Tent Schools International

Tent Schools International is creating a world where every child gets to go to school. We provide safe classrooms to children displaced by war, terrorism and natural disaster, serving children wherever they are for as long as they may be displaced. We focus on providing schools to displaced children who have no other safe place to go to school, and we use these compassionate spaces to help the entire family heal from the trauma of violence and loss.

Tent schools and other portable educational resources are the most efficient, effective ways to bring education to displaced children, equipping them with the skills they need for life outside the camps. Our strategy is to partner with Christian leaders around the globe who are serving displaced families with education. Our partners understand the political and religious landscape so they can minister in a way that is relevant, sensitive to the local culture, and safe. They are trained to deal with the special challenges of children who have experienced trauma, and trauma-informed services meet kids where they are with the compassionate approaches they need most. Our partners also provide outreach to the entire family to help them heal and remove barriers to learning for themselves and their children.

Tent Schools International is a 501(c)(3) organization launched in 1987. We have decades of experience in coming alongside educational projects internationally. Our staff is skilled in connecting with trustworthy, capable partners based in the Middle East and other regions of the world that are experiencing the churn of displacement. We are also a U.S.-based organization with access to a support base that is passionate about Christians serving as "the hands and feet of Christ" through compassionate schools, and we are doing the work of tapping into a new support base that is increasingly justice-oriented and concerned about access to education as a human right. We support our partners with school structures, utilities, educational supplies, teacher support and access to technology.

Founded in 1987, Tent Schools International (formerly Worldwide Christian Schools) used teacher training, volunteer construction teams and school/student sponsorship programs serving our global educational partners, achieving these results:

48 nations involved in partner projects
750 programs or projects
1,500 teachers trained annually
175,000 students impacted

In 2015, we began to focus our mission solely on displaced children. Since then, we have partnered closely with five schools or educational centers in six countries, impacting over 250 children with quality education. Our mission continues to grow through sustained support of key partners, particularly in the Middle East, who serve a growing number of students each year.

Our vision has always been to bring education centered on the teachings of Jesus to children who are marginalized.