M&S school wear promotion beats target
The M&S school wear promotion raised a total £646,205 - beating our target of £500,000 - to help children in western Uganda get an education.
The promotion, which finished on the 4 September, saw M&S donate 5% of the purchase price of school wear sold instore and online.
It's outstanding success means that over the next 12 months 15,850 children in western Uganda will directly benefit from:
- 54 new classrooms with desks and chairs
- Textbooks and teaching materials in 40 schools
- Improved toilet and washroom facilities in 5 schools
- Teacher training and construction of two houses for teachers.
Why children need this help
Years of conflict in western Uganda have left the region exhausted. A whole generation of children has missed out on education. Many do dangerous work to support their families, and almost half of all six year olds are not even enrolled at school.
Those children who can get to school struggle with poor facilities: unsafe classrooms, very few books and pens and bad sanitation. Their teachers are often untrained and up to 200 children can be packed into one class.
Now the region is at peace, and there is an opportunity for the children and communities of western Uganda to build a brighter future.
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M&S's support will enable Save the Children to help children like Teddy in the Kasese, Kabarole, Bundibugyo districts of the Rwenzori region.
