Back to School 2021 Campaign

Poverty triggers multiple challenges. It impacts children the most. Because of limited financial means, poor families are unable to bear the educational expenses of their children. Basic expenses like textbooks, stationary and proper clothing sometimes become too much of a challenge.

Families must make a hard choice between covering the living expenses and paying for their children's education. Children end up missing school. They are deprived of education and sometimes forced to work hard at an early age to support their families. When these children grow up and become parents, they will face the same challenges. This is a vicious circle which our organization aims to break. The “Mehraneh campaign 1400” with the help of its donors around the world will provide grants to buy stationary for the children.

Last year, tablets were purchased and distributed to many students. And as anticipated, our initiative led to a significant improvement in their academic achievement. Your and our continued support will provide further motivation to the students.

Like the rest of the world, the corona outbreak has caused an economic crisis in Iran. The crisis has affected family incomes and businesses. The crisis has hit the poor people the most. The reduction in family incomes has a direct impact on the education of children. Unfortunately, many students could potentially miss school at the beginning of the school year.

RWB wants to ensure that children do not miss school because their families cannot afford stationery and textbooks required for the children. Based on the needs of children, RWB has a specific action list to address school dropout problems. We plan to allocate a budget for purchasing textbooks. The monthly allowance of each student is fixed at 50,000 Tomans/month (450,000 Tomans in 9 months). The funds can also be utilized for purchasing stationery, healthy nutrition items, medicines etc. Overall, 400 male and female students, from different grades, will benefit from this initiative for an entire academic year (9 months).

RWB follows a protocol to allocate money for textbook purchase grants. The grants are proportional to the number of students in each school. Based on the specific school, the money is transferred to the account of the project coordinators (from the school principals of Khosf district). Next, based on the number of students in each school, the desired amount will be transferred to that school’s account and the registration for the procurement of the textbooks will be done. Similarly, RWB also has a protocol for grant distribution for monthly allowances. Our liaisons communicate back the specific needs to us on a monthly basis. Concurrently, we coordinate with one of the chain stores to prepare the items needed by the students. The invoices are sent to the secretary of the working group in Iran and the cost is deposited directly by RWB to the store account. Additionally, the required arrangements have been made with the education department of Khosf district. The director of education and deputies will supervise the implementation of the project.

The students may not need stationery or other items all at once. It is therefore prudent that the fund allocation be staggered. So, the amount of immediate spending will be determined based on coordination with the teachers and the preparation of a complete list of supported students. The remaining amount of RWB's fund, for each student, is saved and used in essential cases such as high medical or basic necessities expenses.