At the New Village Academy, a private school being funded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, students will recycle plastic bottles at 10 cents per bottle. For every $100 they save (1000 bottles), they will buy a new goat for an African village.
The school claims that each village's new goat will help the village to survive. According to a report, however, new goats are a very low priority for African villages. The report claims that the $100 could be better used for schools and medicines.
Some of the New Village Academy's courses will be based on methods used by the controversial Scientology organization, and there will be some Scientologist teachers. Smith denies that he is a Scientologist, although he did give money to the sect.
