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Essential School Supply Packs (ESSP) creating brighter futures across Sri Lanka

The Foundation of Goodness distributed 4108 school packs island-wide, ahead of the 2019 school year. A big thank you goes out to all our donors whose contributions large and small helped us to reach this milestone

 

In 2018, we undertook our ESSP campaign with renewed fervour after hearing of a young girl who took her own life when her family could not afford to have a school uniform sewn. It was a devastating story bringing home the impact of poverty on children, a tragedy that could, and most certainly should, have been avoided. We buckled down on our resolve to expand our Essential School Supplies Programme (ESSP) to as many children in need as possible. Whatever the obstacles that came our way to meet the ever-growing list of requests for ESSPs we determined to meet every single one.

2019 saw the highest number of Essential School Supply Packs delivered to students across the island. We covered all Provinces, travelling across the country delivering the packs to children from Schools, Community Based Organisations and our own Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres.

According to the most recent Poverty Indicators of the Department of Census and Statistics Household Income and Expenditure Survey of 2016, 92% of the contribution to total poverty is from the rural and estate sectors. In these underserved communities, new books, shoes and stationary is in fact a luxury, and a complete set of school supplies, right at the start of the academic year, can mean the difference between staying in school and dropping out.

The Essential School Packs were donated to the following locations:


Children's Goodness Club - Udumulla           
Children's Goodness Club - Rathgama          
Children's Goodness Club - Seenigama         
Children's Goodness Club - Akurala/ Kahawa           
Children's Goodness Club - Oddusuddan       
Children's Goodness Club – Murukandy
Children's Goodness Club - Mathagal           
Children's Goodness Club - Bandarawela     
Children's Goodness Club - Monaragala       
Children's Goodness Club - Eravur    
Children's Goodness Club - Thirukkovil         
Polpagoda Dharmapala Jr. School - Yakkalamulla
Sengal Padai Thiraukkumaran Vidyalayam - Vavuniya
Doragamuwa Maha Vidyalaya - Waththegama       
Kandegama Maha Vidyalaya - Mahiyangana           
Keerthi Bandara Maha Vidyalaya - Walapane
Kandegoda School - Ambalangoda    
Karampon Shanmuganatha Maha Vidyalayam - Kayts
Annandal Tamil Vidyalayam - Hatton
Church of Ascension Pre-school - Bandarawela
Human Resource Development Organisation - Batticaloa                           
Students from the Estate Community in Nawalapitiya, Hatton & Badulla
Students from Neluwa, Nuwaraeliya and Valluvam

Lahiru Pre School

Each pack contained:


01 School Bag
Voucher for School Shoes and Socks
08 Exercise Books
01 CR Book
Drawing Book
06 Coloured Felt-Tip Pens
Box of Crayons
Box of Coloured Pencils
Eraser, Ruler, 02 Pencils, 02 Pens
Box of Mathematical Instruments
Pencil Box
Lunch Box

Reusable Water Bottle

For just USD 25, you can support a child’s dream for education, and be a part of the Essential School Pack Drive for 2020. Please contact our Operations Manager Ananda Jayawardena on:  ananda@foguc.org with your pledge.

 

 

 

12th February 2019


 

 

 

 

 

 

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