School in a Bag

About School in a Bag

School in a Bag provide bright red rucksacks full of essential resources that enable poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster affected children worldwide to write, draw, colour, calculate, express themselves, eat, drink, wash and above all, learn.

A typical SchoolBag contains: 12 pencils, 10 biro pens, 12 colouring pencils, a maths set, ruler, pencil case, 6 exercise books (line/square/plain), a water bottle, a LunchBox and Spork and a hygiene pack comprising toothbrush, toothpaste, flannel and soap.
Our first SchoolBags were distributed in Swaziland in 2009 with Shelterbox. Since then, over 142,000 bags have been delivered in 55 countries including refugee SchoolBags provided for displaced children and young people relocated to the UK.

Recently added opportunities

Jun12
Home Farm Festival - Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2026
One-off · 12 Jun 2026, 12:00 — 14 Jun 2026, 20:00
Chilthorne Domer
Home Farm Festival - Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2026
Volunteers needed for our 3 day family music festival, Home Farm Fest taking place from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2026 in Chilthorne Domer, near Yeovil. Posted by School in a Bag

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