"Smile for Africa" Foundation is a wonderful initiative for a better life filled with smiles for children from different regions of Africa. In collaboration with the charity foundation, ESCREO have helped them feel the special magic that whiteboard paint can bring. Together, they transformed a classroom wall into a writable wall with ESCREO whiteboard paint for the first time in Africa.

Following this revolution, ESCREO have conducted an interview with Daniel Delibashev, founder of the Foundation, in order to learn what it felt like to see all the happy faces. In his interview, he shares more about the roots of the charity, all the happiness that rises from simple gestures and how children perceive their new writable walls. So far, they were used to improvised chalkboard walls, i.e. black-painted concrete, which were not as hygienic as one can imagine.


Children now write on a white writable wall with markers – it attracts their attention and concentration better, which contributes to better learning. Daniel shares that both children and teachers are very excited to see and use a different method than traditional blackboards. This "archaic" method is widely used in Africa and is quite inconvenient because over time the boards start turning white and it is difficult to distinguish what is written on them.

Another issue is that they often needed to be repainted, which used to create a lot of difficulties and additional costs. It was quite uncomfortable, because the dust used to stick to their hands and clothes, and to enter the eyes, damaging their vision.Both students and teachers now want to replace all the blackboards with walls painted with whiteboard paint, because the convenience and joy they bring are indisputable.

You can read the full interview at escreo.com/uk/blog/smile-for-africa/ on ESCREO’s website in order to read first-hand about the experience and learn what is the future of schools in Africa that forward-looking companies can help to build.