EduSpots is an amazing charity that provides inspiration and education for young people across its 42 community-led learning 'Spots' in Ghana.  The impact that Covid has had on young people's educational opportunities in rural Ghana has been huge.  I'm really hoping that braving the cold waters of West Wales 42 times in the next 4.2 weeks - come rain, shine or wind......and without a wetsuit.......will help the EduSpots community network change at least one young person's life through the opportunity to stay in education.  I would love your support!!!!

To find out more about this fantastic Charity and the #EduSpots42Challenge read on........

Thanks for visiting this page! In celebration of 4.2 years since we became a registered charity, the EduSpots team are launching our 42 challenge! Our EduSpots 42 Challenge calls people to get creative and do something 42 times (or 4.2 or 420 or 4+2 or 4x2 times!!), either reaching out for sponsorship, or donating themselves (£4.20... £42...£420..!). Do then tag others to continue the #EduSpots42Challenge chain. Feel free to join in by linking your fundraising page to this page. 

We have been shocked by the results of research across our EduSpots communities where 42% of volunteers surveyed agreed that lost learning time would cause 'many students not to attend Senior High School'. A high percentage of children in our communities have no parent at home who can support their learning, and with limited learning resources, and limited contact from school, many Ghanaian children have had their education placed entirely on hold.

EduSpots provides a community-led solution. £4.20 enables us to fund a local text book for our book loaning stations£42 enables our Ghanaian team to lead a training session with local volunteers£420 enables us to deliver training and a literacy or STEM kit to a community who has requested it£4200 enables us to create a new 'spot'.

 We connect, train, and equip educational ‘catalysts’ to drive the creation of sustainable educational projects. We have supported 300 educational catalysts in 42 communities in creating community-led education ‘spots’, powered by solar, leading programmes in practical STEM and literacy development. Roughly 15,000 learners have been positively impacted, and we were recently shortlisted for the national EduCom award for NGO or Business contribution to education. 

Our model is low-cost and high impact. We will be sharing stories from our communities on a regular basis on @eduspots on Twitter and Facebook. Any questions or suggestions, email Cat Davison on cdavison@eduspots.org. Help us create #OurCollectiveFuturewww.eduspots.org