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Students Offering Support is a national network of student volunteers working together to raise funds to raise the quality of education and life for those in developing nations through raising marks of our fellow University students. This is accomplished through our Exam-AID initiative where student volunteers run group review sessions prior to a midterm or final exam for a $20 donation. All of the money raised through SOS Exam-AIDs is funnelled directly into sustainable educational projects in developing nations. Not only does SOS fund these projects, but SOS volunteers help build the projects on annual volunteer trips coordinated by each University chapter. |
Students Offering Support - History:
SOS: Students Offering Support is a charitable sustainable social venture that develops and supports SOS chapters residing within post-secondary schools across the nation. Each University SOS chapter raises money to raise roofs through raising marks during our ‘Exam-AID’ group review sessions, taught and coordinated by student volunteers for university and high school students. Each year, the money raised is spent creating sustainable education projects in developing nations on annual outreach trips. Since 2005, over 200 SOS volunteers have tutored over 3,000 students and raised over $160,000 for various communities in Africa and Latin America.
The SOS model was launched at the University of Windsor in September 2009 and it continues to grow with the help of its volunteers.