Operation Classroom provides the opportunity for a number of hands-on projects.

The following kits are needed. After you make your kits, follow the packing instructions and take or ship them to the warehouse in Lapel. Operation Classroom usually ships to Liberia and Sierra Leone twice a year.

 

Secondary School YES (Youth Essential Supplies) Kit

• 4 pens
• 1 solar calculator
• 1 ruler or protractor
• 4 notebooks (8 1/2 x11)
• 1 NIV or RSV Bible*

Instructions: Items may be placed in a YES kit cloth tote bag.

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New Elementary YES (Youth Essential Supplies) Kit

(for K-5 students):

• 4 pencils
• 1 eraser
• 1 hand held pencil sharpener
• 1 box crayons (24 count)
• 3 notebooks
• 1 ruler
• 1 pr blunt scissors
• 12 sheets construction paper (varied colors)
• Religious coloring book
• Good News New Testament

Instructions: Items may be placed in a YES kit cloth tote bag.

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ET (Essentials for Teachers) Kit

• 1 chalkboard eraser
• 2 boxes white chalk
• 3 notebooks (8 1/2 x11)
• 6 pencils
• 6 pens
• 4 red pens or marking pencils
• 1 hand held pencil sharpener
• 1 lesson plan books
• 1 class record book
• 4 Magic Markers
• 1 NIV or RSV Bible

Instructions: Items may be placed in a YES kit cloth tote bag.

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Health Kit

• 1 bath towel
• 1 wash cloth
• 1 light blanket, sheet, or flannel sheet
• 1 tube of toothpaste & toothbrush
• 1 bar of soap (bath size)
• 1 can talc powder or bottle of body lotion (placed in a ziplock bag)
• 1 bottle vitamins
• 1 bottle Tylenol, or something similar

Instructions: In packing the health kit-- place all other items on the lightweight blanket/sheet. Fold up so that the items are secure inside. Then place the bundle inside a plastic bag or a plastic storage container and pack kits together in boxes according to the Operation Classroom instructions.

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FIRST-AID Kit for A School

• Band-Aid variety packs
• Box gauze pads
• Box rolled gauze
• Roll cloth tape
• Roll waterproof tape
• Twin pack Neosporin
• Pkg. Ibuprofen tabs
• Pkg. Junior Tylenol (for schools with elementary grades)
• Scissors

Instructions: Put 1- 5 of each in a box and mark it FIRST AID KIT.

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Layette Kit

To be given to new mothers:

• 4 cloth diapers
• 2 shirts
• 2 wash cloths
• 2 gowns
• 6 diaper pins
• 1 sweater
• 2 receiving blankets

Instructions: Bundle the items inside one of the receiving blankets and secure it with diaper pins. Plastic storage bins, fastened with duct tape, make great shipping boxes.

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Carprentry Kit

• Hand saw
• Tape rule
• Hammers with non-wood handle
• Square
• Level
• Nail puller
• Chalk line/chalk
• Hand planer with spare blades
• Carpenter pencil
• Screw drivers