Thari Programme

Thari Programme

The Foundation’s school-based Thari Programme, which is implemented by its partner entity, Adopt-a-School, in supports of vulnerable​ women and children in schools in Botshabelo in the Free State, and in Diepsloot in Gauteng. The objective of the programme is to...
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust

Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust

In 1996, Cyril Ramaphosa began supporting a small number of deserving students with bursaries, so that they can attend university. He did this by donating the money he earned through his public speaking engagements. This developed into the Cyril Ramaphosa Education...
Black Umbrellas

Black Umbrellas

www.blackumbrellas.co.za Black Umbrellas is a project initially spearheaded by Cape Town social entrepreneurs Charles Maisel and Mark Frankel to support SMMEs. In 2009, the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation, then the Shanduka Foundation, partnered with Black Umbrellas to...
KST

KST

www.kst.org.za In 2011, Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation (then known as Shanduka Foundation) and Kagiso Trust noticed how similar their visions were, and this prompted a conversation about pooling resources to have an even greater impact on education transformation. The aim...
Adopt-a-school

Adopt-a-school

www.adoptaschool.org.za In 2001, Cyril Ramaphosa was approached by his former primary school, Tshilidzi Primary in Soweto, asking if he’d consider donating a fax machine. He’d be happy to, he told them, and upon returning to his former school after so many...