Save the Children

Save the Children
Witney
London
OX29 7BR
UK123 STC house

Dear Home owner,
If you have children I am sure that you are constantly checking exactly how well they are doing at school: Checking grades; helping with homework; encouraging them and, most importantly: making sure they never miss a day of school. After all, every child in the world deserves an education.

Unfortunately not every child in the world has this luxury. In war torn and poverty stricken countries all over the world innocent children are being denied this privilege. There is a variety of reasons for this, including some of the causes explained further below:

Child soldiers

Over 300,000 children are being used to fight wars across the world in: Iraq India Nepal Mexico Niger Iran Lebanon Russia Indonesia, to name just a few
They are emotionally undeveloped and easily manipulated, making it easy to recruit them into wars and violent situations that they may not even be able to understand or resist
Many of them are used by government armies

Being orphans

They generally do not have any money, so they can’t afford to go to school
If these children have younger siblings they will be forced to look after ...

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Child soldiers

Over 300,000 children are being used to fight wars across the world in: Iraq India Nepal Mexico Niger Iran Lebanon Russia Indonesia, to name just a few
They are emotionally undeveloped and easily manipulated, making it easy to recruit them into wars and violent situations that they may not even be able to understand or resist
Many of them are used by government armies

Being orphans

They generally do not have any money, so they can’t afford to go to school
If these children have younger siblings they will be forced to look after them, missing out on their own education

HIV/AIDS

Similar to the being orphans section. The children affected by the illnesses often have lost parents to HIV or AIDS
They miss their educations to look after parents or siblings who are affected by it
Teachers are missing a lot of time (sometimes dying) as they succumb to it

These are a few of the reasons among many. There are children kidnapped from school in Baghdad and girls being raped and killed in the democratic republic of Congo every day. In schools across the world children can’t even afford book or pens.

What are the long term affects of not having an education?

Without schooling children are deprived of the chance to get a good job, and be able to support their own families when they are adults. School can teach them the usual things, reading writing and maths, but also things that could save lives such as preventing AIDS, or what a land mine looks like. Some classes can contain 150 children of all ages, often being taught by a teacher who has had very little education themselves. Where would you be if you didn’t go to school?

How can I help?

By reading this letter you have shown that, as a caring member of the public, you are willing to make a difference. For just £1.50 you could give orphan school equipment, so for a petty £2 a month, over a year you could bestow upon an underprivileged child an education. In the Democratic Republic of Congo £14.00 ensures a youth with schooling for a whole year, for only £3 over four weeks for twelve months you could change three children’s lives forever.

To find out more go to:

Phone for more information: 0800 12 36 54

To help these children directly please fill out the form enclosed.