Care For Kids Education

Most will agree that school has a huge impact on a child’s wellbeing. It’s in schools where friends are made, where social connection and learning happens. With the right education, kids develop dreams and goals and become the person who they are. Sending kids to schools that provide a safe cultural setting has a huge impact on the long-term wellbeing of children, while also keeping on track with their academic benchmarks.

Depending on the location, in some cases an international school may also be physically safer than a local school.

Often, one of the primary reasons for our Partners’ returning to Australia has to do with their children’s education. When suitable schooling options are not available, or the cost can’t be covered, families may need to send their kids to boarding school in a different country or return back to Australia. This means that the Partners’ investment in language and culture learning is cut short, and the people they are serving miss out on the transformational impact they bring to communities.

Interserve Partners are serving in their host country long-term, often for many years. Providing a quality education for their children is so important for when their overseas service comes to end and children need to re-integrate into a local Australian school.

It’s imperative that prior learning is recognised and that a student can enter into a school and continue their education, in the same language and in an aligned curriculum. Students finishing high school may want to go on to tertiary studies, and a requirement for western universities is a solid and equivalent education. This way, students are able to have a vision and direction of where their academic developments should progress towards, providing the same career options they would have at home.

Frequently, the biggest costs for Partners living in other countries is their children’s education. We estimate the combined cost of school fees for Interserve families based overseas is about $200,000 AUD each year. This is a real need, and without funds raised for children’s education, families need to return home when their children get into school.