Initiative Overview
Globally there are more than 115 million children who do not have the option to attend school because of high tuition costs or absence of learning centers in their community.
The Right Foot Forward believes education is the best tool in the fight against disease, war and poverty.
Our goal is to provide primary school-aged children with the opportunity of a tuition-free education. Our plan is to build schools in areas where needed and provide all fees associated with sending a child to school. In areas that have an education system in place, we plan on covering all school related fees.
By providing both girls and boys with the knowledge and skills to build and maintain independence, we are creating the foundation for a prosperous future. By teaching language basics (English), math, science, computer skills and other workforce skills we will be providing hands-on experience that can be developed further in life.
Creating a young and knowledgeable population will lead to other investments into these regions.
A school will provide more than just an education for a child. It will be a community center used by all residents. All our schools will be self sufficient, making use of the latest technologies in solar and wind turbine power. Our centers will be completely self-reliant, lessening any dependence on local government.
One final component of our facilities will be access to safe drinking water either through the use of drilled wells or rain collection in areas that allow it. Having access to clean water on site is imperative to the success of the children as it will free up valuable time to attend school normally spent traveling, in many cases, great distances to collect water for their families.
Other global aid programs will be able to benefit from a school system. It will provide food-aid providers and malaria bug net programs with accessible distribution centers. Inoculations for many preventable diseases still prevalent in impoverished regions of the world will be administered to the students.
Our fundraising strategy will be consumer-based. Our platform is based on building working relationships with household brand items consumed by the general pubic. From clothing to cleaning supplies, brand name foods and bottled water are just some of the potential products we would like to see support TRFF. This showcases efforts to be socially responsible. We feel the public’s growing interest in social issues will help encourage corporations to help our cause.
This is a very ambitious undertaking but it is an attainable goal. We are a global society and we have never been able to do more for each other than we can now. It’s time to put our foot down—The Right Foot. Help build the single most effective way to prevent disease, war and poverty.
