Project Eskwela
The Issue
Project Eskwela seeks to address the educational crisis in the Philippines that fosters poor literacy and quality of learning. Learning poverty, a term referring to the ability to understand and read simple texts by age 10, proves to be prevalent in the Philippines.
According to the World Bank Report from 2022, learning poverty in the Philippines is 56.4% higher than the average of East Asia and Pacific regions. Staggering learning poverty is due largely in part to inadequate funding that results in lack of school supplies and texts. Only 3.6% of GDP is spent on education, which is lower than the recommended 4-6% by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Inadequate funding harms the quality of education and places stress on already limited resources due to staff salaries and special programs.
Our Solution
Project Eskwela targets mainly primary and secondary schools through the donation of books and school supplies such as pencils, pens, paper, and notebooks.
By providing adequate resources, this program aims to increase the quality of education and literacy. Furthermore, this program also aims to promote interest in reading and writing through a diverse collection of literature and materials to create healthy relationships with learning.
Our Vision
Project Eskwela is working towards remediating learning poverty in the Philippines. Through book donations, supply drives, bookmark decorating, and more, we hope to improve the resources available to schools and promote interest in reading.
Alimodian National Comprehensive High School in Iloilo has severe fire damage to 7+ of its classrooms and several stock rooms. Our first year of Project Eskwela will direct its efforts towards lending a helping hand to the province of Iloilo.