After 4 months of online entry and review, PIN is one of the group of 14 inspiring finalists that have been chosen from 400+ entries from 35 countries to compete in the Champions of Quality Education in Africa contest which is jointly coordinated by Ashoka’s Changemakers and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Voting will be open between August 5th and 19th, 2009. Please visit http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/educationafrica, or PIN’s website (where you can click on the ‘vote’ badge), to vote for Ajegunle.org.

Our entry project, Ajegunle.org, is a model that we have designed to create better livelihoods – through ICT opportunities, entrepreneurship training, short-term internships and a Graduate Loan Scheme – for young people in Nigeria’s underserved areas. Please see a project video (as captured by Nigeria International and screened in various countries) on CNN’s iReport or YouTube. Please go ahead and vote now, and forward this information to others so they can see what Ajegunle.org is about and also give us their vote.

Thank you!