Brick x brick
High Point University CKI has raised over $71,000 since 2022 for Brick x Brick through their Miss HPU Pageant. Thank you for the support to Brick x Brick and building almost 2 full classrooms! Check out the video highlighting the work done in Côte d’Ivoire.
Circle K International’s Brick x Brick initiative is helping change lives for families in the African nation of Côte d’Ivoire. In partnership with UNICEF USA, we are raising money for an innovative project that is transforming plastic waste into classrooms for some of the 1.6 million children who are currently out of school in Côte d’Ivoire.
Through this project, you can be proud to know we will:
  • Contribute to a cleaner planet.
  • Alleviate poverty for families.
  • Provides safe spaces for children to learn and play.
  • UNICEF has partnered with a Colombian family-run social enterprise, Conceptos Plasticos, to create a women-led recycling market. This market will convert Côte d’Ivoire’s plastic waste into safe and durable low-cost building materials.
With the help of CKI and other partners and donors, UNICEF has been able to build 284 classrooms, with another 91 under construction and 98 more planned. These collective efforts from all donors have enabled the total recycling of 2,062 tons of plastic.

It doesn’t stop there. Through your support, teachers will be trained, receive school supplies and have access to improved hygiene and infection prevention and control.