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The network’s “It’s Cool to be at School” program will seek to provide Fijian children who live in orphanages with the equipment they need to attend school.
Dubbed “It’s Cool to be at School”, the international campaign representing a collaboration between the Harcourts Foundation and the organisation Inspirational Women will seek to support Fijian children in need.
The campaign is a result of the network wanting to tackle the “distressing fact” that there are “over 25,000 disadvantaged children living in Fiji”, a country where the global network has a significant presence.
“This correlates to over 10 per cent of the child population of Fiji being neglected or disadvantaged,” said Pauline Smith, head of the Harcourts Foundation, and a driving force in Inspirational Women.
In response to this issue, Harcourts will be working with four Fijian orphanages to equip children with the essential school items they will require in school next year.
Denyse McPhail of Harcourts Fiji will operate alongside Smith and her team, with McPhail coordinating the project within Fiji and working with the four Fijian orphanages of Loloma Home & Care Centre, St Mina Children’s Home, St Tabitha Children’s Home, and Treasure House Christian Children’s Home.
Harcourts detailed that a mix of ages of children ranging from primary school to high school would be supported through the program.
Smith detailed that each $200 contribution would be able to “sustain a child’s education in Fiji for an entire year”, with these donations providing a child with “two sets of school uniforms, two pairs of school shoes, one pair of sports shoes, one school backpack, (and) a stationery pack”.
For individuals not able to donate a whole $200, Smith stated that a range of price points exist with donors able to “purchase half a school kit for $100 or a quarter kit for $50”.
“We would love to get as many children from these orphanages to school in 2025 as we possibly can!” Smith stated.
“Together, we can make it possible, and cool to be at school!” she concluded.
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