School Supplies & Infrastructure

The provision of basic school supply needs - pencils, pens, paper, and textbooks – creates an environment that encourages students to actively engage in their own education. They’re able to gain new knowledge, which they can in-turn bring back to their community, improving overall community welfare.

However, on the other hand, the lack of basic school supplies or safe and effective infrastructure prevents students from acquiring basic reading, writing and cognitive skills needed for the most basic level of education.

In 2019, data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) revealed roughly 258 million children were out of school in 2018; that represents around one sixth of the global population of school-age children (6 to 17 years old). And without any intervention, 12 million primary school age children will never set foot in a school.

Without access to quality education these children find themselves disadvantaged and without access to learning, they become trapped in a generational cycle of poverty.

It has been found that the quality of education received in schools is as equally important as attending school itself. A report by Global Partnership for Education found that even when children in lesser developed countries go to school, the quality of their learning leaves them many grades behind the students of wealthier nations.

Delivering projects in schools can translate into enhanced education experiences, by providing access to basic school supply needs and infrastructure. Education and its resources encourage a lifetime of problem-solving for young learners.