We, Ed and Ash (el founders), met in our first year at University College London (London, England!) and decided to follow a dream and make a difference. Our travels and real life experience of poverty and deprivation have shaped us both, resulting in a complete commitment to learning more about humanity and the causes of deprivation in society. Educate for Life is a practical organisation, which we set up in order to act on what we learn and potentially help millions of people come away from poverty without losing their sense of humanity.

Talking of millions of people sounds a pie in the sky so our real day to day commitment is absolutely to the projects that we have in place already. Numbers aren't important here, what is important is commitment and provision of quality which may take longer, but makes it real in the long term, not just a short gratification.

But Educate for Life isn't just the two of us, oh no! - there are hundreds of others who have helped us in countless ways already and there will be hundreds more to come, we 'ope! All of them mean something and even then Educate for Life will always be something more- it is an ideal that anyone can be a part of. There is no need to feel left out! Check out our quick tour or the BBC documentary on us to get a better feel for what we're about. Then when that's done, contact us and see how you could help.