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Back to School Fund

Back to School Fund

Back to School Fund

Some donors know exactly which country they want to support. Others trust Human Appeal to make that decision, placing their gift where a child needs it most, in the country where the gap between what a child has and what they need is widest this August.

The Country That Needs It Most

Human Appeal delivers Back to School kits across Gaza, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Senegal. Each country has children waiting for supplies before the new term begins. Each has families for whom the cost of a school bag is simply out of reach.

The Where Most Needed fund gives Human Appeal the flexibility to direct your donation to the child and country where it will have the greatest impact this school season, assessed by our teams on the ground who know the communities, the need, and the moment.

You do not have to choose the destination. You choose to trust the people who are already there.

Why Trust Matters More Than You Think

Giving to Where Most Needed is not a passive choice. It is an active decision to place your donation in experienced hands and let over 35 years of humanitarian work guide it to the right child at the right time.

  • Gaza: 658,000 school-aged children have had little access to formal education for two years.
  • Sudan: Schools destroyed by conflict, with children displaced and falling permanently out of learning.
  • Yemen: Children attending class hungry, without basic supplies, in communities facing a decade of war.
  • Syria, Somalia, Senegal, Pakistan: Millions of children starting each term without what they need to belong.

Your Where Most Needed donation reaches whichever of these communities our teams assess as facing the greatest need this August: the place where your kit will make the most difference.

What Your Donation Provides

Every Where Most Needed donation funds a school kit and uniform for a child who has none. The specific contents vary by country, as each kit is assembled according to local needs and context, but every kit contains what a child needs to walk into their first day prepared, not singled out.

This year, we want to reach even more. Your Where Most Needed donation ensures no child is left behind simply because their country did not receive enough dedicated campaign funds.

Be the Reason a Child Shows Up Ready

You may never know which country your kit reaches. You may never see the child who opens it. But somewhere this August, a child will sit down on their first day with a bag on their back and supplies on their desk because you trusted Human Appeal to find them.

That trust is not taken lightly. It is the foundation of everything we do.

Back to School Fund

Back to School Fund

How Our Education Programs Made a Difference in 2025

3,800

3,800

Students supported in Gaza

5,966

5,966

Children and youth with education and child protection services in Lahore, Pakistan

50

50

Makeshift schools in Gaza

15,429

15,429

Children received back-to-school support through Human Appeal's education programs in 2025

4,616

4,616

Students supports through through repairs and heating support in schools in Syria

200

200

Children recieved back to school support in Sudan

400

400

Children benefited from education support in Somalia

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