My School Bag in Burundi

IN 2022 WE RENEW OUR APPEAL TO YOUR GENEROSITY IN DEVELOPING OUR

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CLOSE TO 1000 GIRLS AND BOYS

(clic here for a campaign flyer 2022)

Why My School Bag?

Burundi is a small landlocked country in eastern Africa. It is very densely populated with

over 11 million inhabitants and extremely poor. In terms of purchasing power parity,

Burundi ranks second-worst in the world.

Schooling and professional training are only accessible to students who can afford to pay

the compulsory uniform, the school bag and supplies. Poverty is their greatest barrier

to education.

My School Bag is a non-profit organization that unites Burundi and Quebec, Canada.
Since its creation, more than 90 % of the donations received were distributed to

children among the poorest in the world, allowing them to exercise their fundamental

right to education.

Our goal

Since 2006, your donations have paved the way for more than 1000 children, 53 % girls

and 47% boys. On the road to success, young Burundians became civil engineers,

journalists, teachers, mechanics, psychologist, computer technicians, etc.

Our challenge is to allow as many students as possible to benefit from professional

training which will lead to jobs, giving autonomy both to them and their family.
We salute the commitment and dedication of the volunteers, on the field, who accompany

the children, thus increasing effectively school attendance.

“ Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world ” Nelson Mandela

On behalf of the children and the Burundi youth who are truly grateful for your support,

We thank you.

Corinne

Facebook/Mon-Sac-Décole-My-School-Bag/

Bowling for a good cause

We are planning a bowling afternoon for the children of My Scool Bag in Burundi

When?

Sunday November 20th, 2022 from 14H to 17H.

Where?

Quilles G Plus Lasalle 1277 Blvd. Shevchenko, LaSalle, QC H8N 1N8

We are asking $150.00 so it comes to $25/person if you are 6

(it’s ideal because quilles G plus charge us for the alley and not by players)

If not, you can purchase individual tickets at $25. These people would likely be paired with others to make a full alley of 6.

(Note the bowling shoes are mandatory and can be purchased on site for $3.00)

Once again all profit goes to the sponsored kids of My School Bag in Burundi

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

To grant the most deprived children of Burundi their rights to an education and this, until the end of their studies.

The following amounts are needed to allow a Burundi child to attend school:

25$/year / Elementary level
40$/year / High school level

This means that a child receives his own school bag which contains:

A mandatory school uniform (often his own decent clothing)
All the necessary school supplies according to the academic level of the student (notebooks, pencils, geometry set, ruler, etc.)

At university level, we provide some students with a sum of 250$/year.

Texte de (feu) Serge Bouchard – Anthropologue, écrivain et animateur

A human child is the living creature which, in order to grow, requires the most time care and attention. The body spends twenty years to fully develop while the brain needs a lifetime. It is by its intelligence, its spirit, and its recollection that the human is a human among humans. Learning is his universe.

If only one child in not in class during school hours, if only one child is deprived of his right to education, it is the whole humanity, which is in failure.

That only one child does not have enough to eat; has not access to drinking water; does not receive the necessary medical care; that only one is left as forgotten with no source of comfort, that a single child is used for immoral purposes, here are the historical scandals that exceed in severity any other upheavals of current events. The technological exploit and the economic growth are meaningless; they are even strictly speaking insane in the circumstances of these scandals nevertheless so well documented. We will never accomplish anything noble in the face of history as long as we, humans do not take irreproachable care of all the children of the world, undoubtedly and without any exception.

Serge Bouchard
January 2014
(free translation by Corinne Chatel)

Annual Campaign 2022-2023 | Goal : $40,000

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Event(s)

Bowling for a good cause

Our mission

Le sac d'école

Texte de (feu) Serge Bouchard – Anthropologue, écrivain et animateur