Education

Education is one of the Keys to Reducing Poverty in Developing Countries.

In Africa it is estimated that only 59% of children attend school, and only one in
three will complete primary school.

The reasons children do not attend school in developing countries are many
including, working to help support their family, fetching water, searching for food,
caring for sick parents or younger siblings, illness, lack of school fees and/or
uniforms, and shortage of trained teachers, to name a few.

Many children have unsafe water supplies, and are chronically sick and struggle
with learning. Malnutrition and hunger can leave a child with the inability to learn.

These issues are only made worse for orphaned and at-risk children. These
children have lost their parents and the only family they have ever known. An
education is their only hope to break to cycle of poverty and to have a brighter
future.

Eleos Project is committed to orphaned and at-risk children in Kenya and
supports these children through initiatives at schools, orphanages and local
community centers. Our efforts include: constructing new water wells to provide
clean, safe drinking water for these children, providing a way to assist with
uniforms and school fees, food donations to provide a meal at school and
orphanages, medical care and medicines for sick children, sponsoring
teachers at schools that provide education for orphans and at-risk children,
supplying books, sports equipment and educational supplies.

Education is an essentail part of our mission to help reduce poverty and to
transform the lives of these children.

Programs Supporting Educations

Clean Water - $10,000 will construct a new water well for a whole school and
community

Student Connections – $25 will buy a uniform, $10/mo will provide school fees
and food for an orphan
 
Kid-to-Kid Connections – a program for pen pals between Kenyan and American
students to develop friends and cultural awareness

Teacher Connections - $20 per month will pay for a teacher in a school for orphans

Emergency Food/Medical Fund - any amount will provide food or medical care to
children when needs arise

First Aid Kits - $25 will provide an orphanage, school, or community center with
basic medical supplies

Children’s Shoes – all sizes of rubber flip flops or other durable, light-weight shoes
Sports equipment – especially soccer balls and jump ropes (14 foot length)

Reading Glasses – all strengths

T-shirts – all sizes (crewneck style)

Books – children’s (all reading levels), student reference (dictionaries, atlases, etc.),
teacher materials (paperback preferred)

Sewing Machines - $250 will provide a treadle machine to a community center, school,
or orphanage to teach the trade of tailoring to older children and adults, make school uniforms, and create items to sell
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Your gift today will help us improve education for children in rural Kenya and provide
life-sustaining clean, safe drinking water to children in schools and their communities.