[carpetmojo]

[QUOTE=BWinmill;2064378]In that case, I suppose the most cost effective thing to do would be to airlift in some 1980s vintage textbooks that are written for a culture and in a language that they don't even understand......QUOTE]

Oh, please, of course not - but yes to up-to-date texts, in a language they understand, and with a knowledge of the culture that will recieve them (sadly not a massive problem due to the pervasive "world culture" we think is what they need/want.) preferably produced "in country."
Appropriate and badly needed texts are often available in the country/area concerned, but probably too expensive (relatively, in that environment) for the numbers wanted to make a difference - which would be a lot more than 600 fortunate children.
And profits/kudos for the project could primarily be attributed to the country/society involved, not Big Business .