We went up the mountain. We kept going back.
School Aid began on the broken roads of Morocco's High Atlas after the 2023 earthquake — a small team that believed the fastest way to help was to load the equipment, drive it up, and hand it over ourselves. Three missions later, that belief became a registered Estonian non-profit with one job: putting disaster-hit children back in working classrooms.
Help measured by need. Nothing else.
- Need alone decides. We help on the basis of need, without discrimination — with priority to the empowerment and protection of women and children.
- Non-political, non-sectarian. We never proselytise, and we take no political position anywhere we work.
- Culture first. No delivery or public content for a country until its Cultural & Context Protocol is adopted by our Board.
- Dignity in every image. We follow Dóchas-aligned storytelling standards: consent for every photograph, first names only, hope over pity.
- Proof over promises. Every mission ends in a published report of what was delivered and what it cost.
A small board with long histories in education and delivery.
Four board members — and one four-legged ambassador. Each human CV is published in full.
Three board appointments were approved by minuted resolution on 20 July 2026; the Estonian Business Register amendment is in progress. Until it completes, the register shows a single management board member.
Nichola Jane de Montaigne
Director of Education, Learning Systems, Capacity Building & Safeguarding Guidance
Annabelle Buo Ramos-Hermoso
Independent Director & Education Adviser — 30-year Master Teacher
How decisions are made.
School Aid MTÜ is an Estonian non-profit association (mittetulundusühing), register code 80646408, seated in Tallinn with a financial year from 1 October to 30 September. Material decisions are adopted by the Board through minuted resolutions, and the Board maintains at least one voice independent of the founding family in every material decision.
The association is publicly and financially separate from any commercial ventures of its members: charitable funds serve charitable purposes only, related-party interests are disclosed, and any cross-border payments follow arm's-length rules with professional advice.
Country programmes are governed by Board-adopted Cultural & Context Protocols — covering local custom and religion, safeguarding, procurement thresholds, sanctions compliance and delivery standards — before any public content or delivery begins. Our global Operations & Implementation Manual aligns with CHS, Sphere and INEE standards.
Meet us on a mission — from wherever you are.
The best introduction to School Aid is watching a delivery land.