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Educate Children

Your loving support gives a child a chance to start school, stay in school, and succeed in school. School Sponsorships provide the resources a student needs to pursue their best futures through education.

What are School Sponsorships?

When you donate to a School Sponsorship, you provide a backpack filled with supplies, a pair of shoes and a set of school clothes, a uniform, and food for the whole family 3x a year! You make a big difference.

Why are School Sponsorships important?

Ethiopians strive to send their children to school, even under very difficult conditions. However, there are significant barriers that make receiving an education difficult for children living in rural communities.

Families living in poverty struggle to feed their families. No mother should ever have to decide her child needs to leave school and go to work. And yet, the cost of school supplies is more than many families can afford. 

You are a change-maker, because your support means a child can go to school instead of going to work.

Birtukan

Meet Birtukan, a 6th grader who has a school sponsorship and who attends a school that is part of the Roots Ethiopia School Improvement Program!

“Before, I was working for my neighbor. I was selling charcoal so my family could have food to eat. I worked so much but it was never enough for me to go to school. And then my life changed!  Now, I feel like school is the best job ever, and it is a job I love with a school sponsorship.

$32 will help send a child to school!

Kokebe and her family

Remember when you first learned to read? The excitement of understanding math? The pride of wearing a new school uniform? For 11-year-old Kokebe, these simple joys are at risk of becoming distant dreams.
Without your help, Kokebe faces a heartbreaking reality: she will either go to school OR she must go to work to ensure her family’s survival. Instead of learning in a classroom, she’ll spend her days collecting firewood under the harsh sun, earning mere pennies to help feed her family.

But you can change her story.

With your gift of $32, you will give Kokebe a month of school.

Donate now!

Your caring heart will be part of a heavy lift to make sure she can count on an entire year of school. (You can trust that we won’t stop at one month!).

Here’s the impact you’ll help make:

1. You’ll fill a backpack with pens, notebooks, and hope
2. You’ll provide a uniform and shoes, giving dignity and belonging
3. You’ll ensure her family has food, so Kokebe can focus on learning, not working

Kokebe’s words show just how much your support means: “A school sponsorship means I can go to school like my friends. I can learn to read and do my math. Without sponsorship, I only have work to do and nothing that feels good.”

Your generosity goes beyond education—you’re breaking the cycle of poverty and opening doors for Kokebe to keep going to school.

Time is of the essence. School starts soon, and Kokebe’s future hangs in the balance. Will you be the one to make the difference?

Your action today shapes tomorrow. Your $32 gift before September 20 will make sure Kokebe can go to school, instead of going to work.

Ready to make a difference? Donate now and give Kokebe—or a child like her—the future they deserve.

Thank you for being the difference in a child’s life.

When you help a child like Birtukan, you give the gift of education!

Join The Roots! $32 every month means she has all the support she needs to succeed.

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