Public High Schools are NOT FREE in Jamaica! Students must pay school fees, text books, school supplies, lunch and transportation in order to attend.

An educated girl is an empowered girl who will have opportunities to lift herself out of the poverty and achieve success in life.

13 of our girls are brilliant "A" students: Trevisa, Sarah, Dania, Janneil, Romilla, Savena, Tamia, Shanique, Jada, Nicole, Daniellia, Janet and Danielle! The others are "B" students. We need your help so that all these brilliant girls are educated, and equipped with the necessary tools to become independent, empowered and transform their own lives out of poverty.

PLEASE HELP us send our girls back to high school in Jamaica!

Read about our brilliant girls here: https://www.facebook.com/caribbeaneducationfoundation

WHO WE ARE:
The Caribbean Education Foundation, Inc. (CEF) is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. We are dedicated to helping briliant, poor children receive meaningful access to quality education. Our current mission country is Jamaica.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
Public High Schools are NOT FREE in Jamaica! High school starts in Grade 7. It costs $1,500 U.S. to send 1 child to public high school each year. Children must pay school fees, textbooks, transportation and lunch, including the usual uniforms and school supplies! The minimum wage is $50 U.S. per week for a 40 hour work week or $200 U.S. dollars per month.

Since its inception in April 2007, CEF has awarded over 40 student scholarships in excess of $50,000 U.S. dollars to brilliant, poor girls to attend school. Our Paul Bogle Scholarships students' pay school fees, textbooks, school supplies, transportation and lunch.

We currently have 30 children on scholarship and 20 are girls. Our 10 boys are being raised by single mothers, as well as our girls!

In addition, CEF is creating a Learning Center in Kingston, to launch in 2014 and provide empowerment programs to girls and critical access to technology.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

$5 - Help 1 girl with lunch for 1 day

$10 - Help 1 girl with lunch for 2 days

$25 - Help 1 girl with bus fare for 1 month and 2 days of lunch

$50 - Help 2 girls with bus fare for 1 month and 2 days of lunch

$75 - Help 3 girls with lunch for 1 month

$100 - Help 1 girl with transportation to school for 1 month

$150 - Help 1 girl with transportation to school and lunch for 1 month

$250 - Help 1 girl purchase school text books

$500 - Help 1 girl to with text books and school fee to attend school for 1 year

$1,500
CEF Education Ambassador
Help 1 girl attend High School for 1 year (pays school fee, lunch, books, supplies, uniforms, transportation). You have Adopted a Student and is now a CEF Education Ambassador! As Ambassador, you will receive your Student's Grade Reports, Communicate with her and receive regular updates on how she is doing.

$3,000
Bronze Sponsorship
You have helped 2 girls to attend High School for 1 year.

$5,000
Silver Sponsorship
You have helped 3 girls to attend high school for 1 year.

$10,000
Gold Sponsorship
You have helped 6 girls to attend high school for the year.

$20,000
Platinum Sponsorship
You are helping 13 girls to attend high school for the year!

We truly appreciate your support! Your assistance makes the education of brilliant, poor girls possible! Thank you.

CARIBBEAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Educate one Child, Empower a Community...and Transform our World by investing in poor youths' education. CEF’s goal is to take action, to ensure things will change to break the poverty cycle and give our youth meaningful choices and opportunities in this world.

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Send-A-Girl to High School in Jamaica