School Leadership Management and Governance
Strategic planning, leadership development, management, team building and youth leadership — including our in-house SACE-endorsed School Leadership Advancement Programme.
A partner of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation
Driving quality education,
one school at a time.
Since 2002 we have partnered with communities, government and donors to build conducive learning and teaching environments in South Africa's under-resourced schools — restoring dignity and opening opportunity for every learner.
9 provinces · Lesotho · Mozambique
Registered NPO and Section 18A PBO
129 883+
learners reached
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Foundation-wide impact since 2002.
Who we are
Education is the foundation of opportunity.
The Adopt-a-School Foundation was established in 2002 to address the inequalities in South Africa's disadvantaged schools — working to ensure positive learning and teaching experiences that lead to greater opportunities for the country's youth.
Through our Whole School Development model, we partner with communities, government and donors to build dignity, capability and lasting change — one school at a time.
More about our story →What we do
Whole School Development
A holistic model that develops every part of a school — its buildings, its leaders, its community and the dignity of every learner.
Infrastructure
Building and renovating basic and specialised infrastructure — classrooms, ablutions, water, electricity, Grade R facilities, libraries, laboratories, ICT centres and sports fields — with green building practices.
Curriculum
Educator and learner development — content workshops, teaching skills and tools including ICT and AI, coding and robotics, supplementary lessons, exam preparation and career guidance.
Psychosocial Support and Learner Wellbeing
Health, sanitation and sexuality education, audiology and visual programmes, moral regeneration, school vegetable gardens and the Thari safe-park programme.
Our schools
30 schools in our directory
GautengPrimary School
Kaalfontein Primary School
Kaalfontein Ext 8
1 841
Learners
48
Teachers
Grade 1 -7
Grades
LibraryWaterElectricityComputersFeeding schemeSports
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Western CapeSecondary School
Atlantis Secondary School
Avondale Atlantis 7349
1 640
Learners
51
Teachers
Grade 8 - 12
Grades
LibraryWaterElectricityComputersFeeding schemeSports
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GautengCombined School
Diepsloot Combined School
Bryanston 2021
1 530
Learners
43
Teachers
Grade R - 12
Grades
LibraryWaterElectricityComputersFeeding schemeSports
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Our footprint
Our footprint across Southern Africa.
Adopt-a-School's work reaches across South Africa's nine provinces, with footprint extending into Lesotho and Mozambique. School counts shown here match the legacy live footprint map.
Eastern Cape28Free State282Gauteng61KwaZulu-Natal62Limpopo110Mpumalanga39North West36Northern Cape50Western Cape6Lesotho4Mozambique1
Reports and publications
Two decades of impact, documented.
PDFAnnual Reports2022–2023
PDFCoffee-table Books2022
PDFPublications2023–2024
PDFAnnual Reports2021–2022A full library — Annual Reports, coffee-table books and school profiles — opens in an in-page PDF viewer. 40 documents catalogued.
Thanking our partners
Made possible by collaboration.
Partners
Donors
Get involved
Community Development Projects
Individuals, groups and companies can fund specific projects in one or more schools. We match your investment to a school and report on the difference you make.
Adopt a project
Fund a specific need at a chosen school.
Volunteer your skills
Mentor, build, or share expertise.
Corporate partnership
Align your CSI with measurable impact.
Help change a school's story.
Every bit counts — no donation is too small. Your support builds infrastructure, strengthens teaching, and restores learner dignity across South Africa.
Registered NPO and PBCSection 18A tax-deductible100% to schools