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The Mitchell Education Foundation is a 501c3 charitable organization in Illinois USA with the singular mission of providing financial support to high school students from lowincome families in Jamaica. The Foundation aims to identify highachieving students from lowincome families and provide financial assistance up to and including the full amount of their annual educationrelated expenses. By providing such financial assistance the Foundation aims to promote and encourage upward social mobility through education foster a culture of providing charitable support for educationrelated initiatives and assist in alleviating the chronic underattendance and underachievement of students in the Jamaican high school system. The Board of Directors and friends of the Foundation are driven by the belief that every child is entitled to a good education and no child should be left behind because of the financial circumstances into which they were born.