OUR MISSION ...

Costa Rica is a third world country, situated in Central America between Nicaragua and Panama. It has a high level of poverty and it has a high dropout of children from school as the parents take them out at an early age from school to help support the family.

The foundation has built a school in a very poor area of San Jose, the capital city of Costa Rica. The school is called the Lady Gladys in honour of Gladys, mother of the founder of Educating Children (pictured left with her husband Donald Mitchell) to provide a good basic education to children and adolescents who for reasons of poverty and their environment are currently not able to receive an adequate education.

A very important aspect of the work of the Foundation is to educate the parents about the importance of their children obtaining a good education. In many cases, these parents are illiterate and have no understanding of the value of education.

The greatest gift that you can give to any child and especially a poor child  is a good education.