Education changes everything
Education is the driver for sustainable change and So They Can believe that empowering communities through a quality education is the key to breaking the poverty cycle.
Our mission is to provide quality education to children living in poverty through improved learning conditions, teacher training and development, and inclusive partnerships with the community and in-country governments.
If all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty. This is equal to a 12% cut in global poverty.
A child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past the age of five.
50% more likely to be immunized, and twice as likely to attend school.
One additional school year can increase a woman’s earning by 10% to 20%.
By 2030, our goal is to change the future for 36,000 children in Africa who, through no fault of their own, are living in poverty.
By 2030, our goal is to change the future for 36,000 children in Africa who, through no fault of their own, are living in poverty.
Our Vision By 2030 So They Can’s vision is to empower:
2,100 Teachers graduated or mentored and delivering quality education who have impacted the lives of…
36,000 students empowered with skills and confidence to live their best life being educated at...
60 Schools supported by So They Can.
Lives Changed
We work to help change people’s lives. Here are some of those stories...
From studying under trees, to learning in the classrooms: A School Improvement impact story…
Kina is a pre-primary teacher at Orngadida Primary School in Tanzania — one of 42 government schools that So They Can supports in East Africa. She has been teaching at the school since 2011, and since then has seen student numbers steadily rise — from 164 when she first started, to today, with 187 pre-primary students under her care.
Media legend Peter Overton becomes an Ambassador for So They Can
Many of you will know Peter Overton as the Australian television journalist and news reader who has worked at the Nine Network for nearly 30 years, where he…
The sky’s the limit for Abdallah
Earlier this year, our team travelled to Malesh Primary School, in Maweni Hamlet — a rural village in Tanzania to distribute 257 Solar Buddy lights to the students,…