Being an educator, I have been teaching in different schools from the primary to the tertiary level. One of my favorite things on do, aside from teaching is launching projects that can greatly benefit the students or the school in general. The problem in every school, everywhere is the lack of funding. Often, teachers would have to find ways to fund these projects without much help.
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I came across this post by @ethandsmith with his post and I am keen to help out. The summary of it all is that finances are needed to purchase chairs and books for the students. The specifics are in the post, so do head on over and check it out. That being said, I think this is an opportunity for many of us to change how we raise funds in education.
I came from a semi-private school. Semi private because the teachers are supplied by the government but the bills, the buildings and the equipment are supplied by the community. The administrators and teachers not only have to worry about the students' performance, they too have to worry about raising funds. Funds that can be used to purchase better books, equipment for teaching and to take students out of the school for enrichment activities.
Thus, any helping hand or any funds provided are always more than welcome by the teachers. Helping the teachers in this case helps lighten the burden and helps them focus on teaching and guiding the students. I remember the entire community getting behind a project that I was conducting and contributed food, money and manpower to help make it a success. I was happy not for the help but the thought that I am supported and I am not fighting this battle alone.
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As such, I would like to donate all the SBD earned from this post to @ethandsmith's project. However, it is likely to be not enough, let us all as a community come together to help better the lives of these children and teachers. Play a role in either resteeming this, donating a sum or just writing about this to help contribute to the school.
What you do can potentially benefit the teachers, students and parents. I live several time-zones away from this school but that's the beauty of Steemit. We can help each other, fund meaningful projects even if we are separated geographically. I'm no whale, but I want to do my part for the education community.
