Mercy Beyond Borders believes that educating women and girls produces the most bang for the buck, no matter where, no matter how. Here’s how you can help:

Tuition for Girls

• $100 keeps a girl in primary school for an entire year in South Sudan; $150 in Haiti.
• $300 pays for a high school scholarship in South Sudan or in Haiti.
• $750 supports a pre-nursing intern at the remote Kuron Medical Clinic for a year
• $2,000 supports a girl in college for one year in South Sudan (room/board/tuition); note that this is an average—costs range from $1,000 to $6,000 depending on the college.

Literacy for Women

• $150 pays a literacy teacher for a month
• $250 buys supplies (chalk, t-shirts, books, or radios) for a class

Extras

• $ 25 buys 4 new books for the library being established at St Bakhita School this year
• $ 40 buys sanitary napkins for a year so a girl can go to class every day of the month
• $150 pays a teacher to staff a library during after-school hours for a year
• $200 buys a rugged bicycle for girls in South Sudan to get to school ($120 to buy + $80 to ship to Sudan).

Tech

• $ 75 buys 2 solar lanterns (and pays shipping from Nairobi) for families in S. Sudan.
• $300 pays for internet connectivity via satellite for one month in Narus.
• $400 buys a netbook (laptop) for the student computer lab at St Bakhita School.
• $400 produces one weekly radio show promoting the education of girls in S.Sudan

PreNursing interns in Sudan vaccinate children against polio	MBB Scholarship recipient Valencia rinsing clothes in the river near her home in Haiti