- JOIN US
- Education
- Education projects
- Community development
- Community development projects
- JOIN US
- Partner with us
- Become a corporate partner
- More ways to get involved
- Fundraise
- Do your own thing
- Walk Her Way
- JOIN US
- Why education?
WHO WE ARE
We’re an international non-profit organisation on a mission to end child poverty through access to quality education, health care and community development.
- Home
- Who we are
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
Education is one of the most powerful investments that we can make for our collective future.
Economies are strengthened, inequality is reduced and opportunities are created for whole communities to thrive and most of all, children are not living in poverty.
We believe the key to breaking the poverty cycle is education and we’re going to make it happen.
Let’s end child poverty through education.
The problem
100 million children in Africa are not in school.
Today, 7 out of 10 of the world’s children who live in extreme poverty are in Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of learning poverty in the world, with a staggering 46 million school-aged children out of school.
Around 130 million primary-aged children in Sub-Saharan Africa lack basic literacy and numeracy skills due to limited access to quality education.
Education changes everything.
We believe education is the key to breaking the poverty cycle and sustainable development.
Strengthen child protection
Strengthen vulnerable families
Stops child marriage
Closes the inequality gap
Strengthen economies
Improve community health
Supports climate change
How we work
Hear from our founder
I’ve always felt that something was missing, something that gives me real purpose, then I discovered how good giving back actually feels.
Cassandra Treadwell
CEO of So They Can
Hear our voices
Explore more
Join our mailing list
Together we can be the difference. Subscribe to our newsletter today.
So They Can is accredited by the Australian department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), responsible for managing the Australian government’s development program. So They Can receives support through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
So They Can is a registered charity in Australia (ABN 91 138 063 475), New Zealand (CC # 45673), a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit in the USA (EIN 47-1079440), and a UK charity with the Registered Charity Number 1213084.