a clever case for times of crisis

Monday, December 22, 2008

Things are tough all over, which means that now more than ever it's important to give to those less fortunate. For just under $200, you can send a School-in-a-Box to a disaster-stricken area, and help over 80 children keep learning. Each lockable metal case is filled with all the essentials—notebooks, lesson posters, pens and pencils, and a special paint that turns the lid of the box into a movable blackboard. The kits were widely employed in Indonesia after the tsunami of 2004, and more recently in Myanmar when schools were destroyed by May's cyclone. Helping students in emergency situations—now that's a gift with real class.