Makoko floating school

Facts

• 2014

• Provides free education for 100 children

• Helps to improve development and quality of life

Social benefits

• Local unskilled workers built school, meaning they gained experience in construction, allowing them how to repair their own homes an the school in case of collapse

• Local children are given free education meaning they don’t have to scavange in order to pay for school fees

• used as a community centre for meeting and activities - improves spirit and sense of belonging

Economic Benefit

• Educated- better perspectives-boosts economy

• jobs for locals

• regeneration plan - improve lives in slums

Environmental benefits

• collects rainwater - own supply - so don’t have to rely on local water sources that community relies on

• runs on solar energy - renewable , doesn’t contribute to global warming

• Built with local resources so less carbon footprint

• withstands rising sea levels resulted form climate change