Niall Mellon_Education building blitz
Build better school infrastructure in African Communities
About this Giving Opportunity
Every year, Mellon Educate organises their now renowned “building blitz” trip to Africa for volunteers from all over the world to travel and lend a helping hand building better school infrastructure in poor African communities.
Since 2013, Mellon Educate has set about improving access to better standards of education in South African townships. In 2018, the charity launched its The Mellon Educate Literacy Programme which is the key focus of the charity going forward. Its purpose is to address the appallingly high numbers of children who are unable to read for meaning, thereby vastly increasing the numbers remaining in education, while also providing opportunities for unemployed young people to become community based literacy tutors and gain a qualification.
