Educate: 13,000 Children
Engage: 960 Volunteers, 2300 Members
Inform & Inspire: 4,000 attendees, 65,000 online

Educate: 
The Suas Partner Schools Programme assisted our 7 Partners in India and Kenya by providing ongoing management advice, 91 teaching assistants for 10 weeks and €220,000 enabling:

• 4,000+ children to access primary school via Pre School, Coaching Support and Life-Skills programmes.
• 8,000+ children to receive a better quality education 
• Training for 210 teachers, infrastructure projects – building a kitchen in Maweni, replacing asbestos roofs in Kongowea, purchase of a resource centre for DAS. 

“Suas Volunteers are a class apart: they were young, fresh, enthusiastic, fun loving, jovial, spirited and at the same time serious, committed and well organised”  - Shubhra Chatterji, director of Suas Partner, Vikramshila. 

In Ireland, 

• 600 children benefitted from the Bridge 2 College learning model in partnership with TCD 

• 280 children benefitted from Mentoring Projects including homework clubs, Traveller literacy initiatives and language support for Refugees. 

“I would love to go to university and do something with computers. It's good to be working and learning in such a creative way." - Transition Year Student at B2C from CBS Drimnagh Castle

 

Engage: 
7 Student Suas Societies (CIT, DCU, NUIG, NUIM, TCD, UCC, UCD) our Alumni and supporters nationwide engaged in:

• Mentoring: 219 mentors at the Bridge 2 College and 8 projects across Ireland
• Overseas Volunteer Programme: 91 Volunteers, 10 weeks service to 2,000 children
• Volunteering Time & Expertise:  from putting up posters, to organizing events and conducting interviews, 323 people made our programmes possible. 
• Fundraising: €410,000 was raised including €28,000 on St. Patrick's Day by 327 volunteers.

“The biggest thing I learnt from Suas is that I am the one who needs to step up and be accountable, it’s not just good enough to sit and gripe and wait for change.” - Amy Wickham, Suas Volunteer

 

Inform & Inspire: 
Informing people of the challenges facing our world and inspiring them to action:

• 3,500 attendees across 38 events, including ‘Extraordinary Lives’ with Tina Roche, Dr. Steve Collins and Philip Berber. 
• 270 participants complete a Global Issues Course with 81% inspired to take further action.
• 5,000+ people to Suas videos including 1,000+ to viral video on ‘Keeping Ireland’s Aid promise’
• 60,000 visitors to www.suas.ie 

“Engaging and very informative – inspired me to get involved” - UCC Global Issues Course participant

 

Awards & Recognition:

• 6 awards at the Kenyan National Choral Championships for Gatoto Primary School in Nairobi. See why!
• Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning for the Bridge 2 College
• Social Entrepreneurship Award for John Lawlor, Programme Manager.
• Suas NUIG society voted most successful society by faculty & students while Suas DCU society was nominated for national society award. 
• Maria Coakley (Suas NUIG) nominated for Mayor’s Award for active citizenship 
• Suas Volunteer Programme and Bridge 2 College featured on RTE News. 
• The IEEE published a paper on the Bridge 2 College learning model. 
• Suas featured in Irish Times, Irish Examiner, Trinity News and other local print media. 

 

Thank You to the hundreds of people that have supported Suas and our Overseas Partners throughout this year.  We look forward to continuing our work together in 2010 and leave you with a quote from Philip Berber, CEO, Glimmer of Hope Foundation speaking at Extraordinary Lives. 

“We all have the opportunity, we all have the responsibility. Not all of us have a load of money. But we all have the time and talent and creativity. Look inside your own  heart, not your wallet and ask what it is that you bring, to help those brothers and sisters of ours that are so in need”