Learning is a powerful vector for empowerment and social cohesion, enabling everyone to express their potential and play a role in society. We believe it is important to create the right conditions to allow young primary and secondary school students in Africa and the Middle East to learn and be taught better.
Since 2014, the Orange Foundation has been committed to an ambitious approach to education through digital technology with the Digital Schools program, through which it has donated more than 1,700 Digital Schools kits with educational and pedagogical content to support several hundred primary and secondary schools in 16 countries, now benefiting several hundred thousand students and teachers each year.
The Orange Foundation is launching its new Education+ program consisting of 3 components (Coordinate - Equip & Train - Reward) designed to support the Orange Group countries in Africa and the Middle East to improve teaching and learning conditions in Schools.
Beginning in 2025, the Digital Schools program will be bolstered by two additional forms of support: scholarships and the more traditional back-to-school supplies/kits that are the subject of this call for projects.
Call for Projects
Education+ / Back to School 2025 : Framework of the call for projects.
One factor of inequality in access to education is the lack of basic equipment needed to pursue education after primary school. The Orange Foundation is committed to reducing this form of inequality by providing several thousand students in public primary schools with their back-to-school kits, which consist of various basic items (bag, notebooks, pens, etc.) to give them the best conditions for learning.
Orange Country Foundations and associations/NGOs are invited to propose and detail the implementation of an operation to donate "school supplies kits" to thousands of children in the Orange Foundation's Digital Schools network as a priority.
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Outline your strategy for donating back-to-school kits for the start of the 2025 school year, with priority given to students in the Orange Foundation's Digital Schools.
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Propose a back-to-school kit that includes at least: a backpack, notebooks, pens, pencils, an eraser, a sharpener, and a ruler/square/protractor with Orange Foundation branding.
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Estimate the value in euros of this kit, purchased locally (no imports).
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Confirm that the items in the kit will comply with Orange's local CSR purchasing policy.
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Propose the number of kits needed to carry out a large-scale campaign that will have a major impact on the Orange Foundation's Digital Schools network.
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Provide a list of the schools and the number of students in the Orange Foundation Digital Schools network that will benefit, as well as a list of other schools/students that will benefit.
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List the eligibility criteria that will be used to select the students who will receive this kit.
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Provide details about the logistics of distributing these kits, as well as plans for special events and communications related to this campaign.
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Draw up a project schedule between the date of receipt of funds (early July) and December 2025.
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Draw up a global budget for the entire campaign (purchase of items, creation of kits, distribution, events, communication, etc.).
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Orange Foundations and organizations in each of the 17 countries in the Orange Africa and Middle East region.
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Associations and non-governmental organizations based in one or more of the 17 Orange Africa and Middle East countries.
The beneficiary organization must be able to issue a donation receipt.
Documents to enclose with the application :
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Detailed project presentation (.doc or .ppt)
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Association/foundation/organization status
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Association/foundation/organization budget
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The latest Auditor’s report
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A summary of the actions funded by the Orange Foundation over the last 5 years for associations/foundations/organizations already supported.
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Assessment of the Digital Schools 2023-2025 program (for Orange Foundations responding directly)
Useful information for submitting your projects:
Frequency of the call for projects: once a year
Duration of support: the project runs for a maximum of 4 months between September and December 2025 and may be renewed over a period of up to 3 years (if multi-year project: specify project developments, and provisional budget). An assessment and review by the selection committee will be necessary for a multi-year renewal.
Schedule:
- Start: March 27 2025
- End: April 26 2025
- Selection committee: end of May 2025
List of 17 Orange countries in Africa and the Middle East:
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Egypt, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Jordan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia.