Education
Why an education program?
Parents are illiterate and lack the ability to assist their children with schoolwork or motivate them to study. Students struggle with learning, do not know how to read and write English or in their first local language. Parents are unemployed and unable to pay fees for their children to attend vocational or university, and students have no one to guide them through the application process. The settlement area has no school, resources or quiet places children can go to study, complete their homework, learn or explore subjects that might lead them to careers, like STEM. Children are going to school with worn or torn uniforms, no shoes on their feet, and carrying their books in plastic shopping bags. Many children miss school and end up back in kindergarten. Many children often go to school hungry and return to no food in their houses. These children are left to roam on the streets or go to shebeens begging for food or money to buy bread.
Community Library
More than 200 children are using the library
Children need tables and chairs to sit and do their homework in the library.
Why do we need your gift today?
| Becuase we need the following items below | How will your donation be used? | The Estimated Cost: |
|---|---|---|
| Paint | Buy paint to paint the library | $833, size 30*15ft |
| Books | Buy novels and grade 1-7 textbooks | $666 |
| Stationary | Buy pens, pencils and coloring books | $100 |
| Shelves | Buy shelves for books | $400 |
| Chairs and tables | Buy chairs and tables | $600 |
| Wall-to-carpet | Buy carpet and installation | $400 |
| Solar panel | Buy solar panel system and installation | $4,300 |
| 3 computers | Buy computers | $999 |
| 4 volunteers | Give volunteers monthly stipends | $800, $200 each |
| Printer/scanner/copy machine | Buy an office grade printer, along with toner | $650 |
| Internet access | Monthly recharge of internet | $68 per month, $816 per year |
How are we going to help them?
After school program– teach children how to read and write. Homework support– help children focus on their homework, support slow learners and STEM subjects. Basic needs– provide learners with basic needs, including books, school uniforms and shoes, school bags, hygiene products, including pads for teen girls, a soup kitchen. Transportation– the distance to school is about 20km, help with transport to and from school. Tertiary education support– pay the fees for learners to improve their grades, attend university or find a job and also pay for tutoring. Scholarships– provide annual awards, renewable and in-kind scholarships for learners.
Education is for all. Many parents are struggling to send their children to kindergarten/pre primary school. Some months parents are not able to pay the fees; children have to stay out of school. We estimated $ 11,000 would help 25 children to stay in school in the Mix Informal Settlement Area of Namibia for the Academic year Jan 2021- Dec 2021.
Many of our families are uneducated and unemployed and can't afford to pay tutors to help children with reading and writing, or enroll their children in school programs. So, many children at Mix Informal Settlement Area complete primary school without knowing how to read and write. So, we’re offering tuition relief, and literacy education. $80 will pay one tutor per month to help children read and write. How many children could you support?
- With your gift a child won't be trapped in poverty.
- With your gift a child's needs will be met and they will stay in school.
- With your gift a child will do better in school.
- With your gift a child will not go hungry.
- With your gift a child will have a bright future.
- $5 will provide pads for five teenage girls for one month.
- $13 will help one slow student to get support for the whole week.
- $25 will help one student get assisstance from a tutor for the whole week.
- $35 will pay for one student's transportation to school for the month.
- $50 estimated to pay for one student's basic needs including school uniform.
- $100 estimated to pay for 50 or more student's after school lunches for a week.
- $200 an in-kind scholarship will be awarded to the best school performance beneficiary.
- $4,533 estimated to pay for one university student fees: accommodation, books, transport and expenses for one year.
Which student are you are going to support? Could you be one of the student's sponsors?
