KareDrew currently provides some assistance in education for 64 children attending 26 schools. Assistance in one mixed-income community began when political unrest, increased gang violence, storms, and flooding caused more hardship than usual and a steep inflation rise. Requests for help increased: “If we pay our rent and buy food we can’t pay school fees for our children.” KareDrew provides partial scholarships for school fees for about 64 students in grades K through 12. The funds go directly to 26 schools.
Assisting individual families amid the country’s political unrest and continued gang violence is possible in large part because of Fonkoze Bank and its branches located throughout the country. KareDrew can send one wire from our local bank to Fonkoze. We alert Fonkoze of the wire and the total amount. Fonkoze contacted us to acknowledge its receipt and learn how to divide the funds for school fees which would mean deposit into individual school accounts. The fees are never in the hands of the parents so there is no risk of them being seen entering or exiting a bank.