School Uniform

School uniform is compulsory in Ghana. For a family that cannot afford one, that single rule decides whether a child sits inside the classroom or stands outside it.

One uniform settles that for one child.

Where the money goes

The uniform is sewn in the village by local seamstresses and the fabric comes from the village shop. One uniform pays a tailor, pays a shopkeeper and puts a child in class. Three good things out of one purchase.

The children of the women in our Shea butter cooperative are already in school, paid for by their mothers' own earnings. This is for the other families in the village, the ones for whom a uniform is the thing standing in the way. Everybody here knows everybody, so a child who is missing from class is noticed the same morning.

You pay what the uniform costs and we take care of everything else. We are a company rather than a charity, so this will never show up on your tax return. It will walk to school on Monday morning.