Edunations
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 1:17PM 
EduNations is a non-profit started and sustained locally in Buffalo, NY making a global impact. They are devoted to building schools and a future for the forgotten children across the continent of Africa, beginning in Sierra Leone. Motivated by compassion for “the least of these,” EduNations seeks to connect resources from affluent societies with the needs of the poorest in the world to provide education, opportunity and hope.
Devoted specifically to work in Sierra Leone, ravaged by Civil War and ranked consistently the poorest nation on earth, the founders of EduNations each have a personal connection to the children of Sierra Leone and a shared passion for its people. Starve children of an education, and they’ll learn the hardest lessons.
EduNations is devoted to building schools to make education free and accessible to children who otherwise would not receive one. In Sierra Leone, many families go without food, or children are forced into prostitution or become petty thieves, to pay school fees. For just $25,000, a school can be built to serve 240 pupils in remote areas. To sustain a school for a year it takes just $20,000 to cover teachers’ salaries, school supplies, and one hot meal per student per day with take-home portions for their families. The building also serves as a community center where adults can receive health services and vocational training with the goal of making the school self sustaining.