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Give school supplies to a child in Ethiopia

About $20 (ETB 3,300) gives one child in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, a Back2School kit, so they begin the school year with what they need.

Meskot Education is registered in Ethiopia, CSO Registry No. 5476, and in the United States as a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 38-4273390. Gifts from U.S. donors are tax-deductible.

Children walking across a grassy schoolyard, one reading a new exercise book
Children in Shire with their new exercise books, July–August 2026. Photo: Mikael Kiros and the Meskot Education team.

What is in a kit

What a child needs to take part in the year's lessons.

  • A school bag
  • Exercise books
  • Pens and pencils
  • A geometry set
  • Printed worksheets

Meskot buys the supplies in Ethiopia, in Ethiopian birr, so the dollar amount is an estimate at today's exchange rate.

Back2School so far

Meskot runs Back2School in rounds, at the start of the school year.

  • 334 children in Shire given kits at the start of the school year, late July to early August 2026
  • 6,000 children reached over time, in rounds in several cities in Tigray
Hundreds of children standing in lines in a school yard, many with school bags, two men facing them
Children gathered for Back2School in Shire, July–August 2026.
A large crowd of children in a school yard beside a long corrugated-iron building
The Back2School day in Shire, July–August 2026.

Read the field note from Shire →

Help a child begin the school year with what they need.

Meskot Education is a charitable nonprofit organization registered in Ethiopia and the United States. Ethiopia CSO Registry No. 5476 | U.S. EIN: 38-4273390. Read about our registration and governance.

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