Founded in 2011, Tailored for Education strives to increase school enrollment in developing countries by providing children with school uniforms. For millions of children around the globe, education represents the only way out of a life of entrenched poverty.

 
While most schools charge a nominal tuition fee or are privately funded, they still require each student to wear a uniform. Based on the schools we have been in contact with thus far, the average cost of each uniform is between $16 and $22. This out of pocket cost is often a financial burden for the family and forces many to forego school, or worse, send their children to work.  

Our hope is that by providing these children with uniforms they will have the opportunity to receive an education and improve their standard of living.  With the donations we receive we will provide students with locally made uniforms and an opportunity to create a better life for themselves and their families.  

Please check Our Mission for a more detailed description of our process.

UNIFORM COUNT: 280 UNIFORMS IN PRODUCTION: 794

Please see Our Mission for more information on Tailored for Education and Our Projects for details on the schools we have helped.

THE PROBLEM

	101 million children are not enrolled in school worldwide; more than half are girls
	When a girl in the developing world receives seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer children
	In conflict-affected poor countries, 28 million children of primary school age are out of school – 42% of the world total
	The simple information that children learn at school about day-to-day hygiene and the prevention of HIV and AIDS saves lives and keeps families together
	In sub-Saharan Africa alone, 10 million children drop out of primary school every year
	Half of the world’s out-of-school children live in just fifteen countries
	An extra year of primary school boosts girls’ eventual wages by 10-20%.  An extra year of secondary school: 15-25%
	About 17% of the world’s adults – 796 million people – still lack basic literacy skills. Nearly two-thirds are women
	60% of children of the appropriate age, attend secondary school worldwide.  In Sub-Saharan Africa, that number drops to only 25%
	Women with secondary education are far more likely to be aware of measures for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, which contributed to an estimated 260,000 fatalities from HIV-related illness in 2009
	21 developing countries are currently spending more on arms than on primary schools; if they were to cut military spending by 10%, they could put an additional 9.5 million children into school
	Education accounts for just 2% of humanitarian aid