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Our work

Help families facing earthquake hardship and food insecurity.

School Aid works directly with communities facing continuing earthquake hardship in Morocco and food insecurity in the Philippines, where malnutrition remains a serious concern. Our response combines children’s digital learning with women’s literacy and practical livelihood education. Each country has its own programme, funding target and delivery record.

The mission cycle

How we prepare the next delivery.

1 · Assess

With teachers, community representatives and trainers, we identify learning needs and practical livelihood opportunities.

2 · Gate

Our Board adopts a cultural and compliance protocol for the country before anything ships: local customs, safeguarding, sanctions, logistics.

3 · Source

Equipment sourced locally where practical, with suitability, local support and power requirements checked before purchase.

4 · Deliver

Our own team carries the delivery to the school — mountain road or island ferry — and hands it over working.

5 · Report

Report funds, fees, spending, deliveries and training activities from the next funded programme. Earlier field accounts remain available.

Programmes

Two country programmes, with different starting points.

Bayanihan · Mina, Iloilo, Philippines · Cabalabaguan first; delivery follows funding

Bayanihan: the whole village, lifting one another.

Bayanihan is the Filipino spirit of a community coming together to carry a neighbour’s load — when a family moves their home, everyone lifts it, together. It names our Philippines programme, and the way it works: children, families and local partners working together in Iloilo.

The first programme in Cabalabaguan combines six laptops, solar backup, school materials and onsite training at primary schools with practical education for fifty women farmers at Mina TESDA Center, including introductory soil care, water conservation and climate adaptation.

We are raising €34,312 for Cabalabaguan first, within a €171,559 programme across five barangays: Cabalabaguan, Abat, Agmanaphao, Bangac and Nasirum. Both targets include a provisional allowance of 6% of gross donations for payment fees.

Bayanihan — an original oil painting by Thomas Raffael of the Filipino spirit of a whole village moving together, carrying baskets, a carabao and a child
Bayanihan by Thomas Raffael (in memoriam). Maribeth’s wedding gift to David, now a gift from them both — free to all, in the spirit of lifting one another.
Download the artwork — high-resolution, free ↓ · released to the public domain (CC0); please keep the credit.
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barangays in the wider programme
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laptops planned for each participating barangay
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solar battery-backup and inverter system planned for each barangay
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school-material distribution designed to reach children

Twiza ⵜⵉⵡⵉⵣⵉ · Morocco · Three field missions · March 2024–January 2025

Twiza: the mountains’ word for the same truth.

Twiza (Tifinagh: ⵜⵉⵡⵉⵣⵉ) is the Amazigh tradition of collective mutual aid in the High Atlas Mountains — neighbours turning out to bring in a harvest, raise a roof or clear a road, no one paid, no one counting. It is Morocco’s Bayanihan: the same truth in another language, and the right name for how we work in these mountains.

Years after the September 2023 earthquake, families in the High Atlas Mountain villages we visit still need help. Our recorded deliveries built the relationships behind the next programme: nine laptops with solar-supported power, and nine months of literacy and livelihood education for fifty women, including beekeeping, and learning materials for around 100 children.

Ijoukak first: €33,777. Full programme across six locations: €202,660. Both targets include a provisional allowance of 6% of gross donations for payment fees. We will report actual charges, spending and delivery.

A mountain road sign for Ait Otmane bearing a School Aid badge, High Atlas Mountains
Our badge on the road to Aït Otmane — we mark our routes, and keep our promises.
Questions about school support

Where can I donate school supplies?

You can give online to School Aid to help fund school materials and delivery in Morocco or the Philippines. Choose a country fund if you want to direct your gift. The donation terms explain restricted gifts and what happens if a programme cannot proceed.

Can my company give equipment instead of money?

For equipment already in Morocco or the Philippines, tell us its location, type, quantity and condition. Please contact us before sending anything. Acceptance depends on confirmed school needs and a practical plan for safety, refurbishment, collection and maintenance. We do not arrange shipments of used electronics from Europe.

How can a school ask for help?

Write to our team with the village, district, school or community contact, and the materials or equipment that are missing. We work with local representatives to understand needs and agree stewardship. An enquiry is not a funding commitment: assistance depends on programme fit, funding and local arrangements.

How can I check what has already happened?

Read the three Morocco field accounts and the August 2026 Iloilo assessment. These contain our own visit photographs and narratives. The assessment is not a delivery report; future solar and laptop plans are not counted as completed aid.

Fund the next delivery.

Help fund materials, equipment and the local costs of delivery. For a larger or restricted gift, contact us to agree the scope and budget before donating.

Children open School Aid learning kits during a community distribution in the High Atlas Mountains
The last mile

Counted out, one school at a time.

Our next delivery cycle is designed to record purchases, handover and costs. The published field accounts show the practical work on which that reporting process is being built.

High Atlas Mountains, Morocco — January 2025
Field record

Morocco, as we found it.

Village children gathered on a mountain track at sunset below the High Atlas Mountains
Evening in the valley, waiting on the delivery.
A row of emergency tent and tin shelters in an arid mountain camp
Displacement shelters — where many of these children still live.
Volunteers working the distribution line with the camp and mountains behind
Local volunteers run the line with us.