Suas Educational Development

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.[citation needed] Suas was founded by a group of students from Trinity College Dublin in 2002,[2] and as of 2018 had a reported annual income of over €1.2m.[3] Suas partners with several education NGOs in the developing world, in particular in India and Kenya,[4] 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,[5] 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.[2] In addition, the charity runs literacy programs for younger children.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Charity Detail - Suas Educational Development Limited". charitiesregulator.ie. Charities Regulator. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "To do it is to learn it". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "About Us". suas.ie. Suas Educational Development. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "The $10-a-month teacher - and the slum school she rescued". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Mentor programme helps pupils in Cork school accelerate their reading ability". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. ^ "One-in-10 Irish children can't read properly when leaving school". thejournal.ie. Journal Media Ltd. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2020.