Problem

One of UNICEF's top priorities after natural disasters strike or in conflict situations is to get children back to school—where they can recover a sense of normalcy and safety.

The Gift

Your gift will provide one "school-in-a-box" kit for children whose schools have been damaged in an emergency.

Originally designed to provide basic education for children living in refugee camps following the Rwanda crisis in 1994, UNICEF's "school-in-a-box" kit is now used in emergencies worldwide to ensure the continuation of children's education in the first 72 hours of any emergency.

The school-in-a-box kit contains supplies and materials for a teacher and up to 80 students, if taught in double-shift classes of 40. In addition to basic school supplies, exercise books, pencils, erasers and scissors, the kit also includes a wooden teaching clock, plastic cubes for counting and three laminated posters (alphabet, multiplication and number tables). The kit is supplied in a locked aluminum box, the lid of which can double as a blackboard when coated with a special paint included in the kit.