Santander Ayuda

At Fundación Banco Santander we believe that education is the most powerful tool to change the world and that to create a more equitable and fair society we must begin by supporting children and adolescents who, for socioeconomic reasons, have fewer opportunities.

The Santander Aid Call “Education for vulnerable children and adolescents” aims to promote the educational development of children and adolescents (from 0 to 18 years) at risk of poverty or social exclusion so that they can develop their potential and have a better future.

Spain is the second country in the EU with the highest rate of early educational abandonment: 13.7% of young people between 18 and 24 years old have not completed the second stage of ESO and do not follow any training-education.¹

Children and adolescents who are socioeconomically disadvantaged have lower results, higher rates of absenteeism, a greater risk of repeating a grade and a greater probability of dropping out of school prematurely.² If we look at the level of income, early school leaving affects families with lower incomes more: The dropout rate rises to 20.6% in households with the lowest income compared to 3.5% in the most affluent households.³

The call will select 15 projects to which a maximum aid of 20,000 euros will be allocated for each one.

Sources:

¹INE ( 2024). Labor Force Survey. Second quarter of 2024.

²Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030

³State Action Plan for the Implementation of the Child Guarantee (2022-2030)