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From classrooms made of plastic bricks to green initiative

Young people and children, the first actors for the protection of the environment in their communities

UNICEF National Ambassador Nash visits recycled plastic classrooms

24 October 2020

UNICEF National Ambassador Nash visits recycled plastic clas

“I have no doubt that many leaders across the country will come out of these classrooms.”

New Plastic bricks school in Man

02 October 2020

Back to school in a brand-new eco-friendly classroom

The first classrooms built with 100% recycled plastic from Côte d’Ivoire

Children are happy with the construction of a school made out of recycled plastic bricks in Yopougon, a suburban of Abidjan, in the south of Côte d'Ivoire. UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire has partnered with Columbian social business Conceptos Plasticos to turn plastic waste into construction materials for new schools

01 September 2020

For every child, a classroom

150 students from Abidjan’s Yopougon district will start the new school year in brand-new community-built classrooms thanks to the MSC Foundation

Green school activities and handwashing in a school in Sakassou, a village of Toumodi, in the center of Côte d’Ivoire

For every child, green champions

Meet our green champions: environmental volunteers who are leading the Green Schools project.

les enfants sourient

UNICEF Inspire Awards 2020

Most Successful Media Moment & Best in Brand

Children in front of the handwashing facility installed in their school as part of the Green Schools project.

Green schools

The plastic bricks project takes another step forward by transforming schools into green schools.

Sylviane Irène Zika, a UNICEF engineer, at the construction site of school made out of plastic bricks in Gouékolo, in the west of Côte d'Ivoire.

For every child, a construction champion

Meet Sylviane Zika, the construction engineer who leads the building of recycled plastic brick classrooms in Côte d’Ivoire.

Diarrassouba Mory, 23-year-old, is helping to build a school made of recycled plastic bricks in Odienné, in the north-west of Côte d'Ivoire.

The hands that build the recycled plastic bricks classrooms

When young people become changemakers in their community while learning new skills.

Primary school girls play in front of their school built from plastic bricks in the village of Toumoudi-Sakassou in Côte d’Ivoire

23 January 2020

The most beautiful school in the world

Meet the people of Toumodi-Sakassou, the very first village to have its own plastic bricks classrooms and latrines built from recycled plastic bricks in Afr