School Kits

Give a Child the Opportunity to Go to School

Why school supplies? To the children who receive School Kits, these supplies mean the difference between getting an education or not. Public school is usually free, but in the places where LWR works, even a few required supplies, like pens and paper, may be more than many families can afford.

And when parents can only afford to send one of their children to school, girls rarely get priority…yet the education level of mothers has the biggest impact on development.

Assembling School Kits

Please review the General Assembly Instructions before collecting items for the School Kits.
Consider raising the $1.40 per Kit LWR needs to ship School Kits overseas, and send your contribution to the Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund. Read more below.
Read How to Pack and Send School Kits. Do not enclose the Kit or any of its contents in plastic bags.
Please include all of the requested items in each School Kit. Do not add other items.
Download a patternfor making School Kit bags, or purchase drawstring-style backpacks from an approved retailer.

Include the following items in each School Kit:

Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper approximately 8” X 10½”; no loose-leaf paper
One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
One pencil sharpener
One blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band
Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure together with a rubber band
One box of 16 or 24 crayons
One 2½” eraser
One sturdy drawstring backpack-style cloth bag approximately 14” X 17” with shoulder straps (no standard backpacks)

Do not add other items or leave out any of the items listed. All items should be new and in good condition. Remove any excess packaging, pack all items in bag and close. Do not enclose the Kit or any of its contents in plastic bags.

Another Way to Help

Delivering School Kits to the children who need them most costs LWR about $1.40 per Kit, paid for by LWR’s Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund. If you are not able to assemble Kits, you can give to the Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund instead. Your donation will help ensure that we are able to distribute all of the Kits we receive. Thank you!