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Schoolmaterials voor 100 children from disadvantaged areas in Paramaribo, Surinam

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Poverty in Suriname is spreading and the costs of daily living are high and hardly affordable. Parents are responsible for purchasing school materials for their children. This is not always possible and there are several neighbourhoods in and around Paramaribo that have to deal with a high school dropout rate, crime, teenage pregnancy and drug use. The Prasoro Foundation for the Child in Need in Paramaribo has identified a large number of children that it wants to help with school packages. Most of them come from single-parent families who can barely make ends meet. A school package consists of
1. 8 lined notebooks
2. 2 checked notebooks
3. 2 pencils
4. 3 pens
5. 1 sharpener
6. 1 ruler
7. 1 brush
8. 1 plastic folder
9. 1 drawing notebook
10.1 pack of colors
11.1 homework booklet
One package costs €4,40  For 100 children :  € 440,--