~$192FY2025 expenses $4.79M ÷ 25,000 laptops
HighConfidence in figures
25,000 laptops in 2025Recent scale
- Recent scale
- 25,000 laptops in 2025; 45,000+ cumulative
- Countries served
- Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- Help Start can only supply laptops to students living in these countries. Outside Africa it also serves the Philippines (and historically the Pacific Islands).
- Who it serves
- BYU-PathwayConnect, BYU-Idaho or Ensign College students; Perpetual Education Fund recipients; or PathwayConnect graduates who need a laptop for employment.
- How to apply
- Ask your Pathway mentor, missionary, bishop/branch president, or stake/district president to arrange an online qualification interview. If they don't know the process, they can email helpstartexec@gmail.com.
- Good to know
- 30 countries reached (Africa, Pacific Islands, Philippines).
- Eligibility
- BYU-PathwayConnect, BYU-Idaho or Ensign College students; Perpetual Education Fund recipients; or PathwayConnect graduates who need a laptop for employment.
- Financial transparency
- Publishes annual expenses and delivery counts, allowing a clear cost per laptop.
- Receipts & tax status
- Deductible receipts: Unverified · Jurisdiction: Unverified · Turnaround: Unverified
- Major documented partners
- Being verified
- Annual & impact reports
- 2025 Annual Report ↗Our impact ↗
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