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1. What do we do?
We help vulnerable youngsters access better local education.
2. Where do we do it?
Now only in Ethiopia, and mainly in the north.
3. Why do we do it?
To meet a great need, a willingness to learn and a belief that education is key to all development.
4. How do we do it?
Giving long-term local scholarships and helping rural communities upgrade/built their schools.
5. What does it cost?
To keep a student at school minimally £12 a month for up to 15 years.
To build and basically equip an eight grade school for 400 children £90,000.
6. How do we pay for it?
Student scholarship through individual donors.
To build schools through international private funding trusts, schools, clubs and individual philanthropists.
7.Is it true that giving money to developing countries creates dependency and encourages corruption?
In some cases this is correct but never with us. We support two programmes, student sponsorship and whilst they depend on us for their scholarships, these are adequate but not over generou. Minimally this equips them to become independent after completing their course/s. All your donation is paid monthly directly to the student if over 16 or to the carer if younger. Our other programme is upgrading and building country schools. The community do not become dependent on us as we are helping them with a school that they have already started to build but just do not have the resources to finish to any acceptable standard. We handle all the money and closely supervise all stages of the construction. After completion the school is handed over to the community and is self-sufficient from day one. In the area where we work we can state with absolute conviction that there is no corruption at any stage of our work. We do not tolerate any corruption and those officials with whom we work are. Please be very sure that ALL your donations goes to the projects or the sponsorship students.
