why It Stands Out - Innovation at It's Core
Support a Child’s Future
With just $150, you can keep a child in school for an entire year.
Your gift provides a full year of quality education; covering tuition, school supplies, health care, teacher salaries, comprehensive wraparound support services and a safe learning environment at the Green Academy.
Every child deserves this chance.
SCALING IMPACT - BEYOND SAGA
Saga is Just the Beginning
Our Vision
100+ Green Academies across Nigeria and Africa by 2030 Replicable in riverine, rural, and urban slum communities. Aligns with global goals (SDG 4, 6, 7, 13, 17).
Every Child Deserves Quality Education
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Green Academy, Saga, Nigeria
Saga is a small riverine community in western Nigeria where most families rely on fishing and subsistence farming. For decades, children in Saga had no access to formal education, with the nearest school hours away by canoe. Many grew up without learning to read or write, and opportunities for families remained limited, no clean water, electricity or health care.
Meet Our Pilot Academy
In 2025, we launched the very first Slum2School Green Academy in Saga. The Academy now provides 250 children across 8 communities with full scholarships and access to world-class, climate-smart classrooms powered by solar energy and connected by satellite internet. Families also benefit from clean water through rainwater harvesting, renewable energy from solar and biogas, healthcare and community gardens that improve nutrition.
Saga’s story is the beginning, with your support, entire communities across Africa can experience this transformation.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Green Academy is a first of its kind community school built with bamboo and reclaimed wood, powered by solar energy, and equipped with clean water systems. It provides free quality education to 250 children in the Saga riverine community of Lagos.
It’s more than a school, it’s a living blueprint for climate-smart education. With solar power, rainwater harvesting, biogas digesters, outdoor classrooms, and satellite internet, it combines sustainability with innovation for learning.
The school serves 250 children from Saga and neighboring riverine communities, giving them access to formal education, technology, and safe learning spaces for the first time.
The Academy was built using bamboo, reclaimed wood, and recycled materials, designed with local artisans, and supported by community members. Every detail blends sustainability with affordability.
The Academy has 25 rooms, including classrooms, a library, a computer lab, outdoor learning gardens, toilets, and teacher and staff quarters, all designed for open-air, naturally ventilated learning.
The school is 100% solar-powered, has a biogas system for waste, and a rainwater collection & treatment system to ensure self-sufficiency off the grid.
Beyond educating children, the school provides jobs for local artisans, inspires sustainable practices, and connects the community to the internet and power for the very first time. Parents and caregivers are trained to convert water hyacinths to baskets and recycled materials.
Yes. All 250 children receive full scholarships, covering tuition, uniforms, and learning materials, thanks to partners and donors.
You can sponsor a child, adopt a classroom, support expansion to other communities, or contribute expertise. Every partnership helps scale this model across Nigeria and Africa.
Saga is only the beginning. Our vision is to replicate 100+ Green Academies across Nigeria and Africa, ensuring no child is left behind because of where they are born.
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