About Us

SchoolAid is a national schools-based philanthropy network empowering kids to help kids in crisis.

Our purpose is to promote a world where Australian children live the values of care and compassion and so develop a lifelong sense of moral and social responsibility.

SchoolAid enables and empowers primary school kids to make a tangible difference to the lives of other children - kids helping kids - through commitment and action. By participating in our programs kids learn a sense of personal and social responsibility towards the needs of others, and how the power of their actions does make a difference. Primary school teachers are provided with a full suite of learning and activity resources that readily promote the engagement of students in active philanthropy, as well as reinforcing the values-learning benefits associated with their students' activities.

Since SchoolAid was founded in 1999, over $2.5million has been raised by 200,000 school students across Australia and distributed to child-focused programs from Victoria to Banda Aceh, from Katherine to Cambodia.

• After the 2009 Victoria Bushfires, over 230,000 children from across the country united to raise over $860,000 through SchoolAid - our most successful appeal ever. SchoolAid provided grants to rebuild schools and to provide therapy and support to assist in re-building the lives of affected children.
• Students raised over $250,000 for the 2004 tsunami, and SchoolAid, in partnership with Plan Australia, rebuilt an entire school in Banda Aceh, which included a garden for children to grow vegetables and learn about health and nutrition.
• School Aid has also run appeals with the Fred Hollows Foundation to address the crisis of Indigenous literacy and access to education in Australia.

I congratulate school children involved in SchoolAid across Australia for the support and care they have shown their peers. Schools are such an important part of the fabric of our community and the welfare of our children.

Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education
SchoolAid's Victorian Bushfires Messages of Hope, 2009

Our Partnerships

We provide our corporate partners with a conduit for their Corporate Social Responsibility activities through the primary school network and all of its related stakeholder groups. By partnering with SchoolAid, corporates contribute to the lasting legacy of moral and social responsibility in our children.

SchoolAid draws upon strong relationships with an extensive network of "education advocates" - including principal, parent and teacher associations along with reputable NGOs to implement projects in areas where there are children in need. We recognise that these organisations have the best people on the ground, ready to effectively allocate funds towards the most pressing needs for affected children in emergency situations.

SchoolAid is a portfolio member of Social Ventures Australia, an independent, non-profit organisation, which aligns philanthropists and social entrepreneurs to combat pressing community issues.

For more information about our partnerships, please visit our Partners page.