Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Senait Mareligne, Director

502.235.8682

smareligne@unikids.org

UNIKIDS COLLECTS SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR ORPHANAGES

LOUISVILLE, KY – May 18, 2011

A campaign to provide students in orphanages and low-income families in Ethiopia and other developing countries has called on schools in Louisville, KY to get involved in the cause.

UniKids, a not-for-profit organization founded by native Ethiopian and Louisville resident Senait Mareligne, collects gently used and new school supplies and books from area schools and ships to Ethiopia, The Gambia, and other developing countries.

Many families struggle to equip their children with the necessary school supplies they need to pursue their education. They face difficulty to even buy the children the basic paper, pen, and pencil. However, the children are committed as they get up every morning and go to school.

UniKids goal is to boost these students learning desire by adding color and excitement to their learning experience. Our goal is for each student to have crayons, coloring pencils, coloring papers, markers, etc at their disposal and help them expand their imagination.

School supplies collection drive is going on through out the month of May to engage as many schools as possible before the end of the school year. So far, six area schools are committed to involve their students in the drive and donate school supplies and books.

The goal is to reach to ten schools where UniKids will be able to collect enough supplies to support about 500 students in orphanages and low-income families in Ethiopia.

For more information, call 502.235.8682 or visit www.unikids.org.

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School Supplies Collection Drive

Before the end of the school year, we are asking schools to participate in our school supplies collection drive. Parents, teachers, and students are encouraged to think about donating the left over school supplies from the year. 

Before UniKids, my kids used to bring a backpack and more full of year round school supplies that ended up in the basement and sometimes in their backpack:-) What started as a suitcase donation to a small school in Ethiopia has now grown to helping more that one school, more than one orphanage.

We now work with registered not-for-profit organizations in Ethiopia that help students in orphanages and low-income families. Our goal is to help out about 500 children this year. These are children who don't have the necessary supplies to help them continue their education. They use notebooks and pens/papers but imagine if they are able to have a notebook for each subject, crayons, markers, colored pencils, scissors, rulers, erasers. And when they go to their library, imagine their smile when they are welcomed by books and they are transported to another world through the books. 

We are hopeful that our participating schools will make us proud by donating as many school supplies and books as possible. Our goal is to have about 10 schools participate this year and we are at 6 schools. 

Your school or your child's school can be part of this cause. 

Thank you for your unconditional support.

Senait Mareligne

Founder/Director

UniKids Team