Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation (CRF) recently launched its Artisan Programme at Diepsloot Combined School in Gauteng, by selecting two potential learners to train as artisans on full bursaries in 2018. The award took place at the first CRF Diepsloot Career Expo, been hosted in collaboration with a Diepsloot Stakeholder Forum, where hundreds of learners gathered to…
Current students and alumni of the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET) gathered at Mr Ramphosa’s wildlife farm in Bela Bela in Limpopo to celebrate the 21st anniversary of one of his first educational initiatives. The event recognised past and present achievers. “We are all challenged to give back to the society that has made us…
On 18 July 2017 Adopt-a-School hosted the Back to School for a Day Collective at Bathabile Primary School in Olievenhoutbosch. Bathabile Primary School is a quintile 1 (no-fee paying) school with 1 446 registered learners and no permanent infrastructure. Our Mandela Day activities were structured around Adopt-a-School’s holistic Whole School Development model and addresses issues related to:…
Over the last five years the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), in partnership with the Adopt-a-School (AAS) Foundation, has invested over R88 million in upgrading and supporting 30 schools throughout South Africa. Today, at Siwali Secondary School, the partners celebrated the progress of the five adopted schools in the Eastern Cape, where they…
Top performing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been recognised at the Black Umbrellas National Development Awards in Johannesburg. Black Umbrellas (BU) established the National Enterprise Development Awards (NEDA) in recognition of the achievements of the entrepreneurs in their business incubation programme. These awards highlight the hard work and dedication required to establish and sustain…
A lot of emphasis is placed on the school readiness of learners in South Africa, with some schools assessing children’s emotional, social, physical and intellectual development to assess whether they are ready to embark on their formal school careers. This concept of school readiness brings with it a key assumption made about learners, which is…
The Communications and Stakeholder Relationships Manager of Adopt-a-School Foundation, Nicola Brown, shared the story and work of Adopt-a-School Foundation in an interview on MixFM.
‘You don’t have to be in town to be the best. You can be the best anywhere.” So says Mankodi Moitse (53), the woman who heads the Kagiso Shanduka Trust, which has helped Free State top the Class of 2016. The largely rural province achieved an 88.2% matric pass, which included progressed learners – those…
On Saturday 29 October 2016, Adopt-a-School Foundation hosted 1 000 people together under one roof, in what has become one of the biggest events on South Africa’s CSI calendar; the Back to School Party. Guests, dressed in school uniform, pledged generously towards the work of the Foundation and over R4.5 million was raised on the…
In October the Motheo district held a certification ceremony at the KST Motheo district offices where 15 Community Care Givers (CCG) were recognised for facilitating the vision screening and referral process in 10 primary schools. One of the CCGs expressed excitement at being part of the vision screening programme: “I had fun while learning about…
