In March Adopt-a-School Foundation and Dr Dire Thomas, travelled to Lesotho to fit spectacles to 26 children from four schools in the Morifi Village, about four hours south of Maseru. Children in this village have never had access to this type of medical care and without our intervention, may never have had the opportunity to […]
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Join Adopt-a-School Foundation and go Back to School for a Day on Mandela Day to make a difference in a school. This is an opportunity to engage in a truly meaningful Mandela Day by sharing your time and resources in supporting a disadvantaged school. How to sign up? Step 1: Visit www.adoptaschool.org.za/get-involved/backtoschoolforaday/ and click on Get
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Welcome On the 28th of May, Adopt-a-School Foundation held its second fundraiser in London. The event, sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and hosted by our chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa, raised in excess of R5 million. Over 250 individuals from multinational organisations supported us and guests included the recently crowned Miss World, Rolene Strauss, the SA
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On 28 May 2015, Adopt-a-School hosted its second international fundraising dinner in London. The event was sponsored by Merrill Lynch and supported by the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation. Over R45 million was raised for our work.
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ENTER HERE Johannesburg, March 2015 – Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction market, this year celebrates 350 years of
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In March Adopt-a-School Foundation and Dr Dire Thomas, travelled to Lesotho to fit spectacles to 26 children from four schools in the Morifi Village, about four hours south of Maseru, Lesotho’s capital city, on the Free State border. The children in this village have never had access to this type of medial care and without
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Fortunate Rangwaneni from Tshivase Secondary School in Vhembe, Limpopo achieved seven distinctions in her matric year. She grew up in the Mbilwi Village some two hours from Vhembe and she would wake up at midnight to study before getting ready to catch her 5am transport to school. Shanduka Foundation’s Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust has awarded
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On 7 February, KST and the Free State Department of Education hosted a schools infrastructure launch event in Kroonstad showcasing the success of the public/private sector collaborative partnership which is fast tracking education development in the Free State. The partnership handed over a fully resourced library to Thakameso Combined School, three classrooms and renovated ablution
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On 16 January, Adopt-a-School Foundation handed over a fully equipped science laboratory to Emjindini Secondary School in Barberton, Mpumalanga. This is part of the first phase of a five year adoption programme in partnership with Barberton Mines, a subsidiary of Pan African Resources. Phase two of the programme is underway and comprises of the demolition
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Welcome Adopt-a-School Foundation has hit the ground running in 2015. Following the release of the matric results on 5th January, we began a detailed assessment of the performance of all of our adopted schools which, on average, achieved a 77% pass rate in 2014. This was a 5% decline from the average pass rate achieved
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McDonalds SA and Visa have donated R100 000 of the proceeds of the Mzanzi Millions Monopoly game held for the first time in South Africa. This is a competition for consumers to win their share of 1.6 million prizes and when the competition closed, the unclaimed prizes were sold to raise funds for different charity
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The iSchool Africa Youth Press Team at Thuthuzekani Primary School has won the Flora TV Award and had the opportunity to showcase their media skills by interviewing local celebrities at South Africa Fashion Week this year. The iSchool Africa programme, which Shanduka Foundation has sponsored in six adopted primary schools, provides learners with the platform
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