28 March 2019 Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Established as Shanduka Foundation in 2004, the corporate social investment arm of the Shanduka Group, the Foundation changed its name in 2015 following Cyril Ramaphosa’s divestment from the Shanduka Group. Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation has had a meaningful impact on the people and communities…
Adopt-a-School’s Fundraising Manager, Cassandra Pireu-Pilossof, joined 14 other climbers in March to tackle Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. A fundraising challenge to build a library at Qhobosheane Primary school in Soweto, it was undertaken in partnership with the Flight Centre Foundation. The fund may still be supported here.
For Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, overcoming unemployment, poverty and inequality through education and SME growth and development, both promotes and is dependent on an inclusive and empowered society in which all people fully and equally enjoy all human rights and freedoms. Click here to read more.
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust participated in Tracker South Africa’s “Tomorrow’s Man Programme” in March by hosting 12 boys from Minerva Secondary School for the day. The initiative aims to raise responsible young men by providing access to role models, mentors and skills development. Among the role models who shared their life lessons and insights were…
Adopt-a-School, together with Premier Optical, visited Mosaledi Primary School and Sengana Primary School in Hammanskraal in March to dispense spectacles to 58 learners as part of its social welfare drive in School Health Week from 4 to 8 March. Good vision is key to education. Reading, writing, chalkboard work and the use of computers are…
Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation was pleased to collaborate with the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) to celebrate World Wildlife Day on 3 March with one of the biggest outdoor classroom days. Four hundred learners from 30 schools participated in a programme at a Durban beach to learn about marine biodiversity. They included learners…
Adopt-a-School Foundation recently hosted the #Kili4Kids Climbers Press Launch. Twenty volunteers are set to begin their hike of Mount Kilimanjaro on 11 March 2019. These brave volunteers are attempting to raise R1.4 million to construct a library, inclusive of resources, library books and librarian training for Qhobosheane Primary School in Diepkloof, Soweto. Adopt-a-School Foundation, a…
Adopt-a-School Foundation have partnered with Flight Centre Foundation South Africa to raise funds to build a library at Qhobosheane Primary School in Soweto. The school is under the Adopt-a-School programme and the community surrounding the school is characterised by high levels of poverty and unemployment. Twenty individuals will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of this project. You can…
KST in partnership with the Free State Department of Education handed over infrastructure to 8 schools in Thaba Nchu in the Motheo District. With an investment of over R8 million, the infrastructure will benefit 4208 learners and 151 educators from Ereskuld Primary, Kobue Primary, Moroka High, Tawana Primary, St. Pauls Primary, Namanyane Primary, Goronyane Secondary…
The Free State Department of Education hosted the Motheo Well-done Function at Setjhaba se Maketse School in Botshabelo. The aim of the Well-done function was to honour and celebrate through awards, the tireless work and contribution of key role players within the district education value chain which include the District Director, Subject Advisors, Circuit Managers,…
