Donate. Educate. Equate.
Our Mission
Educate a Mate is a not-for-profit charitable organisation seeking to increase the global quality of education. We want to help by helping. How? We raise funds by directly supporting our local community. A major source of our fundraising is from promoting local performers and artists, who will have an open platform to showcase their talents at our ticketed events. All funds raised from ticket sales contribute to the building of schools, supplying of resources, and training of teachers wherever it's needed most. Right now we're looking out for our mates right here in WA.
How does it work?
To put it simply, it's just mates supporting mates. There's a three tiered mate-ship that occurs. Those who come to our events have the opportunity to meaningfully spend time with family and friends, whilst meeting new mates. Those who perform will be performing to their family and friends, whilst showcasing their talents to the larger community. But, most importantly, funds raised from our events will educate our mates who have grown up in communities where their education infrastructure or resourcing is lacking, increasing their available opportunities to succeed.
What's the point?
To make our vision possible, our focus is on investing in key educational infrastructure, which provides a learning environment conducive of educating children. A well-established education system is a long-term investment into the future of any community. Everyone should have the equal right and opportunity to a high standard of education. Knowledge is power, especially in a transforming global landscape with an unknown future. To be educated should not be a privilege, but a human right. At the end of the day, all that separates us is the environment we are raised in.
An education is not a luxury. It is the key to setting the foundation into a sustainable future. To make this vision possible, it is important to build infrastructure, which provides a learning environment conducive of educating children. A well-established education system is a long-term investment into the future of any society.
Donate To A Mate
To donate to a mate, please visit our go fund me page:
https://www.gofundme.com/educate-a-mate
Here is how your mate will benefit.
For approximately just…
$1 - Puts a child in school for a week
$5 - Provides a child with educational materials and resources for a month
$12 - Puts a desk in a classroom
$22 - Provides safe drinking water for a classroom
$50 - Gives school books to a class of children in Nepal
$450 - Secures annual training for teachers and support staff
$600 - Builds a tube well providing clean drinking water to the school and village
$1000 - Pays the salary of a locally sourced and employed teacher for a year
Events
DRESS CODE: Cocktail attire. Educate a Mate is jazzin' up your Tuesday night this coming May! Come down to the Ellington Jazz Club on the 29th of May to enjoy the talented and experienced jazz musicians that will be performing live on stage for you to enjoy. Bring along your friends and family for a couple of drinks and a groove to some good ol' tunes. 100% of your ticket funds will be put toward providing a quality education for children in Nepal. Be sure to purchase a ticket for your Tuesday night to be funkifyed to the max, all whilst raising money for an important cause.
Educate a Mate's launching fundraiser will be a night to remember. A variety of local up-and-coming bands, singers and musicians will be performing their talents live on stage, where all proceeds from ticket sales and other donations will be put toward establishing access to a quality education for children in Nepal. Come down on the night to chill with mates with a bite to eat or to groove to the music and bust a move on the dance floor!
Affiliations
United World Schools Charity
United World Schools is dedicated to improving education for some of the world’s poorest children. We provide a free basic education to children living in remote and marginalised communities. We teach the unreached.
Click here to visit the UWS websiteAustralian Charities & Not-for-profit Commission
Educate a Mate is currently registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). The ACNC is the national regulator of charities, responsible for registering and regulating Australia’s 57,514 charities.
Click here to visit the ACNC websiteFounder
Elise Christou
Founding Director (LLB Hons)
Elise is a law graduate from Western Australia with particular interests in human rights and international relations. Elise has a passionate dedication for social impact. Elise's goal for Educate a Mate is to support greater access to global education to implement education as a long-term and sustainable key to the eradication of poverty. She established Educate a Mate in order to contribute to the global movement for equal opportunity.
