3,000 SchoolBags for Afghan Refugee Children

Latest Update - Why we have changed our target total

First and foremost, thank you so much for contributing to our Afghan Refugee Appeal to fund 3,000 SchoolBags for children who have arrived in this country. We have been absolutely delighted with the response thus far and have received an outpouring of not only monetary contributions, but also gifts in kind.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to our SchoolBag rucksack supplier, Beechfield Brands for donating 3,000 rucksacks, pencil cases and PE bags free of charge, our stationery supplier Lyreco, for donating pens and other items, Steve from ThisandThat for donating 2200 free rulers and Victor Stationery for donating 1100 free exercise books. 

The result of these fabulous contributions is that our target amount has reduced to a new total of £22,000!

To date, we have raised half of the revised £22,000 budget with contributions through Crowdfunder and directly through our website and we are able to pack the first batch of 300 SchoolBags once the last remaining items within the contents arrive. We hope to do this in the next few weeks and will work with a representative from the Afghan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) to get these to the children and families, most likely in and around London.

We are hopeful that we can identify a family willing to be filmed during the first SchoolBag handover as BBC Points West and BBC Breakfast have said they would cover the story…this would give us amazing exposure and hopefully, help us reach the Appeal target.

Thank you once again for your generosity in this unprecedented project for us. We look forward to sharing news with you following the first SchoolBag distribution.

Warm regards
Team SIAB

Transforming Lives Through Education

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for the incredible support over the last few days since we launched this appeal, and especially the last 24 hours since Luke Simon, our Founder & CEO, featured on both BBC Radio Somerset and BBC Points West!

Every penny we raise will really help give these children the tools they need for school, and will help the families out tremendously financially, too.

We will continue to update you on our progression as we move forwards with this project.

Thank you again,

Team School in a Bag