In 2006, LAPO won the Grameen Foundation Award for Excellence in Microfinance; the award worth $10,000 U.S dollars was invested in an endowment for Scholarship Scheme to LAPO Clients’ Children. The purpose of the Scholarship Scheme was to see to a good and sound education for LAPO women’s children of secondary school age. From 2007 to 2009 a total of 130 students have benefited from the scheme with a total disbursement of N6.7million.