EducationOngoing
After-school reading club
Twice a week, children who struggle with reading meet a volunteer, a snack, and a book they chose.
- Raised
- $15,120
- Goal
- $18,000
- Education
- Riverside district
- Ends in 77 days
School supplies for every child
A full backpack for 1,600 children starting the school year without the basics.
Every September, families in the district make the same hard choice: rent and food first, school supplies later. Teachers tell us that one child in five starts the year without a notebook, a pen, or a bag to carry them in.
Why it matters
A child who arrives without supplies spends the first weeks borrowing, waiting, and falling behind. Small gaps in the first month turn into lost confidence by winter. Teachers end up buying pencils out of their own pay, and the children who need the most help notice that they are different.
When every child in a class has the same backpack, nobody is singled out. Teachers can start teaching on day one.
We buy in bulk from local suppliers, so each gift goes further than it would at the shop. Volunteers pack the bags, and schools hand them out quietly in the first week, so families never have to ask.
Every school receives a short report at the end of the term: how many backpacks went out, which items ran short, and what the teachers want more of next year.
How your gift is used
$25school supplies for one child
$60a uniform and shoes for one child
$150a term of after-school tutoring
Updates from the field
Two more schools joined
Two primary schools in the east of the district asked to join. We added 300 children to the list and raised the goal to match.
First 600 backpacks packed
Forty volunteers packed 600 backpacks in two Saturdays. Each one holds notebooks, pens, a calculator, and a lunch box.
Photos from the field
More education appeals
HealthEnds in 227 daysMobile health clinic
A clinic on wheels that brings a nurse, a doctor, and basic medicine to villages two hours from the nearest hospital.
- Raised
- $96,080
- Goal
- $120,000
HealthEnds in 136 daysNight helpline for young people
Keep a free, confidential helpline open from 8 pm to 2 am, when young people say they need it most.
- Raised
- $9,800
- Goal
- $30,000
Before you give
Questions about giving to a cause
Short answers. The FAQ has the rest, grouped by topic.
All questionsCan I choose where my gift goes?
Yes. A gift made from a cause page goes to that cause. A general gift goes where the need is greatest that month.
What happens if a cause raises more than its goal?
The extra goes to the same kind of work: more backpacks, more beds, more wells. We say so on the cause page.
What happens if a cause does not reach its goal?
We still spend every gift on that cause, and we tell you on the cause page what was funded and what was not.
