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Suas Educational Development is a registered charity in Ireland. [1] Its goal is to tackle educational disadvantage in India, Kenya and Ireland and has an ethos of youth development.[ citation needed] Suas was founded by a group of students from Trinity College Dublin in 2002, [2] and as of 2018 had a reported annual income of over €1.2m. [3] Suas partners with several education NGOs in the developing world, in particular in India and Kenya, [4] in order to provide education to underprivileged youth.
The charity's overseas programmes include 'Education for All', which is intended to provide support to education projects in India and Kenya.[ citation needed] Schools in the program include several in Kolkata, in Nairobi, [5] and in Mombasa.[ citation needed]
The charity's activities within Ireland are coordinated via a network of college-based societies involved in volunteering, fundraising and awareness campaigns.[ citation needed] A mentoring programme is also run for transition year and fifth year secondary students from disadvantaged areas in Dublin. [2] In addition, the charity runs literacy programs for younger children. [6] [7]