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3 June, 2008
School Aid Helps Burmese Kids Back To School
Thank you to the many schools who have already supported our Burma Emergency Appeal, following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis. We have been amazed by your brilliant fundraising and heart-felt messages of hope.
Funds raised by Australian schools through the Appeal will be directed toward the purchase of specially designed school kits, containing exercise books, pens, pencils and other materials. These are necessary to allow education to restart in one of the hardest hit regions, the Eastern Irrawaddy Delta, where up to 100,000 children were severely affected by the cyclone. As well as raising funds for these kits, Australian schools can continue to send messages of condolence and solidarity.
While normal schooling is still a distant reality for many kids in Burma, establishing temporary schooling as quickly as possible will help these kids regain a sense of normalcy and cope with the tragedy they have experienced.
School Aid has formed a partnership with internationally respected development agency, Save the Children, and can guarantee that the school kits and messages, will reach the cyclone-affected children. Save the Children has been working in Burma for 13 years and responded on the ground with 500 staff, immediately after Cyclone Nargis struck. Save the Children is a lead organisation in rebuilding education in post disaster situations and will also ensure that the school kits are used by Burmese students.
12 May, 2008
School Aid launches Messages of Hope initiative in response to both the China earthquake and the Burma cyclone. Many schools around Australia respond by sending in messages of condolence, solidarity and support to victims of both these disasters. Read some of the Messages of Hope here.
6 May, 2008
School Aid launches Burma Emergency Appeal in response to Cyclone Nargis. Read School Aid's media release here. Schools around Australia rally to the cause. Find out more and get involved here.
14 April, 2008
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It is a very exciting time for us here at School Aid to be launching this new website. We hope you love the site as much as we've enjoyed developing it!
We'd like to thank the following schools for taking the time out at the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008, to share with us their fabulous ideas:
- Bankstown Primary School
- Mosman Preparatory School
- Mosman High School
- Sydney Girls High School
- Graceville State School
- Wamberal Public School
- Hillard State School
- Craiglsea State School
- Applethorpe State School
- Upper Barron State School
- Stanthorpe State School
- Everton Park State School
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We'd also like to thank the 'kids of Allco staff' who took time out of their holidays to brainstorm with the School Aid team about the many ways in which kids can get involved in philanthropy in their schools. Stay tuned for more news here!
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