Suas Educational Development

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Suas Educational Development is a registered charity in Ireland. [1] Its goal is to tackle educational disadvantage in India, Kenya and Ireland and has an ethos of youth development. [2] Suas was founded by a group of students from Trinity College Dublin in 2002, [3] and as of 2018 had a reported annual income of over €1.2m. [4] Suas partners with several education NGOs in the developing world, in particular in India and Kenya, [5] in order to provide education to underprivileged youth.

The charity's overseas programmes include 'Education for All', which is intended to provide support to education projects in India and Kenya.[ citation needed ] Schools in the program include several in Kolkata, in Nairobi, [6] and in Mombasa.[ citation needed ]

The charity's activities within Ireland are coordinated via a network of college-based societies involved in volunteering, fundraising and awareness campaigns.[ citation needed ] A mentoring programme is also run for transition year and fifth year secondary students from disadvantaged areas in Dublin. [3] In addition, the charity runs literacy programs for younger children. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Charity Detail - Suas Educational Development Limited". charitiesregulator.ie. Charities Regulator. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "What We Do | STAND". stand.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  3. 1 2 "To do it is to learn it". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Suas Educational Development - Financial Statements and Directors Report for the year ended 31 December 2018" (PDF). suas.ie. Suas Educational Development. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "About Us". suas.ie. Suas Educational Development. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "The $10-a-month teacher - and the slum school she rescued". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mentor programme helps pupils in Cork school accelerate their reading ability". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "One-in-10 Irish children can't read properly when leaving school". thejournal.ie. Journal Media Ltd. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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