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Send a Child to School

They may have a mother, and perhaps even a father, yet school is still not a given for them. These are children from very poor families who lack basic school equipment – sometimes a uniform and shoes, sometimes simple exercise books. And it is often these seemingly small things that decide whether a child can go to school properly prepared. €12 = exercise books for 3 children for one school year €25 = a uniform and shoes for 1 child €30 = complete school equipment for 1 child

Send a Child to School


For a child in Tanzania to attend primary school, the desire to learn is not enough. They also need basic school equipment – a uniform, shoes and exercise books.

Through the Send a Child to School project, we work with 16 Tanzanian primary schools. Each of these schools has children who could and would like to attend, but they are missing the most basic things. In some cases, the family cannot afford a school uniform and shoes. In others, the parents manage to provide the uniform, but the child comes to school with almost no exercise books.

On average, 5–10 children in each school need a new uniform and shoes. Around 10–20 children lack exercise books. This is not about grand gestures, but about practical help that can quite literally open the classroom door for a child.

How must it feel for a child when all the other children from the village go to school, while they stay at home? Instead of learning, they help in the fields or around the house, lose contact with their peers and miss out on the daily rhythm and structure that school provides.

For these children, school is not something to be taken for granted. It is a chance. And sometimes it takes very little – a few exercise books, a pair of shoes or a new uniform.

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What your support can provide


€12
provides 30 exercise books – enough to cover the yearly need for 3 children.

€25
provides a uniform and shoes for 1 child for one school year.
Approximately €16 covers the school uniform and €9 covers the shoes.

€30
provides a uniform, shoes and exercise books for 1 child, so they can start school properly prepared.

€60
provides complete school equipment for 2 children – uniforms, shoes and exercise books.


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How many children have we already helped?


  • In 2022, we sent 121 children to school.
  • In 2023, we sent 55 children to school.
  • In 2024, we sent 55 children to school.
  • In 2025, we sent 74 children to school.

How many children will get to school thanks to you in 2026?