Suas Educational Development

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

Programmes

Overseas

The charity's 'Education for All' programme is intended to provide technical and financial support to projects in India and Kenya. The money and resources provided by Suas to these partner schools are intended to enable the schools to provide holistic education to the community. Schools in the program include: Development Action Society (in Kolkata), Sabuj Sangha (Kolkata), Vikramshila (Kolkata), Gatoto Community Primary School (Nairobi),[4] Maweni Primary Schools (Mombasa) and Kongowea Primary Schools (Mombasa).

Ireland

In Ireland, Suas has a network of 10 college based societies which provide opportunities for members to volunteer in the local community, to fundraise for the overseas schools and to raise awareness about development issues. Suas runs an annual programme of evening courses and events that aim to "engage and inspire" participation in social change.

A mentoring programme is also run for transition year and fifth year secondary students from disadvantaged areas in Dublin.[1] In addition, the charity runs literacy programs for younger children.[5][6]

References
  1. "To do it is to learn it". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "About Us". suas.ie. Suas Educational Development. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. "The $10-a-month teacher - and the slum school she rescued". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. "Mentor programme helps pupils in Cork school accelerate their reading ability". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. "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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