Suas Educational Development

Suas Educational Development is a registered charity in Ireland.^[1] The organisation, which has traded as STAND since 2024,^[2] aims to tackle educational disadvantage in India, Kenya and Ireland and has an ethos of youth development.^[3] Suas was founded by a group of students from Trinity College Dublin in 2002,^[4] and as of 2018 had a reported annual income of over €1.2m.^[5] Suas partners with several education NGOs in the developing world, in particular in India and Kenya,^[6] 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,^[7] and in Mombasa.^{[citation needed]}

The charity's activities within Ireland are coordinated via a network of college-based societies involved in volunteering and fundraising.^{[citation needed]} A mentoring programme is also run for transition year and fifth year secondary students from disadvantaged areas in Dublin.^[4] The charity also runs literacy programs for younger children.^[8][9]